primer Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Ok, I need peoples experience to help me make an educated decision. I have: 2 RF R2SD2 10's (DVC 2 ohm) 2 Kicker comp vr DVC 4 ohm 10's 2 Pioneer Champion TS-W309d2 DVC 2 ohm 12's Truck is a 2002 GMC 2500HD W/8.1 liter V8 I've been running the 12's lately but keeping them low due to being underpowered. I bought the RF 10's today and I wasn't impressed. They didn't hit as hard as I expected. The owner of the shop told me to bring them back if I didn't like them. But I want to leave his shop tomorrow with the setup I desire. I can't take the back seat out because I have kids and use the truck to haul my camper. So, I'm limited to under the seat airspace. I'm eyeballing a RF PRIME R1200-1D to try on the 12's or if it can't do them the Kicker 10's. Does anyone have experience that can help me make an educated decision here? Any amp suggestions? I would rather not buy more speakers, but will if I have to. I'm not trying to win competitions, but I enjoy a hard hitting system. Trying to get the best combo I can for this truck. 2002 GMC 2500HD w/8.1 liter v-8 Pioneer Avic N-5 HU Pioneer CD-BTB200 Bluetooth Pioneer CD-UB100 usb Pioneer GEX-P910XM XM receiver Pioneer CD-1200 IPhone adapter Pioneer TS-W309D2 subs x2 Audiopipe split 3003 2 Autotek 3-way active crossovers 2 alpine tweeters RF Punch P132 3.5" full range RF Power T1462 4x6 full range RF Power T1693 6x9 3 way RF Power T2652 T2 6.5 components 2 Autotek ATX 1200.4 amps 4 RF P400 amp Massive N4 nano-block I measure loud by the amount of smoke it puts out. www.enforcer-gaming.com
john253a Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Sell them all And go with some 8" in a ported box You'll get 4 sa8 under there if you want to drop $7-800 on speakers Other wise get the E8 for under 400 for all 4 And run them on 10-1500rms You might need a 2" riser for the seat if you want then facing fwd
Smoove Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Sell it all and get a CT sounds 7k and 2 SP4 15's 2 Team Fi 15's v1 2 DD M5's 970amps of Alt 6th order blowthroughThe truck Blowthrough build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/155555-smooves-1996-chevy-ext-cab-c1500-slow-build/The 350z build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/170694-smooves-2003-nissan-350z/ My FB page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smooves-Car-Audio-and-performance/719746144805343 Team Fi Audio http://www.ficaraudio.com/
afrakes Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Get out of the mainstream man! Not trying to bash but at least expose yourself to some "underground" brands that are less expensive and can give you equal or better quality. Something besides kicker and Rockford. Vehicle: 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD WT Head Unit: Pioneer DEH- Mids/Highs: Focal Integration ISC 165’s (front) Subs/Amps: TBD
Smoove Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Get out of the mainstream man! Not trying to bash but at least expose yourself to some "underground" brands that are less expensive and can give you equal or better quality. Something besides kicker and Rockford. Get out of the mainstream man! Not trying to bash but at least expose yourself to some "underground" brands that are less expensive and can give you equal or better quality. Something besides kicker and Rockford. Don't ever use RF and kicker in the same sentence. Geez!!!! And yes I will be powering Fi with RF. 2 Team Fi 15's v1 2 DD M5's 970amps of Alt 6th order blowthroughThe truck Blowthrough build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/155555-smooves-1996-chevy-ext-cab-c1500-slow-build/The 350z build : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/170694-smooves-2003-nissan-350z/ My FB page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smooves-Car-Audio-and-performance/719746144805343 Team Fi Audio http://www.ficaraudio.com/
afrakes Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 Like I said, not bashing the equipment at all. But Rockford Fosgate is a brand name that is carried in most car toys and advertised mainstream regularly. Can't say the same for fi, sundown, etc. Vehicle: 2014 GMC Sierra 2500HD WT Head Unit: Pioneer DEH- Mids/Highs: Focal Integration ISC 165’s (front) Subs/Amps: TBD
john253a Posted November 4, 2013 Report Posted November 4, 2013 here is what idd be looking at 4x E8 on a q1-1200 or sae-1000 @1ohm (about $650) http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-e8v3-dual-2/ http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-1200D-Amplifier_p_30.html http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-sae-1000d/ 4x sa8 on a q1-2200 @1ohm (low $1200) http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-sa8v2-dual-2/ http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-2200D_p_31.html some other options http://www.dcsoundlab.com/m3-8.html http://www.ddaudio.com/products/mobile-audio/woofers/2500-series http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-x8-dual-2/
primer Posted November 6, 2013 Author Report Posted November 6, 2013 Thanks for the input guys. I ended up taking the rf 10's back and buying a massive n4 nano block amp. Rated rms at 2ohms is 1000 and i believe it does it. The 12's came alive with it. I also built a under the seat box that was bigger than any prefab i could find. I got every bit of airspace i could out of it.. Alot of angles, but it came out good. I'll eventually buy some better subs, but this is the first time that i've been impressed with my bass since i got the truck. So, i'm happy with it. As I said, i'm not going to win any competitions with it, but it sounds good and I have more power if i need it later on. So far the amp hasn't gotten hot at all and i've been pushing it since i got everything finished. One of the guys at the shop had 2 of them pushing 2 kicker 15's and it threw them pretty hard. He told me that he hasn't had any issues with his. So we'll see. Anyway, thanks again guys. 2002 GMC 2500HD w/8.1 liter v-8 Pioneer Avic N-5 HU Pioneer CD-BTB200 Bluetooth Pioneer CD-UB100 usb Pioneer GEX-P910XM XM receiver Pioneer CD-1200 IPhone adapter Pioneer TS-W309D2 subs x2 Audiopipe split 3003 2 Autotek 3-way active crossovers 2 alpine tweeters RF Punch P132 3.5" full range RF Power T1462 4x6 full range RF Power T1693 6x9 3 way RF Power T2652 T2 6.5 components 2 Autotek ATX 1200.4 amps 4 RF P400 amp Massive N4 nano-block I measure loud by the amount of smoke it puts out. www.enforcer-gaming.com
poorfish88 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Posted November 8, 2013 here is what idd be looking at 4x E8 on a q1-1200 or sae-1000 @1ohm (about $650) http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-e8v3-dual-2/ http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-1200D-Amplifier_p_30.html http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-sae-1000d/ 4x sa8 on a q1-2200 @1ohm (low $1200) http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-sa8v2-dual-2/ http://www.soundqubed.com/Q1-2200D_p_31.html some other options http://www.dcsoundlab.com/m3-8.html http://www.ddaudio.com/products/mobile-audio/woofers/2500-series http://www.emfcaraudio.com/sundown-audio-x8-dual-2/ Glad your happy with your setup, but if you would have went with any of the options he listed you'd be a hella of a lot happier.
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