Subs what is better

[250rsforlife]

im looking into gettin either 4 kicker or alpines for my truck gona take out the back seat and put them in there which brand do u guys think are better

[Thumpin440ex]

L 7 solobarics will destroy the alpine R's.. But the R's will sound really nice also and are cheaper then the L7's. My buddy had 3 12's in his tahoe, it pounded...



John

[DnB_racing]

Originally posted by Thumpin440ex
L 7 solobarics will destroy the alpine R's.. But the R's will sound really nice also and are cheaper then the L7's. My buddy had 3 12's in his tahoe, it pounded...



John and now he has a kicken hearing aid...lol

[Kickstarts-suck]

Depends on alot of things. They both suck IMO. You can get much better for the price of them.

Ive had CVRs and L7s and my buddy had alpines.

Fist off.. What amp? Building your own box? How much room you have to work with? Box plans?

Need more info.

[250rsforlife]

dont know wat amp yet i am building my own box but my buddy is gona help me cuz hes built his and most of my other friends boxes and the truck its goin is a chevy silverado 1500 extended cab with the third door cant measure it now cuz my dads borrowin it

[Kickstarts-suck]

Then whats your budget for all this?

[250rsforlife]

honestly idk im just startin to get into it tonight and ive decided to get three instead of 4 cuz it will b cheaper but still bump hard and it will leave me room for stuff on the side im lookin round 400 on subs and 115 on amp and im not exactly wat all the numbers mean so if u can help me with most of it i apreciate it alot dont worry tho i have a pretty good idea on how to wire them and if im gettin 3 im gona need a 3 channel amp right?

[Kickstarts-suck]

Not at all. Run a mono amp.

Never cheap out on an amp.

Running 3 is kinda stupid IMO. Either run 2 or 4.

With 3 D4 ohm subs you will be running a 2.6 ohm load..

With 3 D2 ohm subs you will be running 1.3 ohm load..

Just go with 2 dual 4 ohm subs and get an amp that is stable to 1 ohm.

Are you wanting 8"s, 10"s, 12"s, 15"s, 18"s, 21"s?

I personally would do 2 AQ SDC2.5 15"s or 12"s on an AQ 1200D. I love Audioque. Ive had an AQ3500d, AQ1200D, 2 HDC3 10"s and an HDC3 18". They have great products.

[wilkin250r]

Originally posted by 250rsforlife
im not exactly wat all the numbers mean

What exactly are you confused about? That's the part we can really help you. Are you unsure about series and parallel wiring? Peak vs. RMS output? Class A and Class D amps? Bridged, mono, THD, what are you struggling with?

[YFZ-FoFiddy-TC]

KickStart has it covered. My advice is in his posts.

[krt400ex]

i was running a thousand watt amp and single 12in JL W6 in my car. it hit so hard the front license plate vibrated. came through crystal clear too. i ended up having to figure out a way to reinforce the rear view mirror to keep it from falling off the windshield lol

[250rsforlife]

i looked at some of those AQ and i think im gonna get 3 and u think i should run a mono amp

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by 250rsforlife
i looked at some of those AQ and i think im gonna get 3 and u think i should run a mono amp

No I dont think you should. I know you should run a mono amp. :p

Again IMO you should do 2 or 4 subs. From what ive gathered so far you dont know much about wiring subs or amps and dont know what alot means.

Here is a good site for you to check out how to wire subs.

http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp



Originally posted by YFZ-FoFiddy-TC
KickStart has it covered. My advice is in his posts.

:) Thank ya.

[YFZ-FoFiddy-TC]

3 subs = Dumb unless you're going to run an amp per sub.

[fastredrider44]

2 12s under the seat of a 1500 with a good amp and everything correct, you will have plenty of bass. There's a lot of "systems" out there put together by guys who didn't know what they were doing that are not near as loud or sound as good as they could be.

[mineralgrey01gt]

I have 4 L7 12's in my crew cab and love them

[BlaineKaiser450]

Originally posted by krt400ex
i was running a thousand watt amp and single 12in JL W6 in my car. it hit so hard the front license plate vibrated. came through crystal clear too. i ended up having to figure out a way to reinforce the rear view mirror to keep it from falling off the windshield lol JL makes nice stuff.. I've got a 13w7 in a ported long box with 1500 and it hits harder than anything else I've heard other than like 4 15's or 4 18's

[exrider12]

Im loving my JL set up. 500 watt amp.. 2 12 inch subs. All JL speakers and Alpine head unit. Great sound, plenty loud.

And not to hijack.. but does anyone have any tips on how to get my license plate, trunk and spoiler from rattling??:devil:

[250rsforlife]

since u now alot more than me on this stuff wat do u think would b the best set up using 4 12in subs and when i say that i mean wat speakers,amp and id like it to be kinda in the middle with the price so nothin to expensive but nothin to cheap

[exrider12]

Good place I found to get some prices is www.crutchfield.com

I honestly dont know much about this stuff. One of my bros friends does this stuff for a living so he hooked me up.

KickStart can help ya with the ohm and stability stuff haha cause I honestly have no idea.

My speakers were about $100 for the front and $100 for the rear.. And I'll have to check on my amp and subs but my head unit was like $330.

[250rsforlife]

yea thanks for the website tho hopefully kickstart will know wat kind of system im lookin for so ill wait and see

[exrider12]

You got it man. I think as long as everything is set up well it will sound good. Just please don't get stuff from wal-mart or auto-zone haha.

[Kickstarts-suck]

I prefer Quality over Quantity.
;)

You can get just as loud if not louder with 2 nice subs than 4 cheap subs.

[Thumpin440ex]

Crutchfield is one of the biggest rip offs out there.. If you do some searches on the web you can find great speakers for a ton cheaper then they sell them for at CF.. Find ones that are good, have great reviews, perhaps visit a audio shop and listen to them for your self.. Kicker has got very cheap in price, their subs still ***n pound.. Hell just about any second name speaker will satisfy the normal person. It is not like it was 20 years ago when you paid to have THE best..


John

[brian76708]

anythings better then subway i prefer jimmy johns or quiznos

[250rsforlife]

Originally posted by brian76708
anythings better then subway i prefer jimmy johns or quiznos
we r talking about subs for a car not sandwiches