power acoustik subs
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Printed Date: May 20, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Topic: power acoustik subs
Posted By: dubb
Subject: power acoustik subs
Date Posted: July 20, 2005 at 7:17 PM
was sup wit power acoustik subs. i seen these subs at a best buy jus browsing around. they have huge magnets. 2 inch foam. rated at good wattage rms and max...are they as good as they look... ------------- 2005 Ford 500 SEL. 3 Kicker CVR 15"s. 2000 watt Quantum Audio AMP.
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: July 20, 2005 at 7:22 PM
I wouldn't buy them, probably better quality products available for similar pricing, that is what sup wit it.
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Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: July 20, 2005 at 9:16 PM
I agree. They make some that looks like they will blow the glasses out of your car. When you hear them though, they are not even average subs.
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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: July 20, 2005 at 10:55 PM
"Excuse me, stewardess. I speak jive."
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Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
Posted By: boulderguy
Date Posted: July 20, 2005 at 11:01 PM
huge magnets & lots of foam usually mean they're REALLY good. You should get them.
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Posted By: danieljaluise
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 11:37 AM
yo deez thingz bump! They will be better than any speakerz out there. \subz r da shizzle. MAN!
Posted By: dubb
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 11:41 AM
i mean thats kinda how things seems...the bigger the magnets and foam..the harder they hit..and then they come in a big wooden crate. i aint heard of anyone buying them and i was wondering why. maybe people look at brands a lil too much. bestbuy periodically does a get 2 for the price of one with these subs..i need more opinions..somebody who has experienced these subs...im leaning towards buying them.
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2005 Ford 500 SEL. 3 Kicker CVR 15"s. 2000 watt Quantum Audio AMP.
Posted By: boulderguy
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 12:25 PM
OK, I was being sarcastic. This sounds like they were designed by the marketing dept. Foam surrounds generally don't hold up well under hard use, that's why virtually every quality speaker design uses butyl rubber or even cloth. It's more expensive, but they last. A large magnet is indicative of how much power they're built to handle, not sound quality. Magnets don't cost much. Bottom line, it's much cheaper to make a speaker look like it's quality than to make one that really is quality. The fact that it comes in a crate is just silly. On the other hand, if you're looking for a SPL speaker that only lasts a year or less ('cos you'll blow them up) and SQ ain't important to you, this could be the one. Put it in a bandpass box wit yo neons, yo. Dey's gonna hear you coming from 10 blocks down in da hood. Hell, mount it in the crate it came in. Personally, anything that's 2 for 1 at BestBuy raises a red flag for me... -------------
Posted By: redrazor
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 8:53 PM
I bought two of the FUBAR 12's from best buy and hooked them up in parallel to my 1500 @ 1 amp. They say the can handle 800 rms each? I would guess more like 450 probably less. I wasn't even pushing these things that hard and they only lasted a few days. I knew I should be buying them even while I was at the checkout counter. I wish I would have put that money towards a better product. I'll just go get something of higher quality next time and I'd bet you’d be happier with something else in the long run too.
Posted By: ss-installer
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 9:12 PM
we sell them at our store but i wouldnt suggest them to anyone. we have even gotten them from the distributer blown.
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Posted By: danieljaluise
Date Posted: July 21, 2005 at 9:30 PM
a guy i know ran 6 of them in a scion XB in a sealed box with two power acoustic amps. They sound like shhh from close up, but when his car was in the install bay, you could hear the bass from inside the middle of the store. like boulderguy said, these would be good for spl, but they are not worth the time it will take to design and build a good ported box. drop them in a bucket, seal that shhh up and toss it in your trunk.
I have listened to these in several different enclosures, and they all sounded like shhh. This sub is really really muddy and has no contol. I worked at best buy, we got them for $68 bucks a piece and in my opinion they were not worth that. If you are sticking with stuff from best buy, look at either the Alpine Type-R subs, they have a really nice sound. I would even get rockford stage-2's before i got the power acousic.
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