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<blockquote data-quote="TheBigPilferer" data-source="post: 8863665" data-attributes="member: 690294"><p>That sounds cool.</p><p></p><p>I have my primary job, but my secondary with is in this industry. I definitely admire and have respect for high quality and/or expensive gear, but personally I like trying to find the best values. Some people hate on DS18, but I've never witnessed a bad product from them. I will admit I don't personally like the color red, so I don't enjoy the aesthetics of their lower amps and the phase plugs on their speakers, but that's just personal taste.</p><p></p><p>I am using the most hated brand right now for subs... Skar. 2 12" EVLs. They're much better than I expected, honestly. I like them better than the Kicker solo-baric I was using previously.</p><p></p><p>For really cheap subs, I like the Recoil PW12 - they're like $90 a piece, 700 RMS, dual 2 or 4 ohm. I think the full cover dust cap looks really cool, too. They're better than the Skar SDR and CT Tropo for less money. I then recommend people pair it with the Recoil RED1200.1 or the $78 Audiozerone ZE1000.1. I'm using one of these cheap amps right now bc I wanted to test it out myself to see if it holds up before I recommended it to anyone. Fused @ 105 amps and does rated power. It has worked well for me for 5 months so far. I've used it on 4 different sub setups at 4, 2, and 1 ohm loads. It does have a cheap looking bass knob, but it works all the same and I like that it has the telephone plug. I don't like the headphone style, particularly.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking about possibly trying a stereo integrity ht18v3 out. I need to model it, but in a vehicle I think it would work in maybe 6 ft³ tuned to 26-28 Hz. I'm kinda getting tired of using subs that are currently popular and that other people use vs what I personally would like to use. Sometimes I just so happen to get a sub(s) and if I haven't tried it out before so I'll hook it up for a couple months just so I can have an honest opinion about it. Even more so if it is already in an enclosure. I've tried all kinds of subs, but I don't like using anything under a 12". With everything else being equal (it frequently isn't), a 12" sub will be able to play lower and with less distortion than it's 10" counterpart.</p><p></p><p>Focal and JL (and a few others) have a good product with these 13" subs. I've seen the marketing research from Recoil/Edge and this is exactly why they don't make a 15" sub. Statistically, most people just don't buy them, and the enclosures are too big for most people. That extra inch helps play lower, be more efficient, etc in a very reasonable enclosure.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I don't like about some of the Recoil amps is that the DI series use fork terminals. The RED series uses set screws, however. I asked the company why they did that and they basically said it's bc that's what they had available. They've got the best 5 channel value on the market, imo. Powerful, 1 ohm 5th channel. Plus the 2500.1 I can get for $175-180. You can't beat that for 2500 @ 1 ohm and it has a clip light and a nice bass knob.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBigPilferer, post: 8863665, member: 690294"] That sounds cool. I have my primary job, but my secondary with is in this industry. I definitely admire and have respect for high quality and/or expensive gear, but personally I like trying to find the best values. Some people hate on DS18, but I've never witnessed a bad product from them. I will admit I don't personally like the color red, so I don't enjoy the aesthetics of their lower amps and the phase plugs on their speakers, but that's just personal taste. I am using the most hated brand right now for subs... Skar. 2 12" EVLs. They're much better than I expected, honestly. I like them better than the Kicker solo-baric I was using previously. For really cheap subs, I like the Recoil PW12 - they're like $90 a piece, 700 RMS, dual 2 or 4 ohm. I think the full cover dust cap looks really cool, too. They're better than the Skar SDR and CT Tropo for less money. I then recommend people pair it with the Recoil RED1200.1 or the $78 Audiozerone ZE1000.1. I'm using one of these cheap amps right now bc I wanted to test it out myself to see if it holds up before I recommended it to anyone. Fused @ 105 amps and does rated power. It has worked well for me for 5 months so far. I've used it on 4 different sub setups at 4, 2, and 1 ohm loads. It does have a cheap looking bass knob, but it works all the same and I like that it has the telephone plug. I don't like the headphone style, particularly. I'm thinking about possibly trying a stereo integrity ht18v3 out. I need to model it, but in a vehicle I think it would work in maybe 6 ft³ tuned to 26-28 Hz. I'm kinda getting tired of using subs that are currently popular and that other people use vs what I personally would like to use. Sometimes I just so happen to get a sub(s) and if I haven't tried it out before so I'll hook it up for a couple months just so I can have an honest opinion about it. Even more so if it is already in an enclosure. I've tried all kinds of subs, but I don't like using anything under a 12". With everything else being equal (it frequently isn't), a 12" sub will be able to play lower and with less distortion than it's 10" counterpart. Focal and JL (and a few others) have a good product with these 13" subs. I've seen the marketing research from Recoil/Edge and this is exactly why they don't make a 15" sub. Statistically, most people just don't buy them, and the enclosures are too big for most people. That extra inch helps play lower, be more efficient, etc in a very reasonable enclosure. The only thing I don't like about some of the Recoil amps is that the DI series use fork terminals. The RED series uses set screws, however. I asked the company why they did that and they basically said it's bc that's what they had available. They've got the best 5 channel value on the market, imo. Powerful, 1 ohm 5th channel. Plus the 2500.1 I can get for $175-180. You can't beat that for 2500 @ 1 ohm and it has a clip light and a nice bass knob. [/QUOTE]
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