4 12's to replace Eclipse Aluminum's. Need recommendations

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

Hey guy's so its finally time to replace my 12" Eclipse aluminum's.

The biggest box that I could fit in my trunk was a 6 cubic foot box so all 4 12's will have to be crammed into that small space. Box is tuned to 36 hz currently

The amp to power the subs is a Orion 2500d.

I'm looking for more of an SPL sub but it can't sound like ***. Budget for all 4 is about $700

I see Sundown is having a sale on their SA-12's, $155 a pop. Looking to see if anyone has other recommendations for around that price range.

Thanks guys

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[BnGRacing 10+ year member]

There are a lot of subs out there that will be louder than those Eclipse/TC Sounds woofers. Those subs used a really heavy cast aluminum cone which adversely affected overall output. They sound great...just didn't get as loud as other subs in the same price range.

With that in mind, I'd lean more towards a mid-line SQ/SQL sub as it will most likely be louder than those Eclipse woofers (good) and will still maintain SQ if the box is done right (even good-er). You don't have to go hog-wild finding the biggest baddest sub to get more output than you had before. It's finding a sub that will still sound good that'll be more difficult.

Arc, JL, Image Dynamics, Alumapro, and a host of other companies make subs that have lighter cones for SQ yet will have more output than your aluminums.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

there are not many spl subs in that range but the SA 12s would do fine.....i dont think they would get much louder then what you have now..

 

[Drummer65 10+ year member]

Well the eclipse subs seem to not like all the power, they bottom out when i turn it up. Id be willing to buy used aswell which should open the sub range for my budget.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

or u could do like a bunch of people have said and go to 3 subs in a proper sized box and be just as loud if not louder

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

grab 3 ascendant audio chaos 12s you can run that amp at .75..