cdguy707 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Hi everyone... i'm new to the forum. I'm from the bay area, ca and i used to be really big into car audio. I used to be sponsored by Memphis back in 2003-2004. I left the car audio scene for a few years and decided to get back into it last year. My budget has been pretty tight due to me being the only breadwinner in my household. I have a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe (Non-Onstar/Non-Bose). Up until last week, i only had a deck and some subs. Last week i changed all my 4-gauge wire to 0 gauge and added some Image Dynamics CTX-65CS components to my front doors. I mounted the crossovers behind the screen shield, the tweeters in the location of the stock tweets and the 6.5's in the same location the stock ones were. In the back doors i added some Image Dynamics CTX-65 Coaxials. I ran everything with 14 Gauge wire to an old Memphis Belle 16-MCH1300 5 Channel Amp that i had laying around. My head unit is a JVC AVX-830 Double Din Deck (I love this deck because of the detachable face... in my neighborhood, you have to have a detachable face). For my subs, i am now running 2 Kicker C15's (I know i know... cheap subs but im poor lol.) I built the box myself and it's the first box i've built since 2003. It's not done cosmetically. My box is roughly 6.8 Cubic feet air space and with seperate chambers, that makes about 3.4 cubic feet per driver. I have 3.5"x15" slot ports for each driver. I am running a Hifonics Brutus BXI1610D amp for the Kickers (i know... another cheaper product lol). Believe it or not, the Kickers actually pound and my system is super clear and knocks harder then my friend's 3 Rockford Punch stage 2 12s. However, i want to upgrade the Kickers to new subs because i finally got a little extra cash to invest in my tahoe... Now, i have narrowed it down to 2 different subs. I am looking at the Soundstream T6-15 and the RE Audio SEX15D4. I can get the RE Audios for 360 shipped for the pair and i can get the Soundstreams for 400 shipped for the pair. I was wondering if anyone has heard these and had some input on to which ones are a better sounding sub. I know they are 2 different types of subs as the Soundstream subs run at 900 watts rms and the RE Audios run at about 600 Watts RMS... but i have heard the RE Audios can take a lot of abuse as opposed to some Soundstream products. Plus with the amp i'm using, i wouldnt be utilizing the full potential of the soundstreams... If anyone else has any suggestions on a better sub that will run between 350-400 for the pair, i am open to suggestions as well. Thanks for your help in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Mike Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 You can get a pair of sundown SA-12's for less than $400. Check em out on youtube, I think I saw a dude do 150db+ with a pair of em on 3k watts or somethin like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdguy707 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 You can get a pair of sundown SA-12's for less than $400. Check em out on youtube, I think I saw a dude do 150db+ with a pair of em on 3k watts or somethin like that. i was checking out the sundowns but the cheapest i had found them was about 480 for the pair shipped... my supplier doesnt carry them either so i was looking around online... that was the cheapest i could find... can you share a link where i can get them for less then 400 bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irpirate Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 195. free shipping. dual 4 http://www.woofersetc.com/p-9260-sa-12-d4-sundown-audio-12-600w-dual-4-ohm-sa-series-subwoofer.aspx dual 2 http://www.woofersetc.com/p-9261-sa-12-d2-sundown-audio-12-600w-dual-2-ohm-sa-series-subwoofer.aspx Quote hiiiiiiii2002 4runner - buncha speakers n amps n shit (gone)1994 astro - more stuffzupdate: pretty sure all the pic links in the logs are broken lol. ma slop garb build log16 12's 4th order4runner rebuild in progressclickkk meeeee!!!! 4 18's 6th orderUBL - clickyhttp://www.youtube.com/yyj11589 lots of hater kids here. Pay no attention, they just want 89,000 watt subs for 3.50If you would have put a dc dustcap on it and called it lv your mom, they would all be in love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraz1021 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 SSA store <---- $195 with free shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassrace Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Sa's get my vote over the subs you mentioned too but.... AQ sd2.5 http://www.audioque.com/Street-Duty-SDC25-15-D4-Subwoofer_p_12.html Obsidian http://obsidiancaraudio.com/index.php?id=6 Skar vvx http://www.woofersetc.com/p-10303-vvx-15d2-skar-audio-15-dual-2-ohm-subwoofer.aspx Just to name a few other subs in that budget... Edit: well the skar's a few bucks more than I thought. Edited January 13, 2012 by bassrace Quote 145.9@40hz 145.3@34hz big 3 X2 group 34 Deka Group 31 All 0/1 awg jl meta wire Alpine CDA 7894 Orion HCCA D5000 2 AQ HDC312's Crunch gpv1100.2 (for 6.5"s only) AQ pro audio 6.5" - 3 sets AQ supertweeters - 2 sets 2000 Slamry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBleedMusick Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I would go with the SA's or the VVX good subs in your price range. Quote 2013 Dodge Charger Build Log 1996 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0Build Log 2005 Honda Civic LX Coupe Build Log SMD SUPER SELLER!!!!My Selling Feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKnoitsMe Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) I would go with the SA's or the VVX good subs in your price range. ^^ x2 and very similarly built Edited January 13, 2012 by UKnoitsMe Quote Man I'm glad I didn't lock this I get to witness two retards holding hands telling each other that it'll be ok because they are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdguy707 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 right on thanks for the help guys... looks like i'm going to go with those then :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdguy707 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 one more question... which do you think will run better with my Hifonics Brutus BXI1610D? Dual 4 or Dual 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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