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10" or 12" sub?

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personally, I'd go with a 16 inch sub. Steak and cheese, toasted, pepper relish, rather than the banana rings, mayo, lettuce, oil, tomatoes...
 
Atlas 12

everything i have heard about these woofers is amazing. ive never had one myself, but everyone is currently raving about them. they sound good, get low, and are just overall amazing woofers.
Wire it up for a Qts of .33, and in a 2 cube sealed box">http://www.ascendantaudio.com/Atlas%2012%20low%20Qts%20T-S%20specs.htm</a> and you will have a very good response curve and some serious power. it is a 4 ohm sub, so your current amp will work with it better than you think. no one has ever said these subs dont put out.

That is my reccomendation.

MIKE
 
You can immediately discredit any post where the author claims a smaller sub is "tighter" "less boomy" "faster" and so on. It's one of the biggest myths in the world. No duh your 12" rockford's sound crappy, they're rockfords! Duh. Faster? That's nice, but you know it has to move further than a 15 to create the same amount of SPL, which increases distortion in the end.

Go with whichever size fits the best for you.
 
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
You can immediately discredit any post where the author claims a smaller sub is "tighter" "less boomy" "faster" and so on. It's one of the biggest myths in the world. No duh your 12" rockford's sound crappy, they're rockfords! Duh. Faster? That's nice, but you know it has to move further than a 15 to create the same amount of SPL, which increases distortion in the end.

Go with whichever size fits the best for you.
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true to a point. XBL^2 subs have a very very very low distortion. but yes more excursion = more distortion.

MIKE
 
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
You can immediately discredit any post where the author claims a smaller sub is "tighter" "less boomy" "faster" and so on. It's one of the biggest myths in the world. No duh your 12" rockford's sound crappy, they're rockfords! Duh. Faster? That's nice, but you know it has to move further than a 15 to create the same amount of SPL, which increases distortion in the end.

Go with whichever size fits the best for you.
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true to a point. XBL^2 subs have a very very very low distortion. but yes more excursion = more distortion.

MIKE
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You don't have to tell me that 😉

Brahma
Tumult
Brahma box (old pictures, amps & layout have changed and cleaned up)
Tumult box (just put on the first coat of lacquer)
 
bastard, how can you afford so much. i wish i had the money. A tumult is my dream woofer for my home in the future. maybe 2 of them and create my own SVS sub.

MIKE
 
Well i just got back from Sound Advice after getting the system installed...

Ended up with the 10" JL W3 in a sealed box w/ matching carpet.

Oh my lord, im glad i didnt go with the 12, this thing POUNDS 😀

Very VERY happy with my purchase....

Next upgrade, the speakers 😀
 
Originally posted by: aphex
Well i just got back from Sound Advice after getting the system installed...

Ended up with the 10" JL W3 in a sealed box w/ matching carpet.

Oh my lord, im glad i didnt go with the 12, this thing POUNDS 😀

Very VERY happy with my purchase....

Next upgrade, the speakers 😀
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Cool. I'm looking forward to the day when I will have saved up enough money to buy & install some speakers and a sub in my truck. 😀

Pics?
 
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Originally posted by: aphex
Well i just got back from Sound Advice after getting the system installed...

Ended up with the 10" JL W3 in a sealed box w/ matching carpet.

Oh my lord, im glad i didnt go with the 12, this thing POUNDS 😀

Very VERY happy with my purchase....

Next upgrade, the speakers 😀
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Cool. I'm looking forward to the day when I will have saved up enough money to buy & install some speakers and a sub in my truck. 😀

Pics?
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Heading out now to take some... The grill is coming next week...
 
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Looks nice. No annoying ghetto vibrations...right? 😉
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Outside the car, surprizingly very little noise... However, i do need to do something about the back windshield. The plastic rear deck vibrates against it, so i have an extra piece of carpet shoved down in there for now 😀
 
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Looks nice. No annoying ghetto vibrations...right? 😉
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Make sure your license plate on the back doesnt rattle either. I covered the back of my license plate with dynamat, and that really helped. About the back dash, I used little pieces of weather stripping rubber (soft) and plugged them into the little spots between the dash and window that I thought were vibrating. really helped and was a cheap fix.
 
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