Fi X Series 12" or another 12"?

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

for your price range and enclosure size you can do an SA-8 in a ported box

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

So I talked to partsexpress about the Epic 12". They recommend 0.75-1.0 cubic feet enclosure for the Epic 12"(that's including the 0.141^3 ft of the sub). The tech recommended me to go with smaller box because the cabin gain of my civic will increase the output of Epic 12". Does that sound right? I've done some research on the epic and several people recommend using bass boost to increase the output of the sub. Will that result in bad sound quality? Also, the Epic has a Qms of 7.80 which is quite high compared to other subs that I looked at. Let's say I don't like the way the Epic sounds in a sealed enclosure and decide to go ported. Will the Epic sound bad in a ported enclosure because it has a high Qms? What will be louder an Tc Sounds Epic 12" running off ~350 W or Fi X 12" running off ~350 W assuming both are in a 1.0^3 ft box?

You aren't going to find many subs that will sound better than an epic. And yes that enclosure

Sounds right. A correct potted box shouldn't have any effect on quality of

Sound however, you should see increased output Going sealed to ported

 

[ole_gators 10+ year member]

Instead of narrowing down my list, I added another potential sub for my car. lol So which of these subs will get louder and sound good?

10" DCON in 1.25^3 ft tuned to 30Hz

12" Fi X in 1^3 ft sealed

12" Epic in 1^3 ft sealed