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Old 01-01-2003, 06:08 PM
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I looking for some subwoofer. Which is a good subwoofer beside JL? Is Apine pretty good how about the rest etc.?
Old 01-01-2003, 06:13 PM
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oh yeah.... is Infinity a good for subwoofer? if i get one 12" would it bump my whole car?
Old 01-01-2003, 06:30 PM
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looking for bump or quality?
Old 01-01-2003, 06:34 PM
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I just got for my car is the alpine sbs-1041bp. Running a orion 250 watt amp to it. Sound fantastic. 200 dollars from ultimate eletronics. Had a single orion 12 before in a sealed box that you get from any stereo store. Sounded like crap after i got the new box.
Old 01-01-2003, 06:38 PM
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im selling my audiobahn 12" flame woofers.120oz magnet 1100rms watts per speaker 2200max.350 for both.Thats a total of 4400 max watts.Excellent condition could pass for new.Crutchfield sells them for like 3 a piece check them out at crutchfield the model number is aw1206q.
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check them out there the pic does them no justice.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...0&I=037AW1206Q
Old 01-01-2003, 06:55 PM
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in no particular order:
JL
Alpine type-R
MA Audio
DEI
Eclipse titanium series
MTX 8000 series

all high quality, good thumping. a few of these can be a little more costly but they are worth it.
Old 01-01-2003, 07:04 PM
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audiobahn subs are very overrated.. their amps, however are underrated.. not saying the subs arent nice, but dont give them what their rms rating is..

as for subs, image dynamics, digital designs, resonant engineering, ack i can't think.. beyond audio, adire audio...
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Originally posted by ShAg9yBrDr
MTX 8000 series
:thumbup: I have 2 MTX 8000 12" subs and 2 Infinity Digital Beta 100 amps. subs rms is 400 and the amp, bridged, is 400watt. So it's perfect. I think they sound great and have good bumpage to them. I only ever had one at a time hooked up for daily driving, car alternator can't put out enough to power 2 at once.

But some friends and I put 2 cars trunk to trunk and we ran my other amp off his electrical system and we could hear beautiful loud bass from 2.5blocks away. This was both in a bandpass box still in the trunk, but open trunk.

But back to your topic, I like the MTX 8000 subs. 6000's are OK. Nothing great, but above par. The 4000's I think are on par or less. I've heard only one Infinity Reference 12" in a sealed box, guy only had like 150watts going to it... it was ok for some filler bass, but nothing that was really noticeable outside the car. It's what he wanted. I think if he put the RMS watts to it and tuned it properly it would have "bumped his whole car" so to say.

Personally I don't like JL's, Audiobahn, or image dynamics. I've heard a couple at a local get together once and didn't care for the sound of them at all. Could have very easily just been a poor setup, but I only heard them each once for about 10mins each.
Old 01-01-2003, 09:22 PM
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Originally posted by clickwir

I think if he put the RMS watts to it and tuned it properly it would have "bumped his whole car" so to say.
Some of us don't need to hear our cars for blocks or shake the nieghborhood.
My stereo is for my enjoyment and not other people a block away. Anyways depends what you want cause some woofers are great for spl and some are better for sound quality. Also depends how much you want to spend, trunk space ect.



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