18" subs
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 14, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Topic: 18" subs
Posted By: Blowntweeters
Subject: 18" subs
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 1:16 PM
im looking for an 18" sub with lower power handling around 200 to 300 RMS and higher sensitivity like 90 db or higher an suggestions would be helpful
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1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
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Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 2:17 PM
WHy an 18?
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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 2:57 PM
Sensitivty numbers for a woofer are the most meaningless spec in the industry because they can be varied by the manufacturer with enclosure type and size.
Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 3:02 PM
Actually they're not meaningly, but like you said, when comparing to other brands they are indeed meaningless.
Still though, you CAN find HIGH efficiency subwoofers. I personally like the Cerwin Vega VMax line.
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 3:04 PM
Blowntweeters, you really should look at the Clarion 32" woofer. I bet you could get a couple of them in a trunk. hahahaha!
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Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 3:47 PM
Oh snap! Link? Specs?
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 3:52 PM
this boat
I saw this boat a couple of times, it was pretty much a joke, expcept the cool waves the sub made! -------------
Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 4:10 PM
i want to get a cheep 18 that will be loud with a smaller amp i'm gonna buy a geo metro and put spinner hub caps on it an a stick that says geo pimpin and put whatever cheep 18 in it just to make fun of these guys that live in my building just for somthing to do i might go with a cheep 15 if i have to
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1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 4:17 PM
you ought to check yourself with that idea. You alredy got a car similar to that...  -------------
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 4:22 PM
Blowntweeters wrote:
im looking for an 18" sub with lower power handling around 200 to 300 RMS and higher sensitivity like 90 db or higher an suggestions would be helpful
Keep in mind that the higher efficiency will come at a cost. You will either need a really large enclosure, or have to give up low frequency extention. Steven Kephart Adire Audio -------------
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 5:27 PM
I know you're just going for the look of the size in relation to the size of the car, joking and all that. Are you a bit artistic? You might consider this: put in a cheap 15 and design the face of the box to look like it has this PHAT surround. Just use something like a rubber inner tube and form it around the sub, paint over the sub's real screws and put in some really shiny bolts around the perimeter of the tube. Now that's phat! And just use a cheap home audio Cerwin Vega for the sub. And better yet, there's a bunch of 15's at partsexpress. And put in some fake ports. The neighbors will love that. ------------- 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: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 5:54 PM
stevdart great that idea .i will do that and when i find a geo metro .and get it all done. i will post some pic's .and dwarren i dont currently own a pinto but . i do have the gear and i am trying to find a pinto cheep for a comp car.and i wont put spinner hub caps on it . these guys that live buy me drive these beat up cars and put those hub caps on them and have a audiovox H/U with stock 6x9's and think that it bumps and that people think those hub caps are rims is just me or does the car with 6x9s sounding like crap going past your house make you wanna slap them and tell them that the crap sound coming from there 6x9's isn't bass
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1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 6:12 PM
ahh, sounds like good fun! guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 7:03 PM
Find an old AMC Gremlin.....Much better car to mess with people's heads!
Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 8:07 PM
i'm looking for an amc gremlin or a ford pinto for a comp car the guys that live in my complex drive cars like geo metro's and and like toyota tercels and think there so cool i have got get the metro for this ------------- 1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 8:47 PM
I'd like to fix up a Yugo if I could ever find one anywhere.
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Posted By: harvey1959
Date Posted: July 08, 2005 at 8:58 PM
You go for it Man!! I had a 1972 orange Pinto with 4 sparkomatic 6 x 9's in the rear deck, 2 6.5's in the doors and a 4x6 in the middle of the dash board. All off of one amp. Of course this was in 1978. You go for it.
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Harv
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