Best 8" sub for Del sol...

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Mods 8 I see, only 2 with that color on them, Both of those were circulated by me, lol. The White and Red he wanted turned out nice, even better than I imagined.

Yep, I purchased it from him on DIYMA... Figured I would give it a try just to see what all the fuss was about. Then, work went and picked up plus I re-married, so I have no more free time....

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

doh... autodupe

 

[audio_phill 10+ year member]

Put it in between .8 and 1 cube @ 32Hz for some killer SQ, 35Hz for more output. I love them man, great 8's without a doubt. Can be reconed for $35 lol. Really cant go wrong with that, lol.

EDIT: Volumes are net volumes.

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

the truebass are very nice, when I go 8's, I will be trying them

and if you want dd, you can always call them and order direct

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

I'm pretty sure my 8" would **** a del sol.

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

double post.

 

[audio_phill 10+ year member]

the truebass are very nice, when I go 8's, I will be trying them
and if you want dd, you can always call them and order direct

Could Order the TB's direct too, but without a tax ID number expect to pay retail lol.

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Could Order the TB's direct too, but without a tax ID number expect to pay retail lol.

Hmm, the wheels are turning since I have a S Corporation that I hardly use.

 

[audio_phill 10+ year member]

I'm pretty sure my 8" would **** a del sol.

lol, all that aluminum and top plate and no rearward clearance for the spider, lol. nice High Freq driver you got there, lol.

 

[audio_phill 10+ year member]

When the Domin8 drops, all others will pale, lol. about a year away I hear.

 

[MaximusCarAudio 10+ year member]

I see lots of nice 8s on this list but they all tend to have low eff rating. Look at Welcome to Atomic Loudspeakers and look at the Quantum 8 or if you want hit me up I can have custom upgraded Quantums done up for you. They will have eff rating in the high 80s like 88/89db 1w1m and power handling of 500rms long term each one. box is .5 cubes after sub and port disp. I ran 2 of them on an atomic 1000.1 amp long term use was no problem.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

ill look into those but the choices are too hard so im going to order like one of each and test them all out

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

how do the TBs do in a sealeed box?

 

[audio_phill 10+ year member]

I see lots of nice 8s on this list but they all tend to have low eff rating. Look at Welcome to Atomic Loudspeakers and look at the Quantum 8 or if you want hit me up I can have custom upgraded Quantums done up for you. They will have eff rating in the high 80s like 88/89db 1w1m and power handling of 500rms long term each one. box is .5 cubes after sub and port disp. I ran 2 of them on an atomic 1000.1 amp long term use was no problem.

83dB is quite efficient for an 8 with an Fs in the 30's, especially one that can handle 600 daily, lol. And those are pulled in person specs not a manufacturers listed specs, lol. I downloaded the spec sheet, their SPLo is shown as 87.56, lol. Do the math on the parameters and its actually 84.69dB. less Xmax, smaller coil and smaller motor without under spider venting, rated for 200 and a max of 600. Okay subs, but not on par with the TB's unless substantially modified.

how do the TBs do in a sealeed box?

EBP of 109.8, way too high for sealed. 4th Order vented or higher Order only. Best similar priced sealed 8 I have found is the Polk MMA 840

 

[MaximusCarAudio 10+ year member]

It starts out as a Quantum 8. I had 4 fully built to the tilt from atomic 300 each shipped 500rms all day long 30-35hz range no problem .5 cubes ported each. Specs online for any atomic sub is not right LOL the APXX has more then 12mm xmax lol. Anyway, to date 15+ years doing car audio I have not seen anything touch the custom ones I had done up. They are way louder then the DDs I used both the 1008 and 1508 and when I needed to do a high end sq setup in a 09 vett last year for a guy over seas I did 2 of the custom atomic 8s in the area behind driver and pass seat on an atomic 1000.1 ran 2 sets of RE Audio XXX 6.5 in the front stage using 300rms per set sound proof the crap out of the doors and a kinetik hc800 for a helper in the back. Radio was the high end clarion with dual burr browns fiber optic link to the dvd/cd changer. Car was sick and everyone was looking in trunk for subs. Not saying they are cheap but they do the job well and the 3 year warr even against burnt coils is a nice thing to have.