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11-15-2002, 05:19 PM

In response to the question, I agree whole heartedly with Accord Man. There is no "best sub out", It'll be the best sub for you. Either you'll want tight accurate bass for the Sound Quality aspect of music or the exaggerated notes and carry of Sound Pressure. For me, I truly can't decide, so there are a few alternatives out there that handle both EXTREMELY well:

Cerwin-Vega! Strokers(yeah, they're old...but it's doin' the job still), Image Dynamics IDMAX, JL Audio W7, surprissingly to me the Kove Audio Armageddon, Eclipse Titaniums, etc.
But the sub of choice for me was the Digital Designs 9515. This sub did a 170.1 ON THE DASH at a Db Drag comp. in TX last yearwith only four DEI 1100d's on it. It gets crazy loud but here's the cool thing, it it so transient in response it can pretty much hang with TRUE SQ subs, the Utopia from Focal for instance. And DD would rather be known as a musical subwoofer company than just an all out SPL monster.

The guy also is the one and only guy to break 170 legally with one 10" woofer, so you don't have to have walls of subs to get loud, just build the box to spec first and then trial and error to see which dimension sizes yeild the best results.

So, my best reponse would be to try and figure out what type of bass you're after, and do research on what subs can do what: considering space you have for the enclosure, power you have available, and of course...budget.

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11-15-2002, 05:19 PM	#37
R32'nMEM Posts: n/a	In response to the question, I agree whole heartedly with Accord Man. There is no "best sub out", It'll be the best sub for you. Either you'll want tight accurate bass for the Sound Quality aspect of music or the exaggerated notes and carry of Sound Pressure. For me, I truly can't decide, so there are a few alternatives out there that handle both EXTREMELY well: Cerwin-Vega! Strokers(yeah, they're old...but it's doin' the job still), Image Dynamics IDMAX, JL Audio W7, surprissingly to me the Kove Audio Armageddon, Eclipse Titaniums, etc. But the sub of choice for me was the Digital Designs 9515. This sub did a 170.1 ON THE DASH at a Db Drag comp. in TX last yearwith only four DEI 1100d's on it. It gets crazy loud but here's the cool thing, it it so transient in response it can pretty much hang with TRUE SQ subs, the Utopia from Focal for instance. And DD would rather be known as a musical subwoofer company than just an all out SPL monster. The guy also is the one and only guy to break 170 legally with one 10" woofer, so you don't have to have walls of subs to get loud, just build the box to spec first and then trial and error to see which dimension sizes yeild the best results. So, my best reponse would be to try and figure out what type of bass you're after, and do research on what subs can do what: considering space you have for the enclosure, power you have available, and of course...budget.