System on a Tight Budget

whats the Adire website? and how do the Shivas hold up against the Brahmas? because if i get a Brama, i wont have enough to get a good/decent amp to push it. ive been reading up and reading up on this and dont wanna do things half-assed...so probably not going to go audiobahn. but yaeh, let me know on the Adire stuff asap, fellas

Adire's Website Well i have not heard a shiva so i can not tell you how good it is compared to a brahma. But i have heard a brahma and i can say they are a nice sub, and as for power Soundomain is ruuing deals on JBL referbs (just got a 600.1) the 600.1 is only 160$ 600W @ 2Ohms and it's 1 ohm stable, and from what i understand you can expect a little over 600W out of one. I myself am putting a 12" brahma powered buy a JBL 600.1 in a 1.5 Cu/Ft box, and from what i have read it's plenty of power to push it.

you can find it here http://www.adireaudio.com/ Brahmas use a new motor technology called XBL2, from my gathering its a very efficent and strong driver thats able to offer a lot of SPL and SQ. Shivas from my quick glance at their page, dont use this technology. but nonetheless they will preform very well for a budget sub. if your worried about not powering a Brahma sufficently, remember you donot need to meet its max RMS in order for it to get loud, even if you power it with 1/2 of its rated RMS you should beable to achieve near max spl, depending on the enclosure Just found this on the bramah page [quote]1600W RMS, 4800W peak NOTE: Power rating is thermal only! It is NOT a power requirement; typically you get full output with significantly less power than the rating. [/quote] so 700-1000 watts will give you enough power to make you happy. would this fit your budget? maybe you can work out an enclosure (ported?) to give you more boom for your buck. oh, i should have asked, what were/are you thinking of for a decent amp to push it. and were you wanting to run this @ 4,2 or 1 ohm? this page: http://www.adireaudio.com/TextPages/BrahmaSubsPageFrameText.htm should give you enough info for the brahma to decide.

well...if im reading this thing right, Shivas are dvc, right? so i was thinking of running 1 shiva @ 2 ohms impedance off a mono block amp. thats how it'd work right? 1dvc sub to a 1 channel amp would be 2ohms? or would it still be 4 ohms?

hey a cheap but good combo, is the swr-1041d and the mrp-m350. thats what i have in my silverado. got the amp for 130 and speaker for 100 at www.hookedontronics.com it sounds great and is easy on the wallet. id recommedn it for a tight budgetblah blah blah blah

Shivas are 8 ohm dvc..you need to wire it at 4 ohms..If you got a brahma. the JBL 600.1 would make you very happy IMO. I know somone running a Brahma 15" in a custom ported box off of the JBL 600.1 amp and he's hitting 134db.Dave

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im looking around on both the adire website and also another site i found that sells adire and i cant seem to find how much the 12" Brahma is? am i retarded? can someone give me a link or just tell me how much it is (straight from Adire's website)? the other page im looking at is saying 379 shipped..and im totally not wanting to spend that much on a single sub.

and if that 12" brahma is the right price (the 379 shipped), im gonna go with a shiva i think. would a 12" shiva on that JBL 600.1 amp hit a decent amount?

That depends on what you mean by "hit" and what enclosure you expect to use.  Find the Adire sealed and ported shiva application documents.  They'll give you an idea regarding what sort of performance the sub will have in a variety of enclosures.New Project: 2003 Pathfinder

erm..i guess what i meant was just overall performance. forgot im talking to people that actually know stereo stuff. lol