i heard that the alpine type r has a great history..but hey that XXX looks pretty nice..doesn't say the price for it though..if its around $300 then i might consider it for sure..how is it better than the type r though? the type r seems pretty neat to me

 

you could always buy yours used...thats what i did, cost me 225...came with everything...the details are in the sig...amp, wires, box, and 2 12" xplods...you can hear me coming from 2 blocks away if i wish to do that.

 

damn that sounds like a nice deal man..but buying a whole used system is kinda risky and i kinda want it new..but thanks for the idea

 

that's why you ask to give the equipment a listen before deciding to buy them used. if they refused to audition them for you, forget about the seller and move on.

 

hmm if 2 sony xplod subs can be heard from 2 blocks, can a brahma and an avalanche be heard from miles away????? anyway, used is risky but alot cheaper but usually no warranty comes with the stuff unless 2 da max sells it to you.

 

haha yea i get it..so whats like the best 15" subwoofer for around $350? i was considering getting a nice 12" but i just really like the idea of a 15"

 

why ditching the 12?

btw slick...we agreed it was a tie at the little 'fun' i had today with the kicker 10s

 

haha cause i just love the idea of a 15 inch sub w/ deep bass

 

sweet! gotta love xmax and properly constructed ported box.

 

your avalanche would have blown us away though

 

how much was your avalanche slick?

 

no...well it would a lil, ok yeah it would. 326 shipped sir.

 

I'll do my usual advertising here...

The Memphis 500 D (which I have) is around $430. You can talk the dealers down though. And they perfom just as well as JL's stuff.

Unfortuantly... or maybe fortunaly they do not do online sales. But you can go here to find the closest dealer. As well as look through some of their stuff.

www.memphiscaraudio.com

 

kcidmil got that new memphis amp as yet? the 1200 right?

 

Getting the MC1100D . But I have to wait till I get back home. I'm getting all the work done at once. It'll be June before it ever gets installed. I don't know how long it'll take the shop.

I have to do some prep work. What all it entitles I can't say at this time. It's a little secret on the box I'm having made. And they're also installing dynamat and a car alarm. So I'll be without my truck for awhile... but hey, that's why I have the Max.

 

woofer size could be offset, to a point, by huge excursion from a smaller driver

 

yea thats true maybe ill change my mind in the future but as of now its one 15" in a nice sized box with around 500 watts

 

500 watts? then go with a 12

 

my sub is not even seeing that much

 

why? what's the explanation for that statement man? 500 watts isn't enough for a 15 or am I missing something here?

 

ehh, power handling is enclosure dependant. 500 should be plenty.

 

yea i thought so too, i mean i dont want to get craaaazy loud..i saw your brahma and that sounds crazy mean..i think thats far more than enough for my likes..i don't want my whole car too shake...and i listened to some of the setups on that exurcusion website..thats mad..those dudes' cars shake..maybe ill get one 12 now..but brahmas are sold out everywhere..when are they going to get them back in stock?

 

yeah some of those people have some sick setups. mine is loud, but i don't think it's loud enough for you since you want to literally feel it outside the car from a few feet away.

 

you make absolutely no sense... you dont want crazy loud but you want to feel the bass outside????????? you cant have a soft system and feel it outside of your car.

 

why do you want to feel it outside your car?

i personally wish mine wasn't as loud as it is.

 

i just skimmed through parts of this thread

if your looking to go cheap def. go ebay, pay attention to what you buy, wattage isnt that big of a deal if you install things right, i've had brahmas, a lot of diferent rockford set ups, kicker comps and even volfenhags...its all how you plan it out, i dont care what anyone says about rockford but after finishing my newest and last set up i was amazed and the sq and high volumes of all the components but it cost me a lot and i did it myself.

im curently planning out a cheap set up for my beater, 91 blazer...i want it as cheap as posible
im building a vented box for 2 15's, will cost about 30 bucks, go vented if your looking to stay cheap but loud, picking up either 2 kicker comp vr 15's or going for volfenhag 15's for $130 a pair off ebay, as horible of a company as volfenhag is i do have to admit they pound pretty good for what they are, and then just pick up a pioneer with sub control for around 150.
and almost any cheap amp will work for what your trying to accomplish, ma audio has some lower priced ones that do the job, just remember if the amp you buy puts out all its power at 4ohms then your gonna want subs that you can wire at 4ohms or whatever impedence you need them to.

i dunno long but i hope it helped research b4 you buy and you'll be fine

--Dan

 

I think the best way is to search the classifieds on here. I did that and I just picked up 3 JL 10w3's for $150 in a box. I hooked em up to my Rockford P2002 and they shake my whole car. I can feel it outside and my **** rattles pretty good. I need to dynamat my trunk now. All of it cost me under $400 and it is better then I thought it would be.

 

i see thanks guys..well i narrowed it down to either one 12 or one 15" thats kinda broad but that's all i know for now..if i go with a 12" it will be the brahma..and if i decide on a 15" then maybe the re xxx or ava15 or the alpine type r 15"

thats all for now i guess..until i get some money and do more research

 

I have one 15" stage 3 punch in a ported box in my max. I built the box according to the diagrams in the subwoofer manual. It was the first box I built so I got some help here on the org from a guy named RobertJ who really knows what he is doing. Anyway its powered by an old punch amp that pushes 400 watts rms x 1 (that rating is at 12.6volts ). It gets real loud and sounds good IMO. The only problem is that I listen to mainly rock and metal and my sub setup sounds best with rap music. If you listen to music with alot of low-end then one 15" would work fine. If I could do it over again though I would have went with two tens in a sealed box because of my music tastes so keep that in mind.

 

yea i completly understand man..i do listen to music with a lot of low end...lot of trance..rap..and some rock and punk as well...thanks for the info though

 

i tried doing a system for under 1 G last year.

Tell you what, do not go cheap on the sound department, this is from firsthand experience.

I have a MTX 801D amp and 15" l5 solobaric, and tell you what it pushes pretty hard, but the pathetic bose speakers cannot keep up to it, thus giving me way too much bass for a $hitty bose system.

Just do some research and try to replace the whole bose system.

I'm spending over 3G to get my system installed, trashing the whole bose system and dampening my trunk.