Which bargain basement 15?

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I'm looking at the audiopipe Audiopipe TS-PP2 15-D4 and the Rockville W15K5S2.

I can get a set of either one cheap enough to easily get my money back on...so why not

They'll be in a 2cuft sealed (each) on 700w

I'm kinda leaning towards the rockville (I never actually thought I'd say that ). It's for my commuter 2000 taurus. So it don't need to hit into the 20's

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[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

I have had good results with Nvx audio for budget subs and speakers.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Audiopipe is known to be a better brand, but Rockville has been putting out better products. The Audiopipe is a 500w sub, and the Rockville is a 350w sub. Personally, I would lean towards the Audiopipe.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

The power rating is kind of a wash...they're both 300-400 watt subs

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I ended up with a pair of Dayton Audio DCS385-4 that parts-express accepted a low offer on through eBay

Anyone know what kind of response I can expect with 250w in 2cuft per sub?

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

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[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

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[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

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Couldn't move either of those on the 700w available

 

[Deiimos]

I ended up with a pair of Dayton Audio DCS385-4 that parts-express accepted a low offer on through eBay

Anyone know what kind of response I can expect with 250w in 2cuft per sub?

If you feel like it, keep us posted on how they work out. It's been a long time since I used a sealed 15 like that, but I imagine the in car response should be decent enough. I personally always thought the cheaper older style 15's like that performed pretty well for fairly low power.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

If you feel like it, keep us posted on how they work out. It's been a long time since I used a sealed 15 like that, but I imagine the in car response should be decent enough. I personally always thought the cheaper older style 15's like that performed pretty well for fairly low power.

I was hunting for some older 15's but the few I found were either in no where near usable condition or asking "collector" prices

The Dayton's were slightly more than 2 I was looking at but I feel like they're a better build quality. I'm not looking to flex the trunk or anything, just some clean low end. Hopefully they'll do alright in 2cuft each

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Got my dayton classics last night. The motor is bigger than the pics on parts-express.com show. They remind me of the old school white rf fosgate 15's

 

[Deiimos]

Got my dayton classics last night. The motor is bigger than the pics on parts-express.com show. They remind me of the old school white rf fosgate 15's

Just seen this post, I'll admit I have notifications off for most stuff and rarely check the forum categories, so must have missed this in the "latest"posts section. But yeah pics can be a little deceiving on actual size sometimes. I thought the American Bass Elite subs were smallish average budget subs just seeing the stock photos until I had a 12" in person, they are not small motors. 15's tend to make even reasonable size motors look small.

And yeah finding old school 15's in decent shape / reasonable price can be tricky / take a long time. Usually when I see the stuff it is way too expensive and you can buy a modern better sub for the same or less brand new, so makes no sense unless you were really adamant about doing a true all old school build.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Got my dayton classics last night. The motor is bigger than the pics on parts-express.com show. They remind me of the old school white rf fosgate 15's

I'd have a pair of those for home audio if they made them in 8 ohms.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I'd have a pair of those for home audio if they made them in 8 ohms.

Wire them up to 8...500w is easy to come by

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Wire them up to 8...500w is easy to come by

LOL. I want some 15s to run in a 3 way off 125wrms/channel.