Loudest sub

Are you trying to be loudest at one note, or are you trying to be loudest over the full bottom octaves (a "daily driver" system).  If the former, then you want a purpose built SPL sub like what DD offers, or other similar companies.  This subs have very little linear travel, but huge BL and a great deal of suspension travel.  They also tend to have a pretty high Qts. and Fs.  But if you are looking for it to sound good to, then there is no replacement for displacement.  That is where you want to find a sub with the most excursion capabilities and a decent frequency response (decent Q and Fs).

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Ravendarat wrote:

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Also I hear good things about the adire audio subs but dont have any experience with them. 

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Hey Ravendarat, where in Canada are you at?  If you are anywhere near Seattle, you should come down sometime and stop by the shop.  I can give you a good demo of our stuff.  Plus it would be great to meet you in person.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

You're not going to get a strait answer, its to subjective a question.  When your talking about large cone, long throw subwoofers; they are all loud!  The question as to what type of balance you are trying to strike is the larger question.  Sacrifice a little spl for SQ?  Kill the sq and go for the SPL?  This is just a useless question to me, I don’t have any interest in squeezing all the spl i can out of a sub to get one big bass note. 

If there was a answer to this question competition would have already proven it right? Everyone would be running Brand X Subwoofer in the winner’s circle in the Type X Enclosure and may the one with the most junk win!  The fact is the loudest sub out there is only louder by unmeasureable margins.

Yes, JL made a 18w3 https://www.caraudiomag.com/testreports/0106cae_jl/ was it loud?  Yes.  The loudest ever? I dunno. Browes that same site for reviews on the kenwood spl sub, Pioneer 2000, w7, w6 and other "loud" subs.

thapimpfromchi wrote:

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thank you 12 volt and haemphyst. thats what i was looking for. i didnt think this would be a difficult subject. all im askin, is, if you had a 1000 watt amp, which sub would u put to it to get the most bass (yes, that means SPL). not that hard. but i forgot who mentioned it, but where can i get the specs on that parthenon? i lost the link.

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Here you go: https://www.adireaudio.com/Files/Dan/Parthenon/

BTW, you still haven't answered my question to give you the best answer.  Are you looking to go as loud as possible at one frequency (as in for SPL competitions), or is this more of a daily driver install?

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

In that case I would recomend looking for a driver with a great deal of linear excursion (Xmax).  But you have to be careful about this as there are some companies who rate their Xmax differently than others.  Is enclosure size an issue?  Do you want it to sound good?  What kind of music do you listen to?

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio 

If you are experiencing frustration over the replies you are getting it is because your question is absurd.  There is NO answer, its to subjective, your not specific enough, you don’t have all that much room, and I doubt you can afford some of the suggestions made to you.  So what’s the point? There is always something bigger, something louder, something better.  Your question should be more focused and give real world requirements.  You say you want pure SPL, then you want something that would be more of a daily driver; ie sq.

The question is like asking, "what is the best car for racing".  I don’t know.  A funny car. well unless you want to turn the damn thing.  One of those nascar cars?  maybe if im going to make left hand turns on slanted tracks all day.  Maybe rally cars like a WRX or Lancer?  hell yeah!  but i bet those F1's can smoke em on tight turns and pavement.  Without defining a purpose it’s an open-ended question.

its not that open ended if u read it. 1000 watts. 1 sub. what would be the loudest. just from past experiences or whatnot, i dont see how its so difficult.

Kicker CVR 18" in 5 cu. ft ported box.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ simple answer. thats all im lookin for. (that was an example), and about the money, i can afford all except the parthenon right now because i am buying a new car soon. for winter.

Loudest single sub huh? Off of 1000 watts, hmmmmmmmm. And Money Doesnt seem to matter, and Box space doesnt seem to matter, and you want loudest but you want a daily driver so that really doesnt narrow it down much. And you say this isnt an open ended Question, Geezz. I am gonna go with a Solo Baric or with a MTX 9500, just from personal experience.

alright

im done. how do i close this f**kin thread.

MAXST] wrote:

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ow bout the tempest in that horn box you guys made steve.  That'll be loud!

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Hehe, yeah they are loud.  We were testing out our new home amplifier we just released on it in our tiny electronics lab.  That thing moves a LOT of air.  But I still give it to the Parthanon.  You just can't beat 6" of linear excursion peak to peak.  Who else can claim that their sub produces reference levels at 20 Hz without an enclosure?

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio