I plan on puting 1 high end sub in my car and do not know what to get. My friend has two JL Audio 12W6 and they are nice but i was also considering, maybe focal or i have seen alot of elemental desing talk on here, i plan on running between 500w and 1000w to either a 12" or 13" woofer. what do you think i should go with. any other sugestions are welcome also

 

MTX Audio 8500 series subwoofers in a 12"

 

w7

 

Define your needs. How much space do you have to work with? What amp will push it? Looking for SQ, SPL, all around good sub?

 

W7, alpine type-x, Solo-X, or L7-weenie...... (sorry, got that from the Sandlot)

 

Focal's expensive, eD i leave up to you. I'll give you a few companies to start with though.

Fi
Stereo Integrity
Soundsplinter
RE
JBL (only the W12 GTi)
Rainbow (the Vanadium)
Ascendant Audio (the Havoc)
Image Dynamics IDMAX
OZ Audio
Diamond Audio
Treo

 

I second that! My brother has a 10" 9500 on a custom ported box and it hits like a ****. I have 4 7500 10" on a sealed box and i love them but it also depends how much space are you willing to lose..

 

Wow have not been able to log in for a while. thanks for the replies, as of right now i plan on going with a 13W7 in a ported box, but it will be a while untill i can cuz i just paid for school and with the car payment :< i need to win the lottery lol

btwI dont care how much space it takes up as long as it is loud and clean and doesn't interfear with the seating. i would like to run approximately 1000 wats

 

how much you paying for it? i have a feeling you can do a hell of a lot better for the money.

 

about 700 for the sub and i will make my box

 

Great list!

 

you're about to get your ___ ripped off to hell and back. honestly....plz reconsider. you can do SO much better for the money. think about it man....$700 for a freakin single 13" sub? thats ridiculous! for your own good, change stuff up man. how soon do you need to buy? if you're gonna fit a 13"...frankly...id step up to a 15" and get a stereo integrity Mag....it'll knock that JL up pretty bad. $500 for a 15 right now, and im sure you can talk dealers down quite a bit from that. you could almost get 2 15" SI Mag's for 700 bucks.....and i guarantee you they'll knock the crap outta the JL. or get 2-3 Fi Q's...you won't know what the hell hit ya. but 700 for a single 13"....you're just paying for the name man...if you compared its performance to other subs of equal caliber, itd be priced right around 280-300 bucks. dont pay for a name, pay for sound.