Best pair of 10" or 12" Subwoofers For My System

[Zellner 10+ year member]

Hey guys i just bought a 2003 Dodge Ram quad cab and ive benn doing car audio for a few years now....COUNTLESS hours just looking around on the internet reading and researching this sub and that amp, its value, how its said to preform. Ive also had about 5 different personal setups so ive had some personnal experience too. But im building a fiberglass box, should be 1-1.5 cubes per chamber 2-3 cubes total and i dont know if i wanna port them yet (opinions with sub references). Anyways my question is..What pair of 10 or 12" subwoofers should i run off of a Cadence txa-1000d amp that would be the loudest, have a good looking cone(no big decals or designs like memphis etc lol), and retain great SQ (very important to me). I want this to be very functional as well as have a show-type look, hence the cone preference. I would be very thankful for some input. ALSO (Side Question lol) I was looking at the RE Audio SE series any opinions?

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[Cameron_B 10+ year member]

RE se sounds perfect for what you want. 2 10's ported in that space should do well.

2 3" ports

or 1 6" if possible.

 

[systemdesignz]

Yea I like the suggestion of 2 re audio 10's. Should sound real nice ported.

 

[Zellner 10+ year member]

i really would like to run some 12s because i have 2 10w7s and the highs and mids are reall nice but they lack the rumble when it comes to the deep bass? they are in a 2 cube ported box..any reason why thats happening. i know the box isnt very good but still. any 12" sub recommendations?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i really would like to run some 12s because i have 2 10w7s and the highs and mids are reall nice but they lack the rumble when it comes to the deep bass? they are in a 2 cube ported box..any reason why thats happening. i know the box isnt very good but still. any 12" sub recommendations?

the only reason you would not get low end from the w7 is enclosure tuning. try a lower tuned enclosure for what you have, and if there is a SSF, turn it down.

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

10s can definitely handle low bass. I only run a single 10'' ported and it gets as low any 12'' sealed setups I've heard. It all comes down to what enclosure you have it in.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

i really would like to run some 12s because i have 2 10w7s and the highs and mids are reall nice but they lack the rumble when it comes to the deep bass? they are in a 2 cube ported box..any reason why thats happening. i know the box isnt very good but still. any 12" sub recommendations?

It's happening because you need to setup a lowpass filter.

You should NEVER have highs and mids coming from your subs.

 

[Zellner 10+ year member]

its not really highs and mids it just the higher and middle bass frequencys..not a true high and mid like on a speaker. also when i turn it up loud the cones on the w7s sound like vibrating paper when they hit a higher note??? i hate the distortion i get from them....it has to be something i have wrong in the setup judging from the reviews i read on them.. im open to admitting mistakes because ultimatly i just want a clean loud system and if you can tell me what im doing wrong ill listen lol. i have a rockford fosgate t5002 powering them bridged at 1.5 ohms. the amp is rated at 500rms bridged at 2 and truely puts out a lil over 1000rms bridged at 2 as stated on rockford testing results. just telling you the amp and its power mabye thats what it is?

 

[Gioss 10+ year member]

Gotta be the box. Those subz should be pounding real good. Try a different set up before you abandon the JLs. IMO