12" sq sealed other than RE SE

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

the idqv3 isn't a cast frame it's a composite basket made out of fiberglass composite material. the idqv2 is this link here http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=2034 you can go d4 or d2. and the xmax for the v3 has gone up it's a great sub i run two myself. and it's only 80 dollars more then your price range.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

idq is a great sub,but for that much money......

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

that's y i suggested the v2. the v2 is still an excellent sub and it's only 150.00 each or was your 200 limit for the pair?

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

no, $200 each. i think id makes good stuff, but pricing is a problem. in the $150 range, I would choose an SE over idqv2

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i've never heard the se so i couldn't compare but from the subs that i have heard here in my town i'd take the iD any day. and this my be considered sacrilege considering but you could get these w/o warrenty

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-Image-Dynamics-IDQ12D2-V2-12-dual-2-ohm-subwoofer_W0QQitemZ170288256479QQihZ007QQcategoryZ18805QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

just seems like stamped basket,low xmax, older technology compared to others in that price range,the ID still sounds good, just seems like less product for same/more cash

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

not everything that glitters is gold to use an old saying. i bought some ID OEM subs before i got my Qs and they have the basket of the ID subs and the newer ctx subs and they sounded awesome off of 480 watts each.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

ctx subs? link?

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=7171

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=7172

it's a single voice coil sub. i have a pair sitting in my closet that i'm suppose to be "demoing" so i can give honest opinions on them lol. but just haven't made my boxes for them yet.

the ctx subs are ID's low line now. sealed is 1.5 cubic feet ported is 2.5 cubic at 28hz

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

specs out nice for sealed box to me,cheap too

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

if i remember correctly Eric said he took his up to 600 watts but that wasn't abusing it or leaving it on for long time. if it wasn't soooo cold, ok if i wasn't soo lazy i should have had my boxes built for them i was gona do one sealed and one ported. and bridge a xa2000 to them and then a ea2000 to them so that i kjnow waht the diff in power would do.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

If you can spend $50 more the Mag V4 is an amazing sounding sub and was designed for use in 1 cube sealed only.

 

[I<3Boston 10+ year member]

boston g2s good sq

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

just seems like stamped basket,low xmax, older technology compared to others in that price range,the ID still sounds good, just seems like less product for same/more cash

Its funny, I have heard people use that same argument against IDQ's for 6 or 8 years now. But while other companies were scrambling to offer their new cast frame sub to keep up with the Jones'... ID stayed with a product that worked right... and its sales didn't plummet as expected. Look how many years IDQ V2's competed against higher xmax and cast frames. Yet there is no arguing its SQ performance, and its ability to still sell even well into the xmax wars and cast frame era.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

he wants sq, but he'd take an SE over an IDQ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

oh wells.