Let me start by saying that this forum is one of the most informative that I have seen in a long time and look forward to learning alot more. Now to my question, I have researched many subwoofer companys and have come down to these. RE, FI, and Digital Designs. I'am not really sure which model of each company would suit me best since i have never personally heard any of these mostly because I live down here in Key West where their are no audio shops worth a crap. I would like to install one 18in. This
would be going into the bed of an 06 avalanche with the port firing into the cab. I have a max of 8cu ft. to work with. I would like a sub that plays really loud without that boomy sound and has good sound quality(as much as i can expect for an 18). I realize DD doesn't sell and 18 so whar ever would be the equvilent to what I'am lookinfg for.
As far as powering the sub, I'd like to stay around 2 to 3 thousand watts RMS. Once I decide on a woofer I'll look into a mono amp from U.S. AMPS, HIFONICS, ROCKFORD FOSGATE, AND DD. Also with pushing 2-3k watts how do you know how many batterys i will need? I'am open to all suggestions and thanks for any help. Almost forgot, between the sub and amp I have a 2k budget.