Best sealed subs for impact tight bass and rock?

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

DD's are in a different category. I remember when the Brahma originally came out a lot of people had issues with them being "low output" especially in sealed apps. That motor design is cleaner sounding than most people are used to. XBL is a little inefficient compared other motor designs too. I hope your last Koda survives - maybe rewire it to 8 ohms.

I'm not worried about it. It's gonna get replaced with stereo Integrity sql 10s anyway. They are a little more beefy than the kodas lol.

My 8 inch koda is getting replaced with a dd vo-w710 which with its triple shorting rings should perform well and at 1200w rms should handle that mm1000 just fine.

The sql10s will be put on a soundigital 3k which is again more power than needed but I doubt I will want to turn it up much.

And you're right clean sounding subs don't sound as loud, but I tune with a measurement mic and can tell you they ran out of juice long before my highs.

If I were to try a low power build again it would be probably 2 15s ib in the Ole lady's car. Maybe 1 18ib.

My truck just needs too much to get a decent volume. My 2 sundown sa10v2 were about perfect and I almost hate that I sold them

 

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Just lowered the price on my 10’s to $250 shipped.

 

[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

I'm not worried about it. It's gonna get replaced with stereo Integrity sql 10s anyway. They are a little more beefy than the kodas lol.

My 8 inch koda is getting replaced with a dd vo-w710 which with its triple shorting rings should perform well and at 1200w rms should handle that mm1000 just fine.

The sql10s will be put on a soundigital 3k which is again more power than needed but I doubt I will want to turn it up much.

And you're right clean sounding subs don't sound as loud, but I tune with a measurement mic and can tell you they ran out of juice long before my highs.

If I were to try a low power build again it would be probably 2 15s ib in the Ole lady's car. Maybe 1 18ib.

My truck just needs too much to get a decent volume. My 2 sundown sa10v2 were about perfect and I almost hate that I sold them

SI makes nice subs. I'm an XBL guy myself, but I tend to listen to neutral/flat sounding drivers in general.

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

SI makes nice subs. I'm an XBL guy myself, but I tend to listen to neutral/flat sounding drivers in general.

I didn't mind the xbl² sound signature I just want more output and I don't think I can fit brahma 10s.

 

[Jimi77 5,000+ posts]

I didn't mind the xbl² sound signature I just want more output and I don't think I can fit brahma 10s.

Brahmas are nice. I have a 10" Mk1. Just a single 10 was enough for me.

 

[Kybassbwoy]

I didn't mind the xbl² sound signature I just want more output and I don't think I can fit brahma 10s.

I've ran some SQL 12s and they are some damn fine subs for certain, and definitely handle overrated power.

 

[Kybassbwoy]

Dayton Reference and Adire Koda. Both are available at PartsExpress.

I'm checking out the Dayton lineup and it's hard to tell what their sealed box requirements are. The reference ho series looks good to me, maybe run 4 of their tens or 6 of the eights. Eights definitely do sound good on rock n metal

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Yeah... 3 or 4 tens would be preferable.

 

[Kybassbwoy]

Yeah... 3 or 4 tens would be preferable.

410s just works it seems, I love my old 410 setup in my S10 and I've seen that work well in many applications.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

410s just works it seems, I love my old 410 setup in my S10 and I've seen that work well in many applications.

Plenty low, very punchy, tight and fast.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I'm checking out the Dayton lineup and it's hard to tell what their sealed box requirements are. The reference ho series looks good to me, maybe run 4 of their tens or 6 of the eights. Eights definitely do sound good on rock n metal

I'm running a dayton rss265ho-4 10" as front sub in too small of box and it sounds clean and punchy. I put it in a 1 cuft box before I installed in my saturn and it got low for a 10 and sounded really nice

I'd still consider a pair sql-15's on 3k if you can squeeze them in. They only need 2 cuft per sub

 

[Kybassbwoy]

I'm running a dayton rss265ho-4 10" as front sub in too small of box and it sounds clean and punchy. I put it in a 1 cuft box before I installed in my saturn and it got low for a 10 and sounded really nice

I'd still consider a pair sql-15's on 3k if you can squeeze them in. They only need 2 cuft per sub

If I had the mounting depth I certainly would do that

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

If I had the mounting depth I certainly would do that

The reference ho I'm running sounds really good. about .75 - 1 cuft would be about right.

mine is in a box barely big enough to mount it

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

The VFL 8's are great subs. I think the mounting depth is 5⅜" IIRC.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

My former VFL8's.