First good sub, $150 budget.

[FlexnInLa 10+ year member]

I showed him all these. Wasn't too into the daytons but I might actually look into one.We couldn't think of any reason the lethal injection would be better than OA. Can you?

So it's pretty down to: OA, SDC2.5 and the Sundown SD series. Or the Dcon if he gets the smaller amp.

I feel its really more down to the SDC or the OA.

Comments between those two would be appreciated.

Thanks!

All things being equal the SDC 2.5 should be a bit louder, but the Obsidian will sound quite a bit better, and get pretty dang loud.

 

[Moofs 10+ year member]

I have a quick question that has been on my mind. How low does regular rap music get?

I know chopped and screwed stuff is usually 30hz and up. Some times a little lower. But how about unaltered music?

I'm just curious since I see people tune boxes to like 35hz and for most subs, playing past tuning can hurt them can't it?

Thanks!

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

The easiest way to tell is from certain music players. Some will have spectrum analysis plugins. Another option is getting Audacity(a free program). You'll be able to see how low music goes with that program as well.

The tuning of boxes is highly dependent on various details of your specific install, so someone who tunes a specific enclosure in one setup, would tune a different box in another car, differently. I guess a general rule of thumb is that subwoofers can play below tuning, but not much lower. Subs won't get damaged solely from playing low notes, but that doesn't mean that they can't be damaged while playing low notes. For example, a subwoofer might exceed its xmax at rated power at 24Hz. That can possibly damage the subwoofer, but there's a possibility(maybe certainty?) that lower power will allow the sub to play that low without exceeding xmax.

I would say that most rap stays above 25Hz, but it really doesn't matter if you use your subsonic filter.