Cheap subs

[Tek 10+ year member]

I'm a beginner at this and building my first system. I have a very limited budget, and I've been looking at subs for quite sometime. Are Bazooka and Lightning Audio good brands to go with? And there were some at circuit city made by a brand called Profile (which I've never seen before) called bajas-2 12" subs w/box and amp for $200. Thoughts?

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[SasquatchBump 10+ year member]

Lightning are pretty good, profile amps can be good but my frined has one of their Baja's and it *****.

I would look on eBay and the internet for what you want. You can get subs and an amp for around 300 total that would KILL those Baja's.

 

[SasquatchBump 10+ year member]

Im referring to the storm series.

I am not familiar with Best Buy equipment thankfully //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[violator5spd 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac Ummm, I don't know what subs you listened to, but Lightning sounds like **** to me ... loose, sloppy bass. Well, the Bolt series does, anyways, and those are the ones he's talking about (bright yellow, small magnets, extremely loose mechanical suspension)

Yes, that was my understanding when I heard them distort with 100 clean watts...I agree with sasquatch though, look around on ebay and if you have any questions about stuff feel free to ask //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Tek 10+ year member]

Yes, I was talking about the Bolt series. How about Bazookas? I saw two 12s for $100.

 

[violator5spd 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Tek Yes, I was talking about the Bolt series. How about Bazookas? I saw two 12s for $100.

They're ok if you've never heard a pair of subwoofers before in your life, and if you're trying to go as cheap as you possibly can...so I wouldn't get them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

lemme ask you though...are you looking for it to be really loud, or do you just want it to be pretty loud and still sound good?

 

[saltyjesus 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Tek Yes, I was talking about the Bolt series. How about Bazookas? I saw two 12s for $100.

no

 

[SasquatchBump 10+ year member]

If you're looking for about 100 bucks for 2 subs, then save your money. For about 50 bucks more you can get a nice 15 or save more money for 2 good 12's. Watch the auctions that elementaldesigns puts on ebay, just the other day someone got a new

e15a (the old series) for 80 bucks +shipping. They also auctioned off an RE for cheap.

If you MUST have subs NOW with that kinda budget, look for one or 2 good 10's that have been slightly used.

 

[khi 10+ year member]

Adire Shiva - 12"

$125

guaranteed to beat out boththe subs u mentioned //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

yea definitely save ur money up cuz u will be surprised how much better a system could get when you just save a little more money up. there is a big diff between those lightning and baja subs and the next step up.

 

[Corsica 5,000+ posts]

Well My MA XE 12 was 100 dollars and it ****ing rules!!!!!!!!!1 for the $$$ still haven't heard of anything that beats it.

J

 

[Tek 10+ year member]

I want bass that sounds sharp, not distorted. would one 15" be better than 2 10"s?

 

[bass_master 10+ year member]

2 10's would give you pretty sharp and punchy bass and the 15" would have a boom! boom! kind of sound

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

two words, FAT BOYs, trust me dude, they ****in loud, i have one 10'' of the older ones in 2000-01 with a 300watt amp powering it. it was one of the loudest i had. they pretty cheap too, i think ~70-90$ for a 10''.

FAT BOYS, they good for the money, n loud. bettre than overpaying for sony's, or some other brand

 

[SKMexiFry 10+ year member]

Whatever you do, don't get those yellow Lightning Audio subs from best buy(I work there, they ****), Don't get the Baja's from Circuit City, No Sony Xplod(red ones), and no MTX Thunder 4000's. A good cheap starter sub IMO would either be a JL 12W0, Alpine Type S 12, or the Shiva 12.