Water Bear
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There are openings for 2 8"s in the speaker pods going in my Tahoe, so I'm in the market. There are 3 subs that are actually approved for free air that I know of - the Kicker Comps, the Infinity Kappa 8, and the Pioneer TS-SW2002D2.
In the search for more options, I've heard that any sub with a Qts over ~.7 will work fine in a free air application. If that's true then there are more choices:
If we consider some slightly inappropriate choices (Qts >= .6) there are some more options.
What do ya'll think is going to be the best bang for buck here? I know that none of these is going to take much power in a free air application (probably 100ish watts to be safe). The goal is to add some mid bass / bass up front, and drop a more powerful sub in the back later. Definitely aiming for SQ here. Planning to drop ID 6.5's in the doors, or maybe a "cheaper" Audiofrog mid. (Door panels have fiberglass backed speaker pods going in, plus lots of Second Skin sound damper).
In the search for more options, I've heard that any sub with a Qts over ~.7 will work fine in a free air application. If that's true then there are more choices:
If we consider some slightly inappropriate choices (Qts >= .6) there are some more options.
What do ya'll think is going to be the best bang for buck here? I know that none of these is going to take much power in a free air application (probably 100ish watts to be safe). The goal is to add some mid bass / bass up front, and drop a more powerful sub in the back later. Definitely aiming for SQ here. Planning to drop ID 6.5's in the doors, or maybe a "cheaper" Audiofrog mid. (Door panels have fiberglass backed speaker pods going in, plus lots of Second Skin sound damper).