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<blockquote data-quote="Steven2002" data-source="post: 8157120" data-attributes="member: 656905">pgrade my budget system.Ok, here it goes. I put together a little bit of a budget system for my 2000 ***** Am. It has a Pioneed Cd player in the front, JL Audio components up front, Kicker mid bass in the sails, and factory highs in the very back hooked up to the stock monsoon amp. I have a a Hifnonics 16001.d hooked to 2 sealed Kenwood KFC3013Ps 12 inch subs in a sealed box in the back. It hits ok but not as deep as I like. Lots of punch bass but not that low low bass like I like. What I was thinking about was upgrading to some better subs like 2 Rockford P3s, Alpine Rs or some JL Audios. For a budget of $400 max what subs would you guys go with? Plus, recommend me a way to get a nice ported box for 2 12s. The shops around here just don&#039;t want to touch it seems. I don&#039;t know how they stay in business if they don&#039;t want to build boxes for customers.What I like in sound? I like everything from rock, pop, country to occasionally listen to some r7b or rap. Love the way bass pounds the back of my head when the bass beats hit. But not so much bass it just overpowers the rest of my system. I do intend on upgrading my amp and rear speakers but for now my attention is to better bass. Don&#039;t get me wrong , the kenwoods do pretty good for the budget I spent but I want better. SQ is important along with decent spl. I have always been a big fan of JL Audio but they are a tad pricey. Would the P3s or Alpine Rs sound just as good in a nice ported box? Will subthump make a ported box for 2 12s? I see they have sealed boxes but non advertised for ported in 4th Generation Fbodys? Any help would be appreciated guys. One other thing, I wouldn&#039;t mind running 1 ohm to get all of the power out of my amp, which states 1600 watts rms at 1 ohm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steven2002, post: 8157120, member: 656905"] pgrade my budget system. Ok, here it goes. I put together a little bit of a budget system for my 2000 ***** Am. It has a Pioneed Cd player in the front, JL Audio components up front, Kicker mid bass in the sails, and factory highs in the very back hooked up to the stock monsoon amp. I have a a Hifnonics 16001.d hooked to 2 sealed Kenwood KFC3013Ps 12 inch subs in a sealed box in the back. It hits ok but not as deep as I like. Lots of punch bass but not that low low bass like I like. What I was thinking about was upgrading to some better subs like 2 Rockford P3s, Alpine Rs or some JL Audios. For a budget of $400 max what subs would you guys go with? Plus, recommend me a way to get a nice ported box for 2 12s. The shops around here just don't want to touch it seems. I don't know how they stay in business if they don't want to build boxes for customers. What I like in sound? I like everything from rock, pop, country to occasionally listen to some r7b or rap. Love the way bass pounds the back of my head when the bass beats hit. But not so much bass it just overpowers the rest of my system. I do intend on upgrading my amp and rear speakers but for now my attention is to better bass. Don't get me wrong , the kenwoods do pretty good for the budget I spent but I want better. SQ is important along with decent spl. I have always been a big fan of JL Audio but they are a tad pricey. Would the P3s or Alpine Rs sound just as good in a nice ported box? Will subthump make a ported box for 2 12s? I see they have sealed boxes but non advertised for ported in 4th Generation Fbodys? Any help would be appreciated guys. One other thing, I wouldn't mind running 1 ohm to get all of the power out of my amp, which states 1600 watts rms at 1 ohm. [/QUOTE]

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