Low profile 8" subs?
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Topic: Low profile 8" subs?
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Subject: Low profile 8" subs?
Date Posted: February 04, 2004 at 11:12 PM
Im looking for 8" subs that are really shallow, and can be set up in really small enclosures. What is there out there. I want to put them under my dash as an experiment.
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Posted By: sbrock
Date Posted: February 04, 2004 at 11:14 PM
planet audio make a shallow sub I believe it is there neo series but I'm not sure if they have an eight in that series
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 11:11 AM
How shallow do you need? Dayton's Quatro 8" subs are 4" deep and will put out down to about 30Hz and will handle 150 watts. There is a home theatre 8" woofer by Morel that is only about 2 3/4" deep, but it is not a true sub. It'll get down there to 28 Hz, but not with as much authority.
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 12:28 PM
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 1:05 PM
Planet Audio does in fact have a Neo8 driver, I have used the 10" and 12" versions of the same sub and they are a really nice speaker. I wish more companies had the warranty and build quality that these guys do. I'm pretty sure that they have just discontinued the NEO line of subs, so if you want them, you had better jump on it. They are probably less than 3" deep due to the Neodynium magnet that is mounted on the front of the driver. A woven carbon fibre cone and an aluminum basket to boot. Small sealed boxes work great for these subs.
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Posted By: sbrock
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 1:28 PM
the planet audio website still has the p8neo on it and it says they have a mounting depth of 2 9/16" they also recommend them to be in a seal enclosure with .5cuft
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 7:01 PM
i did all my measureing, and it turns out i can only fit a 6" woofer. I was looking at the MTX 6" thunder 6000. I just need them to put out solid bass in the 70-200hz range. I want to bring my bass soundstage forward more. What else is there for 6" woofers that really slam.
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 10:56 AM
Try JL's 6" W0. It should be perfect for this: https://www.jlaudio.com/subwoofers/6w0.html
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 11:19 AM
"What else is there for 6" woofers that really slam." That depends on what you mean by "really slam." NO 6" woofer can move air like a larger one can, no matter what you do. Anything smaller than 10" is probably out of the "slam" realm. But if you want a good quality 6" woofer with great SQ that can, as you say, move your mid-bass soundstage forward, take a look at the excellent components from Scan Speak or Vifa. If you can make it fit, the Scan Speak 18W/5535A is an excellent choice and can be installed free-air (no enclosure.) Or if that is too big (it is a 6-3/4" driver) then there is a nice Vifa 5" that should work. model P13WH-10-04. Another choice that I have had success with are the Focal poly-kevlar components.
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 4:40 PM
Whell, im good for components, i have the alpine type-x 3 way's up front, and type-x 6.5" componets in the back doors, and in the very back i have 3 alpine r-12's with 3 mrd-m500's. Problem is that my subs way over power my speakers, even tho i have the mrv-f540 running my mids and highs. It makes it seem like i only have tweets up front and subs in the back. I want to bring the sound stage forward when listening to low bass tracks, , , which is where the 6" sub will kick in.
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 7:57 PM
The JL is specifically designed for use under a dash or in any other kind of custom installation for this problem.
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 8:49 PM
excellent!! thanks
Posted By: nstuts
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 10:39 PM
Just one more for you to take into consideration is the Kicker RMB6 (actually 6.5", but that seems to be industry standard. Frequency Responce 30-500 Power Peak 250 / RMS 125 Cutout 5 5/8" Top Mount depth 2" Bottom Mount depth 2 5/16" Just so you know, it is a 4 ohm speaker, and also not in production anymore. For more specs, https://www.kicker.com/images/manuals/RMB6_RMB8TechnicalManual.pdf, goto page 3 you can find them on-line here, https://www.infinitecaraudio.com/cgi-bin/icastore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=02RMB6 Hope this gives you a little more variety to consider.
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 1:51 PM
JL is better then Kicker ,and I doubt that little kicker midbass can go down to 30 Hz.
Posted By: nstuts
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 2:53 PM
customsuburb wrote:
JL is better then Kicker ,and I doubt that little kicker midbass can go down to 30 Hz.
Yeah, okay, to each their own. I was just offering an alternative in case he didn't quite have enough room for those JL's. Also, since I'm not an auto stereo shop owner with all my own equipment to bench test every single piece of car audio product I talk about, I was just relaying some info that Kicker has in their manual. Oh, and foreign cars are better than american trucks. I doubt you can really get 100k miles out of a Chevy SUV without having to throw a bunch of money at it.
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 3:09 PM
Yeah foreign cars (Honda) last forever it seems like without any problems usually. I like American SUVs though. yeah this is way off subject. ohh well.
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 4:06 PM
Foreign suvs will rip apart any american crapola suv off road anyday in there stock form, , Toyota 4 runners, and Nissan pathfinders are infact the best suv's out there American suv's are shopping carts with wheels and leather seats.
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 9:41 PM
Where can i get the JL 6W0 subs?? There isn't any on e-bay.
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