1 12 or 2 10’s
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Topic: 1 12 or 2 10’s
Posted By: wheelerdr
Subject: 1 12 or 2 10’s
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 1:36 AM
I have room for 2 10" subs in a 2 cubic box under my rear seat or I can put 1 12 in a small sealed box in the middle of the seat. Will the 10" subs sound better, or just louder. I know they will have more surface area but cannot hit as low as the 12's, any sugestions. I can spend about 300 on either 1 12+ s/h. or 300 on 2 10" subs + s/h. any sugestions. I have a 1995 chevy extended cab, kenwood excelon deck, kenwood excelon 5 1/4, kenwood excelon 6X9's, Kenwood excelon 811D to power the subs, 1 ohm=1000 watts, 2 ohm=800 watts. thanks
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Posted By: wheelerdr
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 2:04 AM
I might be able to squeeze in 1 15" sub
Posted By: Asmodeus
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 11:07 AM
What are you looking for out of the system..... If you want loud..go with the 10"s and build a ported Enclosure to the specs of the subs.... If you want Sound quality go with the single 12" in a sealed Enclosure built to spec... Thats just my advise.. -------------  Making the World A Louder Place
Posted By: fatgotti
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 1:34 PM
I would go with one sealed 12" a little lower hit and you are in an extended cab. I would suggest a JL Audio 12w3v2 it will pound you right out of the cab..
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 3:37 PM
Or you could go with a single eclipse sw7100 aluminum sub..powered with just rms power 2 10's did 144.7 on the term lab still have enough clarity for sq when box is sealed
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Posted By: wheelerdr
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 7:09 PM
Thanks for the advice, I went down to our dealer, they deal in jl audio, alpine, kicker, eclips, planet audio, orion,phenix gold, and rockford. We tried everything it took me about 5 hours. I finally went with a rockford punch stage 3 2 +2 ohm wired at 1 ohm in a rockford slot ported enclosure. All I can say is o my god the base is so low and hard that it hurts. i am hitting 142db and thats no lie have all the mic paperwork to prove it. sound nothing like I could have emagined. Thanks to all
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 10:43 PM
sounds great, Im glad to see some new rockford stuff might be worth something. I havent been impressed int he last few years
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2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR
2007 USACI World Champion
2007 World Record
2006 USACI Finals 2nd Place
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: October 30, 2004 at 11:12 PM
Looks like you did your homework and put the time and effort in the shopping to get it like you want. Good job.
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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: wheelerdr
Date Posted: October 31, 2004 at 1:46 AM
thanks alot, I would recomend these subs to anyone. I know everyone loves jl audio, and I almost bought one until I heard it, The jl sounds good and has tremendous bass but starts to destort at around 600 watts. I would have loved to get the alpine type x but. I would have had to make my own box or pay 200 for theirs. For nice sq and lots of spl this was my grandest choice.
Posted By: uthinkuknoaudio
Date Posted: October 31, 2004 at 7:54 PM
Put 1 12'' Rockford Fosgate PUNCH series in there, (HX2), and you'll blow yourself out of the car. They aren't that expensive and they'll do everying you want. DEFINITELY under $300, maybe $150 on ebay. That amp would be perfect for it as well, running at 2 ohms.
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Posted By: audiobass10
Date Posted: November 01, 2004 at 9:08 PM
Also glad to hear that about the RF's. ( : ------------- Dave
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