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Old 06-07-2007, 11:11 PM
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Lightbulb Advice: Best Sub and Amp for your buck

I just bought a $300 infinity 10" powered sub woofer. I'm not at all satisfied.
Since the market changes so often I'm not sure what's a good sub for the money. Several years ago MTX made great subs for the money, but I've been out of the loop for some time now.
Who makes a good sub/amp? Please, keep in mind I'm looking for the best bang for buck.
Thanks for any input guys, I did a search and yielded zero results.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 12:35 AM
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alumapro (spelling?) makes good subs.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 12:41 AM
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Rockford Fosgate...If you want bang for buck...Otherwise, get Alpine, Phoenix Gold, Precision Power, Hi Fonics, Audio baun, Sound stream, and Orion etc...Those were the brands I know people used to compete back in the days...My favorite speaker is Kickers...I have the Solo-baric L5...Very strong speaker.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:57 AM
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for a amp thats a bang for your buck with quality = ED's nine.1 amp
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 02:13 AM
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Thanks guys, and lookin at this from another view... what should I STAY AWAY from?
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 02:14 AM
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TREO makes some good subs not to expensive either i got 2 of there 12s for about 6 months now and im loving them.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 02:15 AM
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Anything from radio shack, flea market, and brands you don't know...Like off brands...They may be heavy but that might just be the case...It's all about the insides...You want a good brand that has low distortion...
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:56 PM
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If you wanna find a great sub for low $$, look up on ebay the Original Infinity Kappa Perfect 12.1. I bought my pair 8 years ago and they still hit hard today. I paid $270 a piece for them back then but now you can still find new ones on ebay for about $80. Power it with a Alpine PDX-1.600 and you won't be disappointed. Altogether amp, sub, and a box will run you like. Altogether sub, amp, 12" Zenclosure box will run you about $500. Well, thats atleast my opinion.
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 01:59 PM
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jl prowedge boxes are great for size and price...you can get it in a 10w3v2 or a 10w7 and both are no taller than 14' so it will fit under the rear parcel. an alpine pdx 600 amp is great...
 
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elemental designs kv series is arguably the best bang for the buck sub out there and uses smaller enclosures compared to alot of the other brands out there
 
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Old 06-08-2007, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jtrudeau
If you wanna find a great sub for low $$, look up on ebay the Original Infinity Kappa Perfect 12.1. I bought my pair 8 years ago and they still hit hard today. I paid $270 a piece for them back then but now you can still find new ones on ebay for about $80. Power it with a Alpine PDX-1.600 and you won't be disappointed. Altogether amp, sub, and a box will run you like. Altogether sub, amp, 12" Zenclosure box will run you about $500. Well, thats atleast my opinion.
My cousin's perfect kept breaking the tinsel leads, its been resoldered like 5 times now
 
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Originally Posted by hai109
Rockford Fosgate...If you want bang for buck...Otherwise, get Alpine, Phoenix Gold, Precision Power, Hi Fonics, Audio baun, Sound stream, and Orion etc...Those were the brands I know people used to compete back in the days...My favorite speaker is Kickers...I have the Solo-baric L5...Very strong speaker.
+1 on rockford fosgate I love my P3's my friend has P2's which are a lot cheaper and require a lot less power and they sound really good too, Eclipse and Memphis are always good too.
 
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elemental designs kv series is arguably the best bang for the buck sub out there and uses smaller enclosures compared to alot of the other brands out there
+1 for Elemental Design's products. Everything they make is quality and easy on the wallet.
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Old 06-08-2007, 08:08 PM
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My cousin's perfect kept breaking the tinsel leads, its been resoldered like 5 times now
They did have a problem with the 2nd generation perfect 12's.
 
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Alpine Type R got one for 105 off the internet.
 


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