Choosing Sub, Once Again

[Koon 10+ year member]

Hey guys,

After horrible reviews about multiple AV's completely destroying themselves after a couple of hours of use, I've decided to open my mind to other subwoofer options. I'd like to have a sub that's like 60% SPL and 40% SQ. I'm looking to get louder than a pair of 12" Type R's in a ported box powered by a M1000. I'm set on the Cadence iA7 to power the sub/subs I end up choosing. I'm leaning towards one 15" over 2 12"s just because 1 15" seems to be the less expensive route to go. As far as a budget goes, I'd like to get 1 15" (or 2 12s) for 350 or cheaper. I'll be having Ami Creations build my box. I'd like my box to be smaller than 4 cubes as I'd like to have some trunk leftover. As for my front stage, I've got a pair of Image Dynamics CTX65CS's powered by a Cadence DCA-4100. I plan on getting a seperate battery to put in the trunk somewhere too as I believe I'll need it with an iA7 and a DCA-4100. Any suggestions on a battery? I will be doing the big three upgrade before I install the sub. I need some suggestions on subs!

Here's some I've been considering.

1) 1 DD 3515

2) 2 12" Shiva-X's

3) 1 15" Fi Q

4) 1 15" Ascendant Audio Havoc

5) Acoustic Elegance 15" AV-X (If they straighten up)

6) Funky Pups //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Any reccomendations will be appreciated! Thanks guys

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[wiredbmw 10+ year member]

1- 15 inch -AQ HDC3 !!! sorry i just really like them

 

[Koon 10+ year member]

thanks for the suggestion. Anyone else?

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

1 DC Level 4. Fits about a 3.5-4 cube box.

 

[gqjeff 10+ year member]

DC soundlab.. pure *** This is just a 10" level 4 but **** its loud and clean.

 

[Koon 10+ year member]

ok, how is the SQ of the DC Level 4 XL? The magnet on that thing looks godly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Would it keep up with a pair of ported Type R's of a m1000? I'm really looking to get as loud as a pair of ported type r's but have better SQ. Let me know what you think, thanks so much guys.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Im the only person in my area running DC. I can say that they sound alot cleaner than the garbage at Best Buy (Type Rs, P1, P2, CVRs, Kenwoods of some sort). Im not running an XL, just a regular Lvl 4 and it gets loud as hell on about 1300-watts. They are under rated by a bit too. I think Rusty said they can take about 1250-1400RMS.

 

[gqjeff 10+ year member]

Yea hell my 10" level 4 gets loud and clean on 1000 watts but I know it could take more too... I talked to Rusty about the XL when I was buying and told him I wanted SQL and he told me go with the 4 over the 4 XL. Talk to Kharps on here he had a level 4 XL.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

The 4 cube box is for SPL. 3 cubes is recommended for SQ. If you go wth a 3.5 cube box youll probably get a best of both worlds effect going on.

 

[gqjeff 10+ year member]

Kinetik batteries as very good but pricey..... I use a couple a 2000 up front and a 600 in the rear..

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

Scratch the Shiva-X's off your list. For what you want, they're not the driver for you at all.