audiobah subs?

[lasteclispe]

ok guys im thinking about buying 2 of these subs AW1206T
(http://www.cardomain.com/item/ABNAW1206T) . i saw alot of people said the low end audiobahn was not good. so i just wanted to know what u guys think about these?..should i buy them? do they hit hard?....ty

 

[fr33b1rth]

Audiobahn not good? heh, they sound AWSOME!!! I've seen a AW1508Q in a 3 cubic foot ported box at 40hz hit 145db. I just installed 2x AW1006Q in my firiend's dodge spirit with 2x Bazooka EL1500's and they hit HARD. They are in a seperated box that i built and ported myself at 39hz. They have 1 cubic foot each. I love audiobahn subs, the only downside is that they take a lot to power.

Oh, and: http://www.cardiscountstereos.com/Catalog Page.asp?Product+#=AW1206Q

the AW1206T and the AW1206Q have the same specs, it's just the Q is one year older, but that is 100% brand new, unopened.

they are a very good retailer. I buy things (including those AW1006Q's) from there all the time. just a warning though, i doubt you will get the audibahn warrentee (cardiscountstereos says they have a 1 year on it), although i doubt you will blow that sub unless you use a really dirty amp that feeds a lot of distortion, or you don't know how to tune a system.

 

[14.5 drift]

I run them, but I dont like them.

 

[fr33b1rth]

I run them, but I dont like them.

the cheap ones suck hardcore, it's all about the flame q's or better, and you need a very clean amp. What ones are u using?

 

[xBOOSTx]

my friend does car audio and i asked him the same question...if audiobahn subs were any good??? he told me no. not to waste my money on them, that they didn't have a clean bass hit. So i went and bought a 12" eclipse sub... i won it brand new from ebay for $90. look him up if you want, he has alot more stuff... member name is makeitcountpaper

 

[SoilentGreen98]

ok guys im thinking about buying 2 of these subs AW1206T
(http://www.cardomain.com/item/ABNAW1206T) . i saw alot of people said the low end audiobahn was not good. so i just wanted to know what u guys think about these?..should i buy them? do they hit hard?....ty

I use an AW1206Q which is the exact same thing as the AW1206T, just the Q was made in 2002 and the T in 2003. I've never touched the low end models but the one I have does the job just fine. The bass on mine is clean and I love it. I have no complaints at all with it.

 

[14.5 drift]

ive got an awp212 powered by bd500. It's just not what i'm looking for.



Maybe I an just envious of some guys explorer I saw at the shop a while ago, he got a jlw7 12 in a ported box and ive been in love affair ever since :drool:

 

[SpYYder]

Holy shit sound domain charges alot of money for their stuff. Just buy the high end Alum12's or the high compression 12's from this site... cheaper than the low end on sound domain...

http://www.woofersetc.com/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=217&1=218&2=1093

That site has the AW1206T for only $159, sound domain has it for $279...

 

[1.8Lof94Eclipse]

my friend does car audio and i asked him the same question...if audiobahn subs were any good??? he told me no. not to waste my money on them, that they didn't have a clean bass hit. So i went and bought a 12" eclipse sub... i won it brand new from ebay for $90. look him up if you want, he has alot more stuff... member name is makeitcountpaper

You can't go wrong with Eclipse dude. They have top quality shit. I have an Eclipse CD player hooked up to a Kicker SX 500.2 Amp and one JL Audio W6v2 and it hits very nicely.

 

[MyEclipse5]

No, they suck. One of my buddy does Stereos for a living, i asked him abotu Audiobahn, an he simply said, they suck. If you want a quality sub, he likes rockford Fosgates(sp?) he said another brand, but they're like uber expensive

 

[fr33b1rth]

No, they suck. One of my buddy does Stereos for a living, i asked him abotu Audiobahn, an he simply said, they suck. If you want a quality sub, he likes rockford Fosgates(sp?) he said another brand, but they're like uber expensive

I've blown more RF subs than i can count, even when they said it was because i wasn't using their amps. I proceded to buy one, and two days later (i let the guys at a local install shop, a very good one at that, install it and tune it) it blew for no reason. It didn't sound that good either. The reason why people say audiobahn sucks is because they take a LOT of power to move. You need a very very big and powerful amp. Push even 800 watts RMS to that sub and i guarentee you love it. People also judge audiobahn from the stuff that circuit city sells (all the cheap, nasty ones). What they don't realise is they audiobahn makes some very high quality stuff. Like the Flame Q's, Alum q's, pro compressions, the Immortal Series. Most people have never even heard of these subs, let alone actuly heared them.

Bottom line:
you get what you pay for. Audiobahn is among the top dogs with their high end products, and this includes DB drags, as well as SQ comps.

 

[MyEclipse5]

If your into competitions, RF aren't too good, like you said, you get what you pay for, and those are some good cheap subs. Image Dynamics(sp?) maybe is the ones he said were the best.

 

[pinknuggit]

flame q's and piston subs sounding good?!?!? :laugh: :laugh:

IMO, audiobahn subs are good for getting loud, farty bass. The only audiobahn sub i would ever buy again is the alum... maybe the immortal. It might be different if you aren't 100% picky about the way your system sounds like me, but IMO (Again), audiobahn is on the Bottom of the chain for accuracy, and about mid level on the chain for getting loud.

I would recommend getting an Elemental designs 12K or 12O. Give them power, and they will sound 423432x better and quite a bit louder than any audiobahn sub (except for the immortal on loudness).

 

[Redmachine]

My wife has the 10in. flame q, weve been running it for over a year now with 1.3 cubes ported, A nice RF 1200watt amp(max power, I think it's pulling 800 rms) It hits harder than any sub I've ever heard. I have no problems recommending them to anyone, They sounded so good My borther bought 2 of the same, kind. The People that have problems usually have shitty amps and not enough rms power to run em good. Like I said the HIT, I have two 12's rockford and they are very punchy but this 1 10incher makes my chest hurt., I say go for it.

BTW I just got done ordering 1 to replace my now blown Rockford punchs

 

[spooner_dee]

Im runnin cerwin vega stealth subs in my car, only pushing like 250 to each sub, each can handle like 400, but they hit hard as hell, ive never heard subs better then them, i was actualy thinking of selling them and goin audiobahn. but now after seein how many people put them down, im second guessing

 

[Redmachine]

Im runnin cerwin vega stealth subs in my car, only pushing like 250 to each sub, each can handle like 400, but they hit hard as hell, ive never heard subs better then them, i was actualy thinking of selling them and goin audiobahn. but now after seein how many people put them down, im second guessing

Don't second guess based on what others think, if everyone did that you'd always have the same stuff. Go out on a limb and test them out yourself. The cheap ones aren't bad but the more expensive flame-q's,alumapros, and immortals are awesome, but then again not hearing them yourself you'll never know. I have converted so many people with my wifes setup it's not even funny. I got the back in july of 03 put them in and ever since, my neigbors daughter got a set, my brother got flame-q's and my neighbor across the street got a set of 12's for his ride. The problem most people have is shitty power. If you have the reccommend power from good amps, and I'm not talking boss or pyramid, I'm talking audiobahn, alpine, ppi, stuff that really puts out proven power. Are you really gonna get good sound out of a sub rated at 900watts rms with a 250 rms amp, no you are not.
Check them out yourself. I stand by audiobahn, because their high end equipment is real quality stuff. We even tested out the l7 10in, over at master audio on highway 6 in houston, the kicker didn't put out as much sound in my wifes car as the audiobahn. The installer is gonna start carring them at the store

 

[14.5 drift]

What sub does your wife have? I used to run 4 10 inch l7's in my truck, and that fuggin thing hit. I must speak on behalf of the l7 and say not many subs can outdue the l7's, if put in the proper sized box that is. You stated yout box was 1.3 litres, the l7 requires a bigger box to work properly.

 

[Redmachine]

What sub does your wife have? I used to run 4 10 inch l7's in my truck, and that fuggin thing hit. I must speak on behalf of the l7 and say not many subs can outdue the l7's, if put in the proper sized box that is. You stated yout box was 1.3 litres, the l7 requires a bigger box to work properly.

She has 1 1006q dual 4ohm flame q, and it's not in a 1.3liter box it's a 1.3 cubic foot box. The L7 they brought out was in the recommend size sealed 10 in, so 1 on 1 my wifes sub sounded better, you have 4 yeah you are gonna sound way better than 1 sub, plus you cound't put the square sub in the round hole(pun intended). But the test was with my wifes trunk, same amps same settings different boxes, the audiobahn just sounded cleaner. Now I hear alot about muddy bass, but are the folks complaining, have the amps set up correctly? I can muddy up any sub with improper gain settings just a thought

 

[14.5 drift]

hehe, you compared a ported audiobahn to a sealed kicker? Well no shit you thought it sounded better, . Maybe if you compared a sealed audiobahn to your wifes, you might have said the same thing "the ported sub sounded better". I am the same way, prefere the smooth deep bass delivery from the ported boxes over tight and punchy. Also with my setup, I ran many different variants, seemed like if I had 20 bucks I was down at home depot on a saturday picking up partical boards to try out a new box, at one time I had 800 rms from the fosgate going into one sub, ported, and the thing absolutly slammed inside my explorer, so, like you say, strong power with a good box, tuned for the cab or trunk (although ported is not recomended for a trunk as some frequencies are lost in the trunk and never make it inside the cab)

Try a ported l7 then talk to me about l7's.

 

[Redmachine]

hehe, you compared a ported audiobahn to a sealed kicker? Well no shit you thought it sounded better, . Maybe if you compared a sealed audiobahn to your wifes, you might have said the same thing "the ported sub sounded better". I am the same way, prefere the smooth deep bass delivery from the ported boxes over tight and punchy. Also with my setup, I ran many different variants, seemed like if I had 20 bucks I was down at home depot on a saturday picking up partical boards to try out a new box, at one time I had 800 rms from the fosgate going into one sub, ported, and the thing absolutly slammed inside my explorer, so, like you say, strong power with a good box, tuned for the cab or trunk (although ported is not recomended for a trunk as some frequencies are lost in the trunk and never make it inside the cab)

Try a ported l7 then talk to me about l7's.

See thats the thing My wifes sub is tight and punchy, it delivers good smooth bass when needed but it gets some good punch listening to metal with tight drums(I like the red, chevelle) it hurts to sit in the drivers seat. Yeah I have yet to hear a ported L7, but that was the only box they had setup, and it happened to be sealed.
My point is go out test out different subs and see what you like not what others say.

 

[Esibnitsud]

I didnt read through all these replies but if u really want something that has proven performance u could go with JL's in the same price range.

 

[pinknuggit]

Now I hear alot about muddy bass, but are the folks complaining, have the amps set up correctly? I can muddy up any sub with improper gain settings just a thought

People complain of muddy bass because compared to real high end subs, that's what audiobahn subs make.
No offense, and IMO, if you think an audiobahn sub sounds awesome, then you have definately not heard any Real high end sq subwoofers. Sure most audiobahn stuff Hits and gets Loud... but that's all it really does. You and your wife might be happy with your purchase, but there's alot more variables when you do a direct comparison with two different subs. I can almost guarantee that i could build a ported box for a 10" L7 with which it would outperform the flame Q audiobahn in quality And spl, but not everyone has that kind of setup nor the means/knowledge to create it.

Go take a listen to a properly tuned/installed Alumapro Alchemy, IDQv.2, IDMAX, w3v.2, elemental A series, OZ matrix, phoenix gold titanium, and eclipse titanium subs and you will definately be able to notice Accuracy in your bass sounds like, and you will definately be surprised as to how loud a good sq sub will actually get. A few of those subs i mentioned will totally demolish anything audiobahn has to offer in spl, while still being accurate.

I guess it all boils down to what you like. There are audiophiles who repel anything but perfection in stereos, there are audiophiles who don't mind listening to sub-par gear, and there are people who don't have virtually any standards on what their music sounds like. An audiophile will scoff at using audiobahn subs, but someone on a budget who isn't so uptight about their gear will love them. As long as you love them, that's all that matters.

 

[Redmachine]

People complain of muddy bass because compared to real high end subs, that's what audiobahn subs make.
No offense, and IMO, if you think an audiobahn sub sounds awesome, then you have definately not heard any Real high end sq subwoofers. Sure most audiobahn stuff Hits and gets Loud... but that's all it really does. You and your wife might be happy with your purchase, but there's alot more variables when you do a direct comparison with two different subs. I can almost guarantee that i could build a ported box for a 10" L7 with which it would outperform the flame Q audiobahn in quality And spl, but not everyone has that kind of setup nor the means/knowledge to create it.

Go take a listen to a properly tuned/installed Alumapro Alchemy, IDQv.2, IDMAX, w3v.2, elemental A series, Infinity perferc

I guess I got lost, My whole point is not everyone loves a certain brand, but should that stop you from making your own choices? I said I don't have a problem with audiobahn, to me yeah they sound great, and I've owned JL, and I've owned the old solobarics(the round ones) The audiobahn sounded good. My point was go listen for yourself make an educated guess for yourself, don't shut out anything unless you experience firsthand, not everyone likes audiobahn but not everyone likes JL, or Kicker, Or Infinity either.

 

[spooner_dee]

Don't second guess based on what others think, if everyone did that you'd always have the same stuff. Go out on a limb and test them out yourself. The cheap ones aren't bad but the more expensive flame-q's,alumapros, and immortals are awesome, but then again not hearing them yourself you'll never know. I have converted so many people with my wifes setup it's not even funny. I got the back in july of 03 put them in and ever since, my neigbors daughter got a set, my brother got flame-q's and my neighbor across the street got a set of 12's for his ride. The problem most people have is shitty power. If you have the reccommend power from good amps, and I'm not talking boss or pyramid, I'm talking audiobahn, alpine, ppi, stuff that really puts out proven power. Are you really gonna get good sound out of a sub rated at 900watts rms with a 250 rms amp, no you are not.
Check them out yourself. I stand by audiobahn, because their high end equipment is real quality stuff. We even tested out the l7 10in, over at master audio on highway 6 in houston, the kicker didn't put out as much sound in my wifes car as the audiobahn. The installer is gonna start carring them at the store

Im just second guessing, dont mean some day i wont go buy them, just till i can afford a real good amp that can push near the full watts they can handle, im sticking with what i got cuz they hit hard. And when i am gonna buy them i was gonna go for the flame q subs that have a peak of around 1100 watts i believe, with an amp for each speaker to get the full blast and blow out my ear drums, THATS HOW ITS DONE, its not bass till you go deff

 

[fr33b1rth]

Im just second guessing, dont mean some day i wont go buy them, just till i can afford a real good amp that can push near the full watts they can handle, im sticking with what i got cuz they hit hard. And when i am gonna buy them i was gonna go for the flame q subs that have a peak of around 1100 watts i believe, with an amp for each speaker to get the full blast and blow out my ear drums, THATS HOW ITS DONE, its not bass till you go deff

the 12" flame Q's peak 2200W, and are 1100W RMS. That's why they are so hard to power. Audiobahn rates everything they make at RMS power.