The Camry
Hey, I Try.
SSA ICON. Well, let me start by saying all the rumors are true. This thing is fantastic.
Going from a $200 Sundown SA-12 to a $369 SSA Icon. It is almost like night and day.
The Sa-12 was a heavy hitter. It really filled the car full of bass and put a smile on your face. It was accurate to an extent. Now that ive heard it compared to a SQL driver. I honestly wouldn't recommend it for an SQ set up. If you want to get loud on $200. The sa-12 is for you.
If you want to hear every tiny transition. Look no further than the SSA ICON.
The SSA Icon is a hammer with a needle on it. It hits you hard and does it in a pinpoint fashion. I listen to a lot of bass heavy music. Crizzly, excision, adventure club, things of that nature. You would think that after hearing these songs 1000 times. Id know every note in them. Well, i was wrong. The Icon picks up on even the most minute change in the bass line. It has a super fast attack and makes you hear things in the song you never knew were there.
It handles the top end extremely well too boot. A song like "Down with the sickness" by Disturbed has a ton of midbass and the Icon makes it sound like the drummer is right there. To compare...The same song with an sa-12 would prob skip every other drum hit vs the icon where you hear each and every drum hit.
Build Quality: Heh...first thing i did was put the sub next to the SA and pick both of them up. SA is sorta heavy. Icon was like UGH, This is a woofer! MM Good stuff.
Power handling: Both were powered by the same amp in the same box(which isnt really fair because the sa-12 wants a bit smaller of a box). At first the Icon didn't seem right. It was lacking on the lowend and was just barely louder than the SA. Given that i have had it for a week or two now and it has had time to break in. This thing is a monster. Without a doubt. The Icon is a completely different sub once its broken in. The lowend is especially impressive. I drive a 4 door 94 camry xle. So there is a ton airspace in my car. I still get impressive face vibrating low end off of less than 1000rms(box rise). Id wanna hear what this thing can do on its rated rms or more.
Sa-12 Sensitivity=83.21
ICON Sensitivity= 85.5
So im getting near twice as loud off the same amount of power. Good Stuff.
Going from a $200 Sundown SA-12 to a $369 SSA Icon. It is almost like night and day.
The Sa-12 was a heavy hitter. It really filled the car full of bass and put a smile on your face. It was accurate to an extent. Now that ive heard it compared to a SQL driver. I honestly wouldn't recommend it for an SQ set up. If you want to get loud on $200. The sa-12 is for you.
If you want to hear every tiny transition. Look no further than the SSA ICON.
The SSA Icon is a hammer with a needle on it. It hits you hard and does it in a pinpoint fashion. I listen to a lot of bass heavy music. Crizzly, excision, adventure club, things of that nature. You would think that after hearing these songs 1000 times. Id know every note in them. Well, i was wrong. The Icon picks up on even the most minute change in the bass line. It has a super fast attack and makes you hear things in the song you never knew were there.
It handles the top end extremely well too boot. A song like "Down with the sickness" by Disturbed has a ton of midbass and the Icon makes it sound like the drummer is right there. To compare...The same song with an sa-12 would prob skip every other drum hit vs the icon where you hear each and every drum hit.
Build Quality: Heh...first thing i did was put the sub next to the SA and pick both of them up. SA is sorta heavy. Icon was like UGH, This is a woofer! MM Good stuff.
Power handling: Both were powered by the same amp in the same box(which isnt really fair because the sa-12 wants a bit smaller of a box). At first the Icon didn't seem right. It was lacking on the lowend and was just barely louder than the SA. Given that i have had it for a week or two now and it has had time to break in. This thing is a monster. Without a doubt. The Icon is a completely different sub once its broken in. The lowend is especially impressive. I drive a 4 door 94 camry xle. So there is a ton airspace in my car. I still get impressive face vibrating low end off of less than 1000rms(box rise). Id wanna hear what this thing can do on its rated rms or more.
Sa-12 Sensitivity=83.21
ICON Sensitivity= 85.5
So im getting near twice as loud off the same amount of power. Good Stuff.
