sub replacement choice
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Topic: sub replacement choice
Posted By: rangerrick63
Subject: sub replacement choice
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 10:52 AM
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Posted By: rangerrick63
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 3:49 PM
let me see if im correct.
Choice 1 = JBL GTO1014D
Choice 2 = MTX TR5510-44
Knowing manufacturer is a good thing to know. Yes you will get some biased answers, but you can usually weed through those fairly easily. Specs are something easy to manipulate and are done on a constant bases for trying to pass crap off as decent product by showing comparable numbers to a quality built product.
Both of those subs are very comparable. I actually have 2 of the MTX TR5510-44 10s ported in my wifes car on 500rms. She is pretty happy with them. She just wanted some very cheap fill and they do that, but the JBL IMO is a better made sub and should preform as well if not better for your application.
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Choice 1 = JBL GTO1014D
Choice 2 = MTX TR5510-44
Knowing manufacturer is a good thing to know. Yes you will get some biased answers, but you can usually weed through those fairly easily. Specs are something easy to manipulate and are done on a constant bases for trying to pass crap off as decent product by showing comparable numbers to a quality built product.
Both of those subs are very comparable. I actually have 2 of the MTX TR5510-44 10s ported in my wifes car on 500rms. She is pretty happy with them. She just wanted some very cheap fill and they do that, but the JBL IMO is a better made sub and should preform as well if not better for your application.
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Posted By: rangerrick63
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Posted By: j.reed
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Also, knowing the first subs were blown. Take a look at this link. How to set your gains.
Ensuring the gains are set correctly will help ensure you don't blow the next set of subs. Make sure your son reads it to understand why. I'm betting your son was trying to get some extra loudness out of it by cranking the bass or running too high of a volume causing clipping or it was just gained too high in the first place causing clipping. Just guessing though the subs could have just been very warn out and old. If you do want to get a bit more loudness out of the same setup and the sealed enclosures are not enough output. You could go to a ported enclosure. This will yield a bit more output over the sealed with the power you are giving and may make your son a bit more happy.
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Ensuring the gains are set correctly will help ensure you don't blow the next set of subs. Make sure your son reads it to understand why. I'm betting your son was trying to get some extra loudness out of it by cranking the bass or running too high of a volume causing clipping or it was just gained too high in the first place causing clipping. Just guessing though the subs could have just been very warn out and old. If you do want to get a bit more loudness out of the same setup and the sealed enclosures are not enough output. You could go to a ported enclosure. This will yield a bit more output over the sealed with the power you are giving and may make your son a bit more happy.
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Posted By: rangerrick63
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Posted By: boogeyman
Date Posted: December 04, 2009 at 6:36 PM