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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bear" data-source="post: 8642268" data-attributes="member: 673826"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_575P3SD28/Rockford-Fosgate-P3SD2-8.html?tp=68848" target="_blank">Rockford P3SD2-8 (Qts .72)</a><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113XW800F/Kenwood-Excelon-KFC-XW800F.html?tp=68848" target="_blank">Kenwood Excelon shallow mount (QTS .812)</a><br /> </li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>If we consider some slightly inappropriate choices (Qts &gt;= .6) there are some more options.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113XRW804/Kenwood-Excelon-XR-W804.html?tp=68848" target="_blank">Kenwood Excelon (.662 Qts)</a><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_210PRIM804/Morel-Primo-804.html?tp=68848" target="_blank">Even a Morel Primo might work (.6 Qts)</a><br /> </li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>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).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bear, post: 8642268, member: 673826"] 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: [LIST=1] [*][URL="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_575P3SD28/Rockford-Fosgate-P3SD2-8.html?tp=68848"]Rockford P3SD2-8 (Qts .72)[/URL] [*][URL="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113XW800F/Kenwood-Excelon-KFC-XW800F.html?tp=68848"]Kenwood Excelon shallow mount (QTS .812)[/URL] [/LIST] If we consider some slightly inappropriate choices (Qts >= .6) there are some more options. [LIST=1] [*][URL="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113XRW804/Kenwood-Excelon-XR-W804.html?tp=68848"]Kenwood Excelon (.662 Qts)[/URL] [*][URL="https://www.crutchfield.com/p_210PRIM804/Morel-Primo-804.html?tp=68848"]Even a Morel Primo might work (.6 Qts)[/URL] [/LIST] 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). [/QUOTE]
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