Help me pick a brand out of these 4

[Phatmat 10+ year member]

I'm in Australia, and don't have many brands available to me.

Here are the subwoofers that I am able to purchase and that are in my price range. Which do you think is the best for a merge of SQ and SPL? It'll be in a ported custom designed box.

JBL GTO1214 (http://www.jbl.com/EN-US/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?PID=GTO1214)

Pioneer TSW308D2 (http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/25/131/201/TS-W308D4/index.html)

Kicker CompVR (http://www.kicker.com/compvr)

edit.. there are only 3 brands, not 4

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[satchel50207 10+ year member]

i would get the kicker over any others and the pioneer as a second choice

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

JBL GTO is my choice

 

[Phatmat 10+ year member]

thanks, but lol i need some more help here. you two have opposing views.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

neither.

 

[Phatmat 10+ year member]

neither.

What would you recommend? These are the best available to me, for my price range of around $300aud for two subs. What do you think is the best out of my choices?

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

What amp are you running? If you have a good amp with 1000rms I would say get the soundstream t5-12's. Hell, you could pick up 2 on ebay for about 300 bucks. but then you would need 2000rms.

 

[Phatmat 10+ year member]

I'm only using a 400RMS at 2ohms amp. It's a pioneer GM-D7400M.

 

[spltuscon 10+ year member]

With that small amount of power, I think I'd choose the JBL's. The Pioneers you linked to were dual 4 ohm coils which would only wire to 4ohms or 1 ohm. Not the best choice for your amp. The Kickers are decent subs too, but a little less efficient than the JBL's.

 

[Phatmat 10+ year member]

With that small amount of power, I think I'd choose the JBL's. The Pioneers you linked to were dual 4 ohm coils which would only wire to 4ohms or 1 ohm. Not the best choice for your amp. The Kickers are decent subs too, but a little less efficient than the JBL's.

I meant to write the dual 2ohm voice coil Pioneers.

Do you think that the JBL GTO's will be good quality, and have a nice punch to them? I know the kickers can punch hard, but I've never really heard the JBL's before.

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

ive ran kicker befor it was okay =/. i wouldnt really spend money on any of those though. single subsetup with only that low rms ftw. check out id the idq line