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<blockquote data-quote="Jcsaudio" data-source="post: 8605867" data-attributes="member: 673752"><p>Well I put one FU300 10" D4 DVC sub in an inexpensive Crutchfield Ported prefab box that has a gross volume of 1.4 cubic inches to give it a test run against my sealed and broken in Alpine SWS 12 DVC 4 ohm because I just couldn’t wait. Crutchfield says this box is tuned to 35 hz but you know how that goes. I ran this on my JBL 500 Watt RMS Amplifier at 2 Ohms for over an hour playing the Black Eyed Peas “The End” CD and Imagine Dragons Evolve.</p><p></p><p>The cone on this subwoofer right out of the box is stiff so this thing is going to need some break in time for sure. Initial impressions are that it sounds good right out of the box and the lower notes are strong especially for an unbroken in subwoofer. I was surprised that it sounded this good out of the box. After about an hour of playing with it, it started to loosen up a little and was hitting the lows slightly better than my 12" Alpine does in a 1 cu ft sealed box. It was also getting a little louder than my Alpine but that was subjective and if I'm right only slightly so and remember it’s in a ported box too. I switched the Alpine back and forth with the FU300 during the testing for my listening impressions. As far as sound quality goes, well I'm comparing the FU Audio 300 in a ported pre fab box to the Alpine in an ideal sealed box so it’s not really fair to say yet. Of course the Alpine has the better sound quality right now (also subjective) but again it’s not a fair comparison yet. The FU Audio had a little too much boom but with more low end extension and the Alpine was tight, composed, and just sounded well rounded. When playing “Don’t know what” and “Whatever it takes” I preferred the lower notes from the FU in the ported box but during the some of the drum kicks and lower bass guitar I like the Alpine better for this.</p><p></p><p>So what I plan to do next is compare this FU300 in the Crutchfield ported box to my other Alpine 10” SWS that is also in a 1 cu ft custom built ported box that is tuned to 35 hz to Alpine specifications. I will be using my 400 Watt RMS Alpine M 450 Amplifier for that testing in my Sienna van, the above testing was done in my CX5. I may also put the FU Audio sub into the same ported box that my 10” Alpine is in for a better apples to apples comparison. Please keep in mind that the FU Audio F300 subwoofer sells for $60 shipped to your door right now and for that price this is the most impressive 10” subwoofer that I have tried in that price range. I have a low powered entry level JL Audio 10” Wxv2 and an entry level MTX 10” subwoofer to compare it too and this FU300 has better sound quality and far more SPL than those subwoofers have. In fact the FU300 destroys the JL when it comes to low end extension. I have run both the JL and MTX in that same Crutchfield ported box with 220 Watts RMS pushing both of those.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jcsaudio, post: 8605867, member: 673752"] Well I put one FU300 10" D4 DVC sub in an inexpensive Crutchfield Ported prefab box that has a gross volume of 1.4 cubic inches to give it a test run against my sealed and broken in Alpine SWS 12 DVC 4 ohm because I just couldn’t wait. Crutchfield says this box is tuned to 35 hz but you know how that goes. I ran this on my JBL 500 Watt RMS Amplifier at 2 Ohms for over an hour playing the Black Eyed Peas “The End” CD and Imagine Dragons Evolve. The cone on this subwoofer right out of the box is stiff so this thing is going to need some break in time for sure. Initial impressions are that it sounds good right out of the box and the lower notes are strong especially for an unbroken in subwoofer. I was surprised that it sounded this good out of the box. After about an hour of playing with it, it started to loosen up a little and was hitting the lows slightly better than my 12" Alpine does in a 1 cu ft sealed box. It was also getting a little louder than my Alpine but that was subjective and if I'm right only slightly so and remember it’s in a ported box too. I switched the Alpine back and forth with the FU300 during the testing for my listening impressions. As far as sound quality goes, well I'm comparing the FU Audio 300 in a ported pre fab box to the Alpine in an ideal sealed box so it’s not really fair to say yet. Of course the Alpine has the better sound quality right now (also subjective) but again it’s not a fair comparison yet. The FU Audio had a little too much boom but with more low end extension and the Alpine was tight, composed, and just sounded well rounded. When playing “Don’t know what” and “Whatever it takes” I preferred the lower notes from the FU in the ported box but during the some of the drum kicks and lower bass guitar I like the Alpine better for this. So what I plan to do next is compare this FU300 in the Crutchfield ported box to my other Alpine 10” SWS that is also in a 1 cu ft custom built ported box that is tuned to 35 hz to Alpine specifications. I will be using my 400 Watt RMS Alpine M 450 Amplifier for that testing in my Sienna van, the above testing was done in my CX5. I may also put the FU Audio sub into the same ported box that my 10” Alpine is in for a better apples to apples comparison. Please keep in mind that the FU Audio F300 subwoofer sells for $60 shipped to your door right now and for that price this is the most impressive 10” subwoofer that I have tried in that price range. I have a low powered entry level JL Audio 10” Wxv2 and an entry level MTX 10” subwoofer to compare it too and this FU300 has better sound quality and far more SPL than those subwoofers have. In fact the FU300 destroys the JL when it comes to low end extension. I have run both the JL and MTX in that same Crutchfield ported box with 220 Watts RMS pushing both of those. [/QUOTE]
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