Infinity subs

[02civiccoupe 10+ year member]

What does everyone think of the infinity 1230w subs?

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[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

there alright. Wanna buy two perfect 12.1s?

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

go with the perfects of alpines i dont know what else is in that price range

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

The new 2005 Kenwood Excelon 13's sound sweet and pound nicely. Their rated at 300 watts rms, 1200 watt peak and come with dual 2ohm voice coils.

My experience with the Infinity subwoofers has given me the opinion that they are not not very tolerant of abuse and sound too mellow.

You should be able to pick one up for 299.00, if the dealer gives you any guff, just tell him you'll go somewhere else with your money and buy a 299.00 Alpine type R.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

The new 2005 Kenwood Excelon 13's sound sweet and pound nicely. Their rated at 300 watts rms, 1200 watt peak and come with dual 2ohm voice coils.My experience with the Infinity subwoofers has given me the opinion that they are not not very tolerant of abuse and sound too mellow.

You should be able to pick one up for 299.00, if the dealer gives you any guff, just tell him you'll go somewhere else with your money and buy a 299.00 Alpine type R.

So far they've taken what I've dished out to them quite well. I know they don't like being over powered, but they take slightly less than RMS (~320Wrms) in a huge enclosure with class. And as for sounding mellow, the passanger seat is empty buddy... While they aren't the best subs, they are not bad subs at all.

and I'll let mine go for less than what you're talking about for one, including shipping...

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

The new 2005 Kenwood Excelon 13's sound sweet and pound nicely. Their rated at 300 watts rms, 1200 watt peak and come with dual 2ohm voice coils.My experience with the Infinity subwoofers has given me the opinion that they are not not very tolerant of abuse and sound too mellow.

You should be able to pick one up for 299.00, if the dealer gives you any guff, just tell him you'll go somewhere else with your money and buy a 299.00 Alpine type R.

You can get a Type R for about half that price...

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Were talking in Canadian dollars.

02civiccoupe is from Canada, sorry for the mixup.

Actually now that I think about it, the Alpine 12" type R can be had for 279.00 if you shop around, the markup on the kenwood excelon 13 is pretty high so you should be able to get it at the same price because they were built to compete with the type Rs in price, looks, and perfomance ( Im a Kenwood dealer).

Heres a rear pic of the kenwood excelon

As for the Infinity's, I owned a pair of 12.1's in a 3 cuft sealed box with 800 watts rms clean power into them and I thought they sounded too mellow ( IMO ) also the glue holding the spider to the coil on one of the subs broke apart with very little effort most likely due to the cold weather, this left me with a poor impression of them. Im not saying that there bad, im just saying they didnt leave a good impression with me.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

As for the Infinity's, I owned a pair of 12.1's in a 3 cuft sealed box with 800 watts rms clean power into them and I thought they sounded too mellow ( IMO ) also the glue holding the spider to the coil on one of the subs broke apart with very little effort most likely due to the cold weather, this left me with a poor impression of them. Im not saying that there bad, im just saying they didnt leave a good impression with me.

Same thing hapened here. THey are great subs for the price. That's it, really. They work best in large groups... 4 ported 10's pound quite nice on 150 rms apiece. i fed my a "dirty" 350 watts and it tore one of the two I own apart.

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

i just love it when he asked about the 1230W and you all bring up Kenwood and Type R's

if your using Infinity...get the 12VQ/DVQ...amazing SQ sub..I have one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Shhhhhh....

Im trying to upsell him on the Kenwood Excelons. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

they are not bad subs at all.
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Those Perfects are pretty **** loud.

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

DVQ/VQ's or just Perfects?

 

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

What does everyone think of the infinity 1230w subs?

Considering you can get a used one off eBay for $20-40, they're hard to beat. I had a 1030w, and it did everything I wanted it to do. A friend has a 1230w and it's about the same, just goes lower and a smidge louder.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

DVQ/VQ's or just Perfects?

I'm talking about 12.1's

 

[whiplash 10+ year member]

I used a grand total of 11 1230/1030's in different installs and every single one of them did great with no problems at all.