Soundstream? MA?
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Topic: Soundstream? MA?
Posted By: arkansasboy
Subject: Soundstream? MA?
Date Posted: September 22, 2005 at 9:26 PM
have yall herd anything good or bad about these to speaker brands?
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Dan Tha Man
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Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: September 22, 2005 at 9:36 PM
i have had good luck with soundstreams higher end subs . the T4 15" SPLX 15" and the Van Gogh 10"s and 12"s what type of set up are you looking for ? ------------- 1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 12:59 AM
Uhhmm..hmmm.
Okay MA audio is an absolute garbage brand in every sense. Really cheapo stuff.
Soundstream is kinda a weird can of worms, but definately a better can than anything MA audio has *ever* produced.
Higher end soundstream stuff is supposedly really good gear again... (they fell of the wagon for a moment..)
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"I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview
Posted By: london luke
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 4:40 AM
Sounstream decided that making stupid looking amp and speaker grills would do their reputation no harm. The ICE business cannnot be that strong to take such chances? Some one should buy the name . Go to China and get some good amps made. Simple old school type stuff. Good simple speakerrs. Design their speakers and finish them to the quality of lets say DLS or CDT. Whatever they must stop all this low market stuff.
Posted By: tplaya07
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 11:12 AM
MA Audio is not at all garbage. It is just intended for SPL use, and by no means SQ oriented. If you are looking for more SQ oriented stuff from Anaba Group (MA Audio, Visonik, Clif Designs, etc), you should look into Cliff designs.
Posted By: london luke
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 12:46 PM
Clif designs are very nice speakers. Try getting the olderones as they tended to be over egineered.
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 4:06 PM
Speaking of MA audio....Looking around at the local flea markets car audio place, seeing if they had any good old school amps around (they've had old JBL and Orion stuff in the past) when I overheard the shop owner tell a customer that one paticularly massive MA audio sub was a "10,000 watt sub". Now granted this sub was pretty beefy, but i seriously doubt it could handle more then 2000W.
But I digress. The higher end MA stuff Ive heard (the XL series I think) was LOUD, but their low end stuff is pretty terrible. I dont have much experience with Soundstream, but Ive heard their high end stuff was pretty good.
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Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 4:17 PM
One of these is most likely the sub I saw. Can anyone validate the claim of 8k rms on the EHO 15X? -------------
Posted By: london luke
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 5:03 PM
Trouble with car hifi is all the stupid power ratings !! Ever listened to a 8watt "order patrol 2amp and some "living voice" speakers... Blow your eye balls out in the average living room. So 1000 watts plus in cars is just rubish and a waste of time.
Posted By: hoaxs
Date Posted: September 24, 2005 at 5:52 PM
i just bought a soundstream t4 10 and it hits, i built the box and tuned to 40hz and 1.7ft and it hits a 138.5 on the term lab. good spl but sq is horrible. so depends on what you want more sq or spl
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Hurry get me a steel hanger, elec tape, zip ties, a monkey and a snorgle. trust me i've ran wires with less
Posted By: eclipse_man
Date Posted: September 28, 2005 at 1:54 PM
I've been a huge fan of Soundstream until recently. I have 4 pair of original SSR12's. The reference series subs hit hard and sound like butter...but you can't find them but on ebay and everyonce in a blue moon laying around in someone's garage like mine! Today you have to go Van Gough series and above to find anything worth a damn, but there still is good, just not everything!
Posted By: jonchos
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 1:20 AM
I have a pair of MA110XI and I had no problems, they sound really good. I had people ask me if I have jl's in my car.
Posted By: arkansasboy
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 7:26 PM
Sweet, thansk for the replys............I think I am going to try Soundstream out and get two of there 15's.....and heck they have a great price, I pretty much just want the bass to hit hard. I could also get 2 Kicker CVR 15's but I'm not sure which one to get!
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Dan Tha Man
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: September 29, 2005 at 8:21 PM
...I would rather have Soundstream in *my* car...
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"I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview
Posted By: fr33w0rld
Date Posted: September 30, 2005 at 2:38 PM
umm the hard kore 18" can handel 10,000 peak....i currently run it at 5600rms on an MA audio 802sx..i bridged it down to .3 of an ohm due to the wonderful quad coil...i run it in a 6.3 cu ft box tuned to 50 hz....i went to a local comp and cleaned up..i posted 175 db
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HU Alpine CDA-9855 Amp MA Audio 802sx 4,400 RMS 1 ohm Sub 18" MA Audio RMS 5,000 @ 1.5 ohm Ported Box Car 99 civic Si
Posted By: smonster
Date Posted: October 01, 2005 at 8:07 PM
I like MA audio. It is definetly loud. I like the style to. The amps are pretty strong, some can push under an ohm; yes they can Ive seen it done (thats for the haters in the next msgs). Soundstream is awesome to. I had a 200w MAX soundstream vangough series and it thumped pretty damn hard.
Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: October 01, 2005 at 8:19 PM
if you want it loud and your going with soundstream. for 2 15" subs look at the T4's .the SPLX's can be ordered in quad coil. if you really want to get crazy the XXX 15" subs are rated at 8500 RMS and the XXX amps will run 6500 RMS. I installed 2 15" T4's and a van gogh 1600.2 and a long list of SS gear. it was louder than i expected
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1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: October 02, 2005 at 11:44 AM
You hit 175db?? On what kind of mic? Where was the mic put, by the port? If you really hit that legally you need to be competing, as that would be one of the higher scores in the world. Quite a feat with one sub and only 5600 watts.
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Posted By: fr33w0rld
Date Posted: October 02, 2005 at 5:59 PM
it fallows regulations when i got it mic i wanted a baseline so i could complete next yr...i am gonna put cold air intake in so i can put another battery under the hood..and 2 2 frad caps in the trunk...i am going for street class C...i just trying to get it all up to spec...i personally talked to ma audio about setting up the box...cu ft port tuning all based on the power and size of my car....i just need to get out of the city and find some comps need to find some money to get out to them too...the ones around here and pathic....my closest competion is someone with L7's...@ 1000 watts...kinda lame around here...i've got the loudest car in the city....no one can touch me.. ------------- HU Alpine CDA-9855 Amp MA Audio 802sx 4,400 RMS 1 ohm Sub 18" MA Audio RMS 5,000 @ 1.5 ohm Ported Box Car 99 civic Si
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