HitManSE

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Yeah only issue is that rattle will not go away. On the bright side, just that little bit of give will save the mirror. Like I said, over 2yrs of abuse and mine wasnt fazed until I siliconed the hell out of it causing all the vibration to reach the mirror. Atleast its quiet now

Dont know how you turned those bars of yours into jello though.

Just do it and find out. Worst comes to worst, a few things start falling apart and your ears hurt and you go back to sealed. The one thing I personally like about sealed is the response above 50hz.

One things id say is try porting your setup to 32-35hz. Its still gonna get low enough, but you'll get that impact that hits you in the chest that mine doesnt do as well since its tuned to 28 ish. Although it does still get low and stupid loud. Just be sure to set you sub sonic and you'll be fine. OH, and try to get some port area going, much more then by bottle neck'd port, Say 30" + should do fine.

Have fun ( Hey if you have time to make a shoe box setup, you can build your own, lol )

slickrick

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it is not the actual bar but the piece that held the bar into place is what bent playing some paul wall-grillz. I am tuned to 35hz and I agree with the impact but its stupid loud at times hence I am going sealed with this 15.

HitManSE

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Ill keep an eye out for the thread when you do get it sealed, im getting a new box done soon at 35 hz and probably going to hurt myself and the car with it, then do what your doing now

ajbent86

Eclipse, superclean sound and crisp bass response..........personally i think it is better than JL

AscendantMax

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wanna trade sub for a few days?

MannyNJ2k2max

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indeed! very sweet submarines...

djfrestyl

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??

subWOOFERS?

HitManSE

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Just port yours you bum, lol. Besides im more then just a few miles away.

slickrick

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haha 35hz tuning is gonna be sick hitman you have no idea...40hz in my car is downright annoying.

AscendantMax

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haha nah, i don't know how else i can keep my trunk looking clean as is if i go ported.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=460041&page=2

MannyNJ2k2max

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i was being playful with my response

avsmusic1

+1 for focal

metallic97gxe

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currently loving the tight accurate bass from my 2 10" JL Audio 10w1v2's

ghostridden

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i have 1 12w3v2 JL audio sub, its awesome, but with me fixin to get my new max i'm wanting to change that too, i'm looking at arc audio right now. we'll see what this summer holds for my audio bug

slammed

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Image Dynamics
Dayton Audio
OZ Audio
Resonant Engineering
Ascendant Audio

MaxHind

I had 12'' Blau Punkt (2) in my old car. paper ones I think, sounded great. Really only subs I've had, loved em.

REYMAX77

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diamond audio TDXs all da way!!!!!

WhiteMaxima9600

Seems diamond, ID and rainbow's are getting good responces...... it's funny though all u hear about are RF, mtx, audiobahn's etc... and really noone hear has spoken of them. I've learned that the best brands are harder to find than the one's the retailer's have..... props to the org

nismos14

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Those are all the mainstream bs companies, an educated buyer knows he can get better equip for less money or equivalent money.

slickrick

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there you go.

armeng

my Opinion on subs is

1) TREO Competition Series Extreme (very very loud )
2) IDMAX
3) JL Audio 12W7

in this order.

i havent seen anyone talk about TREO subs, does anyone in here have them or heard of TREO subs??

armeng

i think TREO subs + ZAPCO amp is the best combo.

what you guys think???

armeng

are
Image Dynamic component sets
Arc Audio component sets
any good
VS
Rainbow component sets ???

just wondering



PS, Image Dynamic component sets are looking real good to me .

2 Da Max

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I heard Treo is releasing amps as well? Ive seen a pic of the manufacture with hundreds of them in his living room.

o btw they were powering a xxx

MaxRain

JL Audio subs

djfrestyl

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With their 3ohm proprietary amplification system?

Just Lousy marketing, no thanks.

BBOYSTEVIE

I ran the Chameleon CSX62 set quite a few years ago. Back then, the tweet wasn't as bright as I would have liked, but I think i'd really enjoy it now. Not deep midbass, but snappy. Midrange is OK. Cool things about it are that it's avaliable in 2 ohm versions and the coaxial mounting. Decent comps. No experience with the Arc comp sets. Rainbow makes a lot of lines so thats a tough comparison. They're pretty well respected so I'm sure som eof their higher lines would blow the ID away. If you are aiming the tweets relatively on axis (had mine in kicks coaxially mounted) and can get the 2 ohm version for around 200, I think that's a great deal. If you don't need 2 ohm drivers and arent' interested in coaxial mounting, or wanna spend more, there's plenty of other options...arc and Rainbow being some of them. IMO Image Dynamics subs, compression horn drivers, and processors (if you're OK with big analog units) are the strongpoints of Image Dynamics, along with customer service and support of the industry/competition. The old IDQ 8's were pretty nice too if you can find em. The should be releasing another 8" midbass driver shortly.

WhiteMaxima9600

Just how good do they ID's sound? I know they like a small enclosure, does that not kill the lows? I prefer deep bass rather than punchy bass, the punchy type seems like it distorts with the ten's anyway.. My bro used to have some jl w3 12's in a sealed box and they sounded awesome with any type music... But that was when I had not heard anything else... However i find myself comparing every system to those.. I still have not heard any that were as "clean" sounding as those..... Could the ID's compare with them or would they blow them away?

1996blackmax

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I like my Soundsplinter RL-i10. Sounds good, and has decent output.

Will be moving up to an ARC Series 12" pretty soon .

slickrick

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I ALWAYS put my sub in a bigger than spec box because most companies give you recommendations that are on the small side to prevent ignorant users from blowing the sub mechanically. however, smaller/better companies usually give decent specs. moreover, they pick these enclosure sizes to compensate for the typical users lack of a solid frontstage. in laymans terms= sub plays loud in higher frequencies at the cost of low frequency extension.

BBOYSTEVIE

I also like a box bigger than spec. For the IDMAX I like 1.5-1.6 or if you care to, IB. I've heard the 12w3 (v1) an dthink all the ID subs can rival or surpass that. Must ask though, what was the rest of his system like? Strong midbass ( like good 6.5 drivers in dampened doors or 8's up front with power) will make the subbass sound better, blend better with the rest of the system.

WhiteMaxima9600

I know it was in a jeep grand cherokee with the infinity sound package.... Very nice sounding for a factory option.. that could have had somethin to do with it... Also the suv's have a lot more room for the sound wave's to travel, maybe that was it

armeng

i think im going to go with Diamond Audio M661 for my Components

im going to get:

3 pairs of Diamond Audio M661 im going to used Arc Audio KAR600.4 and
Arc Audio KAR400.2 to power them up

1 IDMAX 12inch and a Arc Audio KAR900.1D to power up the sub.


what you guys think?? any room to improve??
PS, the reason i wanna get Diamond Audio is couse i can get it for $250 a pair, and i cant find any rainbow that around $250 and as good as Diamond Audio M661 price wise.



Sorry the price on the Diamond Audio M661 is $200 , not 250 lol the guy gave me a good deal couse im getting 3 pairs

WhiteMaxima9600

sounds sweet armeng

armeng

are Alphasonik subs any good??
and
Infinity Perfect6.1 any good?

AscendantMax

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why 3 pairs of diamond components...

Pearl96Max

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The Rainbow SLC would **** on the DA M6s.

Maybe hes giving you a "good deal" cause theyre THREE YEARS OLD

Pearl96Max

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Oh and when they blow, they blow...literally as in pieces falling off. Hence the reason DA strayed away from theyre aluminum cones.

WhiteMaxima9600

are the diamond subs that bad??

slickrick

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nope.......