What is your favorite car sub?

Question 1
What is your favorite car sub?...  Alpine Type Rs... they really the best in their category.. or is there better for the money?

Answers
1)   the type rs POUND.. i prefer kicker L7s tho running two of them in my car right now - Corey

2)   MTX - Arty

3)   Digital Design - RiDiN(420)HiGh

4)   The one I'm running of course.

Lanzar Opti1232d. At $150 there are certainly better subs, but I've yet to come across anything that is better than this for the same price. - N2Audio


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Question 2
would it be better to seal the SoundStorm STS12D 12" 1200W Dual 4-Ohm Subwoofer or port it?...  and can you give me a good idea for a box design

-thanks.

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1)   Depends, I personally prefer sealed because it makes the bass sound deeper than a ported box. And if you want a good box design, I prefer fiberglass boxes, they are soooo much cooler than MDF boxes. - gmaguitar01

2)   ported box the the low LOWS, sealed boxes are more for tight punchy hits... such as rock on techno - Corey

3)   depends on what you're after.



Surprisingly, the manual for the sub (available at bossaudio.com through the "support" tab) has some pretty good information. It shows frequency response graphs for their recommended sealed and ported enclosures. The sealed box begins to roll off at about 60hz, which is pretty high, but expected from a sub in this price range. However, it is shown to have usable output into the upper 30's which is going to be okay for most music. It will come up short on some hip hop.



The ported option will give you a pretty big peak in the 50hz range, which is also common for a budget sub. That represents a frequency response geared toward spl over sq. It's going to sound its loudest in the 40-60hz range and fade away pretty fast above and below that, but its low end extension is a little better than the sealed box.



The sealed enclosure will obviously be the easiest to build.

In most cases ported boxes are quite a bit larger than sealed for the same sub, but for this one it's only slightly larger. It only needs to be larger by the same volume as the port which is only about 4 hundredths of a cubic foot.



For sound quality - if you go with the ported box your front speakers will need to be pretty good because that box is going to have less output in the upper range while a sealed box will usually get well up into the range where a decent pair of front speakers will take over.



To make a long story short if you want the most output possible go ported. If you're more of a casual listener to a wide range of music you'll probably like sealed better. - N2Audio


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Question 3
What amplifier should I buy?...  I have two 10 inch kicker comp subwoofers and i would like a recommended amplifier that is cheap but still provides good bass... Any suggestions?



Check this site for RMS and Watt power.



http://www.kicker.com/comp



Thanks for the help.

Answers
1)   Pick one





1) cheap and unreliable

2) not cheap but reliable - SantaBarbarian

2)   a sony xplod 1652z can get you 200w rms x 2 @ 2 ohms, or 400w rms x 1 @ 4 ohms for like 60 bucks. a kicker zx300.1 or a kicker zx400.1 would be a great option without being to expensive. the kicker amp would have better sound quality hands down, cleaner bass. - Matt

3)   The RMS power range of 10" Kicker Comps is 50-150 watts and they have a single 4 ohm voice coil. So for a pair in parallel, you need a monoblock amp that outputs from 100 to about 400 watts RMS into 2 ohms.



A Kicker 08ZX300.1 is only $169.99 at Crutchfield and is a good match.



http://www.crutchfield.com/p_2068ZX3001/Kicker-08ZX300-1.html?tp=115



A Rockford-Fosgate Punch P300-1 is less expensive, only $139.99, but is only available at Crutchfield's "Outlet" store.



http://outlet.crutchfield.com/p_675FRP3001/Rockford-Fosgate-Punch-P300-1.html?cc=01&tp=115



Both are excellent amps. - PimpMyRide


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Question 4
Would it be safe to Push a 10" Kicker L7 with 1500 RMS daily?...  I have two kicker l7 10's, and an amp that pushes out 1650 RMS x2 channels at 2 ohms (so each Kicker would be gettin 1650 rms). Would that damage the Kicker's over time? They are said to only handle 600 Watts rms each, but i've seen people pushing almost 3000 RMS on one kicker L7 10. My amp could also push out 1000 RMS x2 channels at 4 ohms (I would just have to wire the subs differently). Would that be safer? I just want to get the most out of my subs without damaging them. Please help asap. Adam

Answers
1)   If you're pushing more than the recommended power, usually Kicker won't cover it under warranty, so you're running a risk there as well. - Corey

2)   no i would not exceed that much over the kicker rated rms for long periods of time or on a daily basis. you will melt the voice coils, at the very least you would weaken the sub and start to lose sound quality at a rapid rate. eventually sending them to the graveyard. you could get away with 1000rms 2 each but for how long i dont know. - Matt

3)   Disclaimer: I don't have intimate knowledge of this amp nor of the speaker. But I do know that a general rule is: as long as your driver is not producing audible distortion, it likely isn't suffering. Hear distortion -- back off a bit. You should be fine. - liuMeng


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Question 5
Will a 12 inch re audio xxx sound deep with a hifonics brutus 2600 watt amp?...  or will 2 12 inch cvr take it out with a 2000 watt absolute amp.?

Answers
1)   yes - Corey

2)   no - hilario p


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