12" l7's ****

[97gmcsierra 10+ year member]

They are great for SPL and do **** for SQ alhough SQ was ok in sealed box. I had a pair of them behind the seat in reg. cab truck in a big sealed box. They shook the piss out of everything with only 1100 watts. Put the same subs in a buddies Suburban with about 1.75cu ft. and roughly 20sq in. (cant remember) x 25" long port each. Box was supposed to be tuned to 32 or 33hz. Ran them off a Sony 900watt mono-block(weak). I know it is a TINY box for an L7, but I already had it built. It was LOUD. The loudest I have ever felt.

note: I said felt not heard.

go ported if you want loud, you wont be dissapointed.

 

[elite08 10+ year member]

"Ghetto Bass" is all an L7 is.

 

[btdickey99 5,000+ posts]

never been much impressed with subwoofer

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

never been much impressed with subwoofer

huh

 

[97gmcsierra 10+ year member]

Sorry for the dumb*** response. The sound quality is decent in a sealed box about 1.5 to 2 cu ft. but is still lacking.

 

[Trez0r 10+ year member]

Ive heard the L7's and the CVX's and the CVX's got just as loud as the L7 and sounded better doing it. Also you can find CVX's for **** cheap and you can reuse the box you build if you decide to try some different subs.

I would just go with the cvx's if your planning on going with kicker.

 

[btdickey99 5,000+ posts]

it gets decently loud from what I've heard, but like posted by most I dont think it ounds very good

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

I helped install one in a buddies F-150. Driver was in a 1 cube sealed box an even in that small of a box it still sounded muddy/sloppy. Bass wasnt all that tight.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I used a 15" L7 for a good year or so, and had no complaints with the SQ. I mean, back to back with my XXX, sure the XXX sounded better, but it wasn't night and day. It was plenty tight for double bass rolls and whatnot. It got a bit boomy on bass guitar, but good midbass really cleans it up.

I think they're better than people give them credit for.

 

[Foote 10+ year member]

They say that for one reason: Jealousy.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

ok well what subs do some of you guys recomend i have a 400 dollar budget for subs and another question will 2 of the cvrxs hit harder and be a better system than 2 l7's 12"

or will 3 hit harder than 2 l7's bc with the price diff i can afford 3 cvrx's and i might have enough room for 3 since they take less airspace in a ported box than a l7 why is that

thanks

 

[97gmcsierra 10+ year member]

Oh I was completely satisfied with mine until I got tired of not having any leg room to drive comfortably. That was my only real complaint. One bad thing about having a regular cab truck.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

ok well what subs do some of you guys recomend i have a 400 dollar budget for subs and another question will 2 of the cvrxs hit harder and be a better system than 2 l7's 12"
or will 3 hit harder than 2 l7's bc with the price diff i can afford 3 cvrx's and i might have enough room for 3 since they take less airspace in a ported box than a l7 why is that

thanks

cvrx? do you mean cvr or cvx?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

From your original post I'd get the idea you were concerned about accuracy, what does "hitting harder" have anything to do with that?

This is what I don't understand about this place anymore...read the signature.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

yes i think its the cvx the new model they came out with the round ones with 750 rms