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Topic: mtx jack hammer

Posted By: juliojr@614
Subject: mtx jack hammer
Date Posted: December 22, 2008 at 12:52 AM

What Do you think about the mtx jackhammer amp and subwoofer does it really shake the ground
Im thinkin about turn my camaro iroc into a show car this summer

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Posted By: birdman38
Date Posted: December 22, 2008 at 1:57 AM
I have the following sub box I got at Circuit City..
MTX JackHammer Dual 12" Subwoofers in Vented Enclosure
Model #: MTX   JH5512X2D

The are 800watt a piece max for a total of 1600watt. I run them with a MTX TA4501 Class D Amp. 1500 watt

This works for me..but I would go with either a MTX Jackhammer Amo or elite series amp next time.




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 22, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Are you asking about the actual "JACKHAMMER" sub or the Jackhammer Series of their more conventional sized speakers? If you are asking about the actual Jackhammer, I don't think you have enough room in a camaro. Even if you wall it off I still think there will be issues. As for the Jackhammer Series of woofers, there is nothing special about them.




Posted By: audiocableguy
Date Posted: December 22, 2008 at 5:04 PM
All the MTX stuff is Utilitarian, it just gets the job done.
"I Am" stated, nothing special.




Posted By: kassdog
Date Posted: December 22, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Actually get the jackhammer and we'll let you know. GL




Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: December 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Jackhammer is a joke...this has been discussed many times before. All the weight of the subwoofer is in the cast aluminum frame..the actual motor structure is around 50lbs big whoop. There are 10 inch subs that weigh more than the Jackhammer when comparing motors and not a bunch of aluminum to make the sub SEEM bigger than it actually is.

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Posted By: jvillefinest
Date Posted: December 23, 2008 at 7:08 PM
i really hope your talking about one of the jackhammer subs in the "series" and not the actually JACKHAMMER. as stated you dont have the amount of space or structure for the sub to find a home in that car. and as stated its a big pile. do some smaller woofers and you will do much better at shows and im sure it will sound much better

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: December 24, 2008 at 2:05 PM
They shoulda called 'em the "Jokehammer". LOL. Yes, the big one, too. In fact, that one FIRST. Bigger is rarely better, and this woofer is absolutely no exception.

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."




Posted By: juliojr@614
Date Posted: December 26, 2008 at 12:47 AM
truthfully im talkin about the series cuzz the real big doodie cost and is to much to mess wit. im think about the audiopipe eye candy 12 1600 wattz magnet 120 oz. dual voice coils but what do yall think about metal cones

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Julio C. Ortiz Jr




Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: December 26, 2008 at 12:52 AM
The AudioPipe TXX series subwoofers are great for the money

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Posted By: juliojr@614
Date Posted: December 26, 2008 at 12:59 AM
what amp would you recommend or what brand

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Julio C. Ortiz Jr




Posted By: bullseye753
Date Posted: December 26, 2008 at 7:50 PM
depends on what impedance speaker you choose

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Posted By: birdman38
Date Posted: December 27, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Hey.. I know people are ragging on the MTX JH but the ones I got are 800watts a piece.. and I run them with a MTX TA4501 Class D mono One channel amp 2 ohm. They have the new thunder elite series amps out now.. or you can go with a rockford fosgate amp. As they say.. you get what you pay for. I saw they have Jackhammers that only are 300watts each..and if you hook up a cheap amp, then it won't sound good. Good luck




Posted By: birdman38
Date Posted: December 27, 2008 at 12:52 AM
by the way.. cranking this setup I have all the way puts my back window in danger of shattering




Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: December 27, 2008 at 11:34 AM
birdman38 wrote:

Hey.. I know people are ragging on the MTX JH but the ones I got are 800watts a piece.. and I run them with a MTX TA4501 Class D mono One channel amp 2 ohm. They have the new thunder elite series amps out now.. or you can go with a rockford fosgate amp. As they say.. you get what you pay for. I saw they have Jackhammers that only are 300watts each..and if you hook up a cheap amp, then it won't sound good. Good luck

OOOh... Can I touch you? 800 watts a piece, huh? What does that mean to you? Does that mean they are somehow "better" than my 600 watt 10" TCSounds TC1000 woofers, or that my woofers are somehow "better" than the "300 watt" Jokehammers?? I can tell you have MUCH to learn, grasshopper, were you to answer "Yes" to any part of that question. 1: The 800 watts number that you are so proudly tossing about means NOTHING in how loud or accurately they will play. Zero. 2: Yes, you DO get what you pay for, and in the case of both the Jokehammers (or perhaps Polkhammers - they're both worth as little as you can pay that much for) OR the Rockford Fosbreak garbage, you just don't get the very deserved kiss.
birdman38 wrote:

by the way.. cranking this setup I have all the way puts my back window in danger of shattering

Uh, huh... Sure it does. If that is TRULY the case, then you need to be on the competition circuit, because you OBVIOUSLY have the secret to BEYOND theoretical maximum outputs for minimal inputs.

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."




Posted By: bullseye753
Date Posted: December 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM

dont worry about it haemphyst... he forgot to mention that his back window was that new 1/16" crystal glass they are now installing in cars



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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM

birdman38 wrote:

by the way.. cranking this setup I have all the way puts my back window in danger of shattering

Did someone just herd some bulls through here?



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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: December 28, 2008 at 2:40 AM
DYohn] wrote:

id someone just herd some bulls through here?

In the immortal words of Andy Griffith: "A whole raft of 'em." posted_image

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."




Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: December 28, 2008 at 12:41 PM
birdman38 wrote:

by the way.. cranking this setup I have all the way puts my back window in danger of shattering


i think everybody who has a system that can make their ears tingle also thinks that they need to replace their windows with plexi. my rule of thumb is if you can stand to sit in your car with the system up then your windows are just fine

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 28, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Even if you can't stand to sit in the vehicle with the system turned up, chances are your windows will even then still be OK.




Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: December 28, 2008 at 2:17 PM
i am an idiot wrote:

Even if you can't stand to sit in the vehicle with the system turned up, chances are your windows will even then still be OK.


yep

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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Ahhh, the good old uninformed days. (Bob leans back in his chair, MTX in the air).

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Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: December 30, 2008 at 11:13 PM

haemphyst wrote:

birdman38 wrote:

Hey.. I know people are ragging on the MTX JH but the ones I got are 800watts a piece.. and I run them with a MTX TA4501 Class D mono One channel amp 2 ohm. They have the new thunder elite series amps out now.. or you can go with a rockford fosgate amp. As they say.. you get what you pay for. I saw they have Jackhammers that only are 300watts each..and if you hook up a cheap amp, then it won't sound good. Good luck

OOOh... Can I touch you? 800 watts a piece, huh? What does that mean to you? Does that mean they are somehow "better" than my 600 watt 10" TCSounds TC1000 woofers, or that my woofers are somehow "better" than the "300 watt" Jokehammers?? I can tell you have MUCH to learn, grasshopper, were you to answer "Yes" to any part of that question. 1: The 800 watts number that you are so proudly tossing about means NOTHING in how loud or accurately they will play. Zero. 2: Yes, you DO get what you pay for, and in the case of both the Jokehammers (or perhaps Polkhammers - they're both worth as little as you can pay that much for) OR the Rockford Fosbreak garbage, you just don't get the very deserved kiss.
birdman38 wrote:

by the way.. cranking this setup I have all the way puts my back window in danger of shattering

Uh, huh... Sure it does. If that is TRULY the case, then you need to be on the competition circuit, because you OBVIOUSLY have the secret to BEYOND theoretical maximum outputs for minimal inputs.

Bwahahaha! "OOOh... Can I touch you?"

That made my day, hamfist. That made my day.



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DDX470HD GTO14001 GTO1014D (x3)
Big3 in 1/0G
1/0G to GTO14001




Posted By: birdman38
Date Posted: December 31, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Depends what kind of car you have and where your window is.




Posted By: birdman38
Date Posted: December 31, 2008 at 12:04 AM
well kung fu master..not interested in anyone trying to touch me. I am happy with what I got as I am sure you are. your points are correct and you're smart. You're the MAN!




Posted By: juliojr@614
Date Posted: December 31, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Look buddys i hear alot of talk but bac it up with pics cuzz when i get done i will. Lol! ya''l dont work to hard with da egos and letz put a drink in da air for 2009 and bring sum new stuff to the table

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Julio C. Ortiz Jr




Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: December 31, 2008 at 11:51 AM

juliojr@614 wrote:

Look buddys i hear alot of talk but bac it up with pics cuzz when i get done i will. Lol! ya''l dont work to hard with da egos and letz put a drink in da air for 2009 and bring sum new stuff to the table

deerrrr, o tay, DAWG!





Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 31, 2008 at 12:02 PM

birdman38 wrote:

Depends what kind of car you have and where your window is.

No, actually, it doesn't.



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