Dayton Reference 15's??

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I found quite a few posts where people were considering dayton reference 15" subwoofers, but nobody ever reported back about whether or not they tried them.....

Has anyone tried either the High output or the high fidelity versions of this speaker?

I'm shooting for a SQ-oriented speaker setup, and need the right subwoofer to compliment it.

I'd like to put two of these subs in 2.5 cubes each sealed, or 3 subes ported ~30hz with around 600w rms each, and was wondering if anyone had feelings about one over the other?

I don't fully understand the diferences between the two. Dayton recommends the High output version for car use, but the high fidelity's super low Fs is giving me e-wood, so i don't know what to do.

But to get me started, has anyone actually owned or heard either of these subs? Dayton has recommended enclosures for the quattro and the titanic, but no love for the reference subs, but i know the titanic needs 5 cubes to be linear when ported, so that's not of much interest to me, and that's the only dayton sub i've actually seen feedback on.

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[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Well, if i were going to try a pair of these speakers, would a HO or HF model be better for SQ uses?

And would they work better sealed in 2 cubes each? or ported to 30hz in 2.5 each?

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

As long as you play them using a sony source unit with a track encoded in ATRAC, it won't matter what sub you choose. It will sound like the best thing out there.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

you may be on to something

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I believe that these were made with ATRAC in mind.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

is that a black funkypup?

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

but in all seriousness, i've heard the dayton reference subs need big boxes, but that they reach xmax at like 38hz in a 3 cube box.......

but there's no way to get flat respose ported in that small of a box

i don't know what to doooooooooooooo

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

The "super low Fs" of the high fidelities isn't important for car audio. Cabin gain will help that.

Why even consider a MFG that markets more toward the DIY home crowd anyway?

Just a thought.