help out a friend..500RMS @ 2ohm ... sub recomendations?

[touchdowntodd 10+ year member]

my friend keeps buyin shit, and isnt satisfied... so he is reaching out to me and I am to you..

he has a polk audio pa880 .. it puts out 500rms @ 2ohm ...

he has a subaru wrx wagon, and doesnt wanna upgrade electric for the most part other than the big 3, so because he usually runs all kinda other lil gadgets, i think itll be ok to use this amp.. so for now were gonna try to do no amp upgrade

he wants 2 -12s.. im tryin to convince him 1 -12 or even 1 - 10 in a nice ported box will be more than ok for him.. right now he is running the amp at 4ohm (300rms) into a kenwood 12" in a sealed box (the slim mount one) .. it actually sounds better than i thought it would.. but now he wants more.. and runnin @ 2ohms into a ported box will be more than enough im sure/..

so.. im trying to convince him to go with a nice 12 or 10 in a custom ported box..

i was thinking Fi SSD, DC Level 3, DD 2500s, sundown SA-12 ... or ???? maybe even dare i say a alpine TypeR off craigslist? i hate that idea, but they do pop up here cheap LOL

any comments?

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[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

I had my 2512 on 500 watts and it did great. There's a video on YouTube but I'm at work and can't access it. It should be under DD 2512 on 500 watts. After giving it around RMS it really comes alive.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Does he want to stay with a smaller box? If not, why not go for a single 15 or 18? A single 15" or 18" Fi SSD will work well off of 500 watts in a ported box and will more than likely give him plenty of bass(for a while, at least //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif).

 

[stanky1219]

2 ssa dcon 10's or 12's

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

Does he want to stay with a smaller box? If not, why not go for a single 15 or 18? A single 15" or 18" Fi SSD will work well off of 500 watts in a ported box and will more than likely give him plenty of bass(for a while, at least //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif).

That's a good idea if he's got the space for one. The box size between an Fi 15 and a DD 12 are about the same.

 

[Slappin azz]

my sdc2.5's....

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

2 ssa dcon 10's or 12's

not 500 each, he has 500 @ 2 ohms total.

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

dc lvl3?

 

[stanky1219]

not 500 each, he has 500 @ 2 ohms total.

yes. i know. my little brother is currently running 2 dcon 10's off of a jl 500/1 and they sound amazing with just 250 to each one. they are only rated for 300 each.

 

[touchdowntodd 10+ year member]

well as much as it pains me to say it..

12" typeR in a ported box for $75 off craigslist LOL.. and he loves it..