Bought an oldskool Kicker KS80 substation

Rob.
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A few weeks ago, I was browsing local kijiji for a while now to try and find an old school Kicker KS80 substation. One finally popped up and it was in mint condition. Seller was asking $75 bucks, so I offered $40 bucks and he accepted. Cant go wrong ! It was owned by an older retired guy in his early 60's. That explains why it's in such great shape ! It came out of his wifes Acura integra hatchback back in the day.

This sub is from the time when kicker car audio was actually a higher end car audio manufacturer, made by stillwater designs in Oklahoma U.S.A. from the mid to late 90's, not like the cheap kicker of today where it's made in China !

This 8" subwoofer box is small, very lightweight and compact (18 x 9 x 9).

Specs:

http://www.kicker.com/sites/default/files/KS02Manual.pdf

I just unstalled it yesterday and its amazing what it sounds like feeding it only 120 clean RMS watts bridged with my Zapco studio 100 amp !

Been listening to my no doubt cd and this sub delivers some clean/accurate low frequencies, perfect for my 1990 CRX. Good SQ too !

Not too shabby for $40 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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jesus thats a nice OS install. i have an ag350 and a 100 needen fixed.. i think this will push me to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 
nice lil ol skoo set up.
those subs were made by credence in the usa. as soon as credence stoped makin kicker subs they went down hill for sq by far...
Well the sub sure hits pretty nice for an 8" and sounds very accurate ! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 
i've got some old sk00l Polk stuff that even predates your find.
Are you the member who has one of those old teardrop shaped enclosures that houses four 6x9's isobaric? I was thinking it was Polk, but I dont remember now. I do remember them being pretty impressive pre-fab sub setups.

 
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