Best Subwoofers for rock?

[eisenhower 10+ year member]

Don't even bother with a sub, buy some nice component speakers and put them in kick panels. Its really hard to getting a good transition with a sub and speakers, and you'll probally loose more of the hard impact and instead get low mushy frequencies. which is why hi-fi systems don't have subs, the speakers handle the bass. Of course, this is if you actually want good sound and not boom.

 

[Rodeo91 10+ year member]

4 MT 18's in a wall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

Actaully, concentrate more on your front stage, and midbass. Just buy a little something (sub) to give you the kickdrum, and low bass guitar. I like the 4 RE8 idea.

 

[Starky 10+ year member]

I listen to Metal, hard hard ****....you gotta get a sub, I like my stuff a lil overpowering, really feeling the kick drums....idk, if you like your Music really loud get a Brahma, IDMax, AA Arsenal, or something along those lines

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I've noticed time alignment was a much simpler task when i had a sealed 10 versus my ported 12's. I've got 99% of my music sounding great, but some songs demand fast enough transient responses where i can tell the sub's a few 1/10ths of a second off it's mark.

I had a p3 10" in a 1.2cf sealed box, and it was the most easy setup to tune that i've ever owned. Set my crossover, set my gains, and it sounded great from the day i threw it in there till the day i sold it to buy my new equipment.

I say you can't beat sealed for rock music. I'm sure the ported CAN sound just as good, but it's a lot more effort than i anticipated.