Best Sub?
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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 01, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Topic: Best Sub?
Posted By: 86_t-bird_302v8
Subject: Best Sub?
Date Posted: November 12, 2005 at 10:29 PM
Rate these from a 1 to a 3, 3 being best. I'm trying to figure which one I should go with. Thanks. Audiobahn Pioneer MTX PowerAcoustik Alpine Kicker Infinity JVC
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: November 12, 2005 at 10:48 PM
AudioBahn -1 Pioneer 2 MTX 3 Power Acoustic 2 Alpine 3 Kicker 3 Infinity 3 JVC 1 Image Dynamics 7.5 Adire 10 Resonant Engineering 9.9999999999 Sony 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 HA, NOT! (-1) ------------- 2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
Posted By: memphis9
Date Posted: November 12, 2005 at 11:08 PM
Audiobahn1 Pioneer1 MTX 6 PowerAcoustik 1 Alpine 5 Kicker7 Infinity4 JVC 0 ------------- G-Boys Customz
Northville, MI
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: November 12, 2005 at 11:28 PM
How about some model numbers specifically? Each company listed makes good and bad subs, just an over all list seems too broad. Without the A-bahn and sony...not even worth the time. -------------
Posted By: 86_t-bird_302v8
Date Posted: November 12, 2005 at 11:33 PM
How about this? Kicker CompVR 05CVR122 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils
Posted By: j_darling2007
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 12:53 AM
It depends on the ohm load you're looking for and how low of an impedence your amp can handle as to which voice coil configuration to get. If you get dual 2-ohms, you can have a 4-ohm (series) or 1-ohm(parellel) load on the amp. The 1-ohm will allow the amp to feed more power, but you will sacrifice some clarity. The 4-ohm will allow the amp to feed less power into it, but will be more tight and accurate. What I'm asking is are you wanting hardcore SPL, or SQ? ------------- There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't
Posted By: 86_t-bird_302v8
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 1:04 AM
I would bridge the woofer to a 600 watt (peak power) amp. That particular woofer has a peak load of 800 watts. I'm pretty new to this stuff so would that be my best option? And what do you mean by parellel and series load? My amp has 2 channels.
Posted By: 86_t-bird_302v8
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 1:12 AM
Also, voice coils have nothing to do with bass right? PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 1:15 AM
like i said before in your last post. never go by peak rating. what is the RMS of your amp? peak is worthless it just used to bring in sales with huge numbers. same goes with subs and speakers follow the RMS rating.
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Posted By: 86_t-bird_302v8
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 1:22 AM
Ok then, its 300 wrms.
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 11:23 AM
If out have a two channel amp than you are gonna wanna bridge that amp and hook the sub in series to get a 4 ohm load, most 2 channels will not run at one ohm loads and genereally thats an impedence saved for SPL competitors, street use is fairly few and far between. If you wanna know how to wire in series and parrell than look at the side bar of this page and click on "parrell and series" under the heading "car audio"
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Posted By: eklipz17
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 12:45 PM
86_t-bird_302v8 wrote:
How about this? Kicker CompVR 05CVR122 12" subwoofer with dual 2-ohm voice coils
Those are pretty good subs. I have two of those getting 787wrms off a jbl amp and those things pound.
If I could, I would've got something with more sq. but those are some good subs.
Posted By: Arctic601
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 9:32 PM
I say go with kicker, mtx or alpine, something along those lines outta that list. It all depends though, personally, if it were me, I would be buying something like elemental design, RE, JL or eclipse.
Posted By: audiobhan101
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 11:18 PM
Try 2 alpine type S or one alpine Type r. You have a pretty small amp and i am assuming it isnt mono block. If you dont want aline go for a low end JL sub like thw 12W3 it meats your RMS wattage perfectly. JL is pretty pricy though in comparison to alpine.
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