Dayton vs eD vs Adire

[matt_martin87 10+ year member]

I just recently sold my 2 shiva mkIV's. I'm looking to replace them with something a little newer/better. Not a big upgrade at all, just a replacement basicly. I can only wire my subs down to 2 ohms also.

I've got my choices down to:

2 ed13kv.2

or

2 dayton dvc 12's

or

2 adire shiva mkV 12's

I've heard the daytons and adires are almost the exact same sub, with the exception that the daytons require smaller boxes. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

You should broaden your horizons a little. ED has been on a downward spiral lately, adire's prices have climbed and the product have fallen a bit. And dayton while a great driver probably won't keep you satisfied.

Look at some soundsplinter products such as the RL-p if you need something loud. Ascendant Audio also has a few great SQ drivers that get pretty ballsy.

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Dayton from thoes three. Have you looked at an Incriminator 187 12?

 

[matt_martin87 10+ year member]

I should also mention my price range is

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

I'm thumbs down even more on eD after trying to wall ~magick's eD sub this weekend. 1/2 cycle after it hit the wall power, the former separated from the cone. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Good old Ben and his excelent quality control.

IA 187's are well with in your pricerange. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

I would pick up two of these:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=295-404

Beautiful sounding subs that can get pretty loud. In your price range and also wire to 2 ohms.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

ya look into IA death penalty or some Fi woofers, or those soundsplinters....... out of those 3 i'd say dayton but u can probly get somethign better int hat price range outside of those 3

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

I'm thumbs down even more on eD after trying to wall ~magick's eD sub this weekend. 1/2 cycle after it hit the wall power, the former separated from the cone. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

well in the woofer's defence i abused it pretty hard free air before we did that.

and until i accidentally crushed the end of the coil i really liked that sub.

~Magick_Man~

 

[Bolognablake 10+ year member]

How much power do you have?

I've used the Dayton RS HO woofers, and I like them very much.

 

[matt_martin87 10+ year member]

I've only got 600rms total. I was really leaning toward the daytons because of their efficency. I was once told that dual 8 ohm subwoofers were very efficent by design. Am I right or is that not nessecarly true?

 

[matt_martin87 10+ year member]

Box size is also a bit of a concern for me. I can do 2 cubes net per sub. Will that titanic mkIII fit that size? I had considered this sub before, but I just cannot push it as hard as I'd like.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

I'm going to recommend IA 187s as well. They seem to fit your bill quite nicely.

 

[matt_martin87 10+ year member]

narrowed down to ia 187s or dayton dvc 12s

are the ia's going to be louder or play deeper than the daytons or shivas i had?

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

As an owner both IA 187s and a Shiva MK4, I can mention that my 187s murdered the Shiva in output and had noticably better low end. But since I've never owned a Dayton DVC, I can't give a straight comparison there.