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was talking to JL Audio about making an anniversary addition with a white surround.
I bought an old Pioneer sub that has that peeling issue where the fabric mesh shows through. I scraped off the remaining skin and the mesh gave it a light gray look that looked nice. I sprayed it black but now am thinking of doing it light gray after seeing this Bass Blaster sub.
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Ya know...
Pioneer makes some of the greatest subs. However, they just don't have the punch that other subs have for the same price. Sound quality is really good though, but for the same price, you can find a few other subs that sound better.
 
Ya know...
Pioneer makes some of the greatest subs. However, they just don't have the punch that other subs have for the same price.
True. This is one of Pioneer's best subs and I rate it at OK. It is the one that did not use a spider but instead used double foam surrounds. The deep lows sound great but not alot punch. May be my amp settings or the tiny sealed box but it is the recommended size with plenty of polyfill.
 
I always wondered why more colored surrounds didn't come out. Back in the late 90's, I was talking to JL Audio about making an anniversary addition with a white surround. Instead, they came out with white conned subs. I know MTX was thinking of making the surrounds of the re-released Blue Thunders blue, but that didn't happen.
Cerwin Vega has some red surrounds.
 
I bought an old Pioneer sub that has that peeling issue where the fabric mesh shows through. I scraped off the remaining skin and the mesh gave it a light gray look that looked nice. I sprayed it black but now am thinking of doing it light gray after seeing this Bass Blaster sub.View attachment 62746

I had a similar Pioneer 12 (much lower model than the Premier) with the same foam top layer disintegrating and showing that mesh layer. I rubbed off all the old foam with my fingernail until you could see all the mesh, then put a coat of clear E6000 over it. Worked totally fine until I got carried away one day and fried the coil. 😅
 
I rubbed off all the old foam with my fingernail until you could see all the mesh, then put a coat of clear E6000 over it.
Yes, I planned on doing the same but thought about the results and decided against it. I have seen MANY Pioneers with this issue but never seen the peeling go past the mesh, so I let it be.
Worked totally fine until I got carried away one day and fried the coil.
I did get it smelling a couple of times but turned it down right away. Even though it is a temporary sub I do not wish to kill it. I can sell it cheap to a newbie later on (maybe). Last year I finally sold an old DB Drive Platinum sub I had been holding for years and the guy's wife burned it out within two weeks. I installed it and set the gain for him telling him to NEVER go past the volume we used for set-up. I got the carcass back. Made me a bit sad seeing it like that.
Is that not a bee or wasp about to take flight?
The thing is they put too much detail in the logo. Something simple like the Bulls logo would have sufficed IMO.
 
One of the best subs I ever had was like a big ol' plain bag from the rear. Bling don't equate to performance but this thread seems to be more about Audiobahn than actual results. Once upon a time I thought VC-15s were the baddest. Remember those?
 
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