New System For $1000-1500?

[D_Bass]

sounds awesome....see what happens when you aks for advise about a new setup?

[LSN2meBoom916]

AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS WHY THIS PLACE PWNS ALL OTHER FORUMS!

Mature folks.

Thanx for the kudos on my vids, part of the SQ i get out of em is that they're in a "relatively small" sealed box.

I actually built that box for the previous set of comp VR's which, USED TO say could not/should not be run in ported boxes, and only on the newer ones were they ok'd for ported use.

NOW, it could be louder if I ported it but I have quite a bit of $$$ and labor in the current setup so until I can "go big" it should stay as is.

As for the $1000-$1500 system debate/topic, are you talkin that much just for sub+amp/s? or do you need a deck/mids/wire/etc for that.

It IS possible to do that but you'll have to scale down the output and upgrade sub+amps later.

Technically, The lexus I put in the builds section was done w/ $1500 in parts and the mustang was done w/ $1000 in parts.

So, either 2-12's or 2-15's, 2-3 amps, deck, front mids, rear mids, eq/processor CAN be done under the $1500 cap as long as YOU are doing the install and don't have to pay anyone.

otherwise...Like some of the guys have said^^^ $1500 can buy some SERIOUS slumpage and I would explore more than the kicker/RF options as there are some seriously HIGH OUTPUT brands out there that would gladly ship to canada (i'm pretty sure you mentioned that was an issue).

ALSO! I should mention:

MACH 5 is a fairly new CANADIAN company w/ good lookin woofers at RIDICULOUSLY good prices.

Yo umight want to look into them as an option since they are Canada based and low cost PLUS they make 6.5's all the way up to 18's so you can pick your poison.

Personnally I'd loveto play w/ some of their 18's or the 12's just cuz you could get SO MANY of them at low cost and the specs are respectable. Check ROE(realmofexcursion) for vids of Snoopdans 18''. I believe he did a 143db TL in an SUV w/ 1 sub ported at the tailgate.

Linky: http://mach5audio.com/

Edited February 24, 2007 by LSN2meBoom916

[lovellsz]

I can feel you on not being into a company based on looks for sure.

I REALLY wish RF would go back to the old look and I think the only time i'd run the new ugly woofers would be in a bandpass w/ no windows in the box.

Other brands too, some are just a turn off in the aesthetics dept and need a redesign but the most powerfull way to impact the design guys is stop buying it until they make it pretty again or vice versa (if it's pretty but not loud boycott until they bring the boom back)

All I hear is about how the Power T-line of RF subs are great, and I have found many folks "posting ###'s" both on the mic and having pics to back it up and through hearsay but noentheless, the SPL ###'s DON'T give you ANY idea of the SQ that some of us want in a daily so until you hear a given brand "under ideal conditions" and IMO you need to hear it in more than one setup as a comparison. you can't really say one's ALL OUT BETTER than another one, other than "THIS got louder in THIS setup" vs a different one. The vehicle has a lot to do w/ it too.

Ask Tommy to pull the 150db on a TL in an SUV instead of a small cab pickup. Or a trunk car maybe?

Right now I would side w/ the RF power series amps and even some of their lower/entry level stuff seems to get it done IMO w/ a very nice look as well. I would pick kicker (and did) over the new Fosgate stuff but I still have love for the old scholl RF stuff and thus I have used fosgate in 3 of the builds I posted (HX2'S in the lexus and mustang and HE2's in the RSX)

I tend to lean more to the plain look. I dont like things that are shinny or have a bunch of cuts in it, like the kicker subs i have seen or the raised logos like the mtx subs, and the new rf are just to shinny for me they remind me of the metal look like the L7's have. Thats why i have stuck to my JL audio, they are plain, just have the JL logo on them and they almost all of them look the same with the eception of the w7, w3v2,w3v3,w6v2. and i have always liked the plainess of the older RF amps the waffle style amps particularly. And the fact they are kinda compact and pack a punch to em.

[Chris]

THAT MACH5AUDIO.COM HAS RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES!!!

[silversolox12]

i would go with the 1 15" L7 with the bxi1606 in a 5.5 ported box with aero ports and like 32hz, i think it would sound awesome.... this is the instal my buddie and i did like a week ago and hits a good 145 db only with a 1206d (hifonics)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2269021666746360262

[Chris]

Damn thats a voltage drop, but it sounds like that shits hittin and I really like the way that box looks, you guys did a great job!