Top 5 subs?

[new_united]

what are the top 5 subwoofers on the market??

i've herd infinity perfect 12s are good and so are alpine type R's..

what do you think?

 

[dTERM]

Not in order, but the best ones to look at.

Cerwin Vega Strokers
JL (w7/w6/w3)
Kicker L7's
PPI Pistons (The big bad power series, not the little pressed basket)
Kenwood DB+

Alpines are just for looks, sure they sound good...but not great. And Infinity perfect subs are best for clarity, not deep bass. The strokers are your best bet, a good 15" or a couple of 12's will break glass.

 

[98_silvergs]

Roadmaster
Urban
Optimus
Kraco
Profile

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Just messing around, but yes dTERM said it best

 

[larryd]

ive always had JL.. cant go wrong with them... the new W7 is insane and prolly the best speaker on the market but the price is rediculous

 

[dTERM]

Yeah, W7's are too damn expensive, but the excursion is measured in inches. 98_silvergs forgot about the amazing Pyramid subs, nothing like recycled Big Chief Indian Pads to drop a good beat. Stay away from JLw0 subs, sure they're JL but who wants the cheapest line from any company? If you're looking for a good drop without too damn much space taken up, try the new Bazooka triangle sub. STOP LAUGHING! when I had my XM system installed the installer showed me his setup in his Jeep Liberty. He was running it off a 200w Alpine amp and it was hitting hard enough to make his CD player skip. It was DAMN loud. I have no respect for their bass tubes but sh|t they did a damn good job with those triangles. Plus they're small enough that you'll only lose a quarter of your trunk.

 

[level10a/t93tsi]

the 5 best sub are
MMats jugments
JL w3s and new w7
orion HCCA 10in 12in and 15in thay also have like 3inches of peck to
peck excretion
boston PRO's for SQ and nice rich bass
kicker L7s

i have an HCCA 12 with an extant 1001x it puts 1000w rms to the sub
boston rally 6.5 component set alpine head and sony amp for my components

 

[pilsner]

what do you guys think of audiobahn and rockford?

 

[dTERM]

Audiobahn is crap. It's a step up from Pyramid and Crunch. Rockford has a few good lines, their most expensive lines are about equal to the cheap JL's.

 

[m_berrow]

stroker's...............ARE THE !

 

[curtis_rak]

beleive it or not, in my last car I hit 138db with 2 12" JL W0's, and a Rockford Punch 250....

The W0's are cheap, and they friggin pound if properly powered and set up.

 

[dTERM]

Yeah, I had twin 12w0's in my Frontier running off a Rockford Power 200a1. They hit at 128 at the dash according to the digital Radio Shack meter I have. But I gotta plug them again, the Bazooka triangle tubes kick @ss and they are WELL worth the money. If you don't believe me, Buy my 10w3's and my Kenwood Kac-929 amp from me for $500 and watch what I buy to replace them.

 

[boostin]

What about the MTX 8000's? I hit 145.5 with two 12's and a piece of crap MTX Road Thunder amp.

 

[98GST]

my brother and I made a box for 2 Xtant 12's with wave guides and a huge bass port it should hit pretty damn loud

 

[97eclipse]

I have two JL w6 12s and my system hits harder and sounds better than anyones ive ever heard...

 

[98SilverGS-T]

Anyone seen 3 13" W7's in a SUV yet? check out my excursion...
http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=168547&page=3

 

[TsiPro16G]

But remember with JL's they work best in odd numbers...

 

[Low Flying GS-T]

Well I run three Thunder 8000's 12's hit very hard and has a descent sound quality. Strokers are $hit if you want any kind of sound quality, Cerwin Vega subs are better suited for DBL applications, trust me I've own Vega series subs. Kickers also aren't the best sound quality subs, but for hard hitting notes they are one of the best applications. And to JL's my brother owns three W6's mine hit much harder than his but his work good with all notes.

 

[espydur]

audiobahn's are super cheap and hella loud for the price. a solobaric L7 will rock your world. you wanna step up to the big boys...get a stroker or kove.

 

[-Boost_Krazy-]

it may not be the best, but i love my polk 12, 800watts max, 250-450 rms. Good excursion, all that. I had a friend with three rockfords, sounded like #@%#@%#@%#@%.

 

[Copper 95 GSX]

i have 3 Eclipse aluminum 12's on a rockford bd1500. i was hitting right around 150. I would say these are the best subs ive ever had plus it helps when you have around 1700 watts goin to em.....Later.

 

[espydur]

eclipse subs are sweet

 

[Eric Zeckner]

top 5 not in order

mmatz jugernaut
atomic thunder shocker extreme
JL w6 v2 or w7
kicker L7 (good spl but terrible sq)
cerwin vega stroker

 

[Malenko]

eh, I always have used RockFord Fosgates, I have 2 12"s and an 800W Power series AMP. Its loud enough that I cant hear other peoples systems. Dont forget to Dynamat!

 

[new_united]

what's the sound quality on the Cerwin Vega Strokers?? are they better then inifinity perfect 12's? what's considered the sub with the best sq?

 

[dTERM]

Oh God no. The Strokers are for DB Drag racing. If you want SQ go with the Infinity's. You need clean CLEAN clean power for them, For extreme SQ you want to look at a PPI Tube amp, a McIntosh or a Phoenix Gold.