JBL Or Boston?

[snelllevi07 10+ year member]

I'm looking at getting a 10" sub (or 2 maybe?) in a sealed box, and I was thinking about the Boston G210, but I talked to a guy at a local audio store, and he steered me toward the JBL GTO1004... Any good?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif I am looking for a sub that sound good with light rock, like Jars Of Clay, and maybe some country. Would either of them be good subs? Any suggestions? I would like to stay under $200.

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[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i thought that was the mid level jbl, but its the low one, i would deff do the G2 over that one, if you could spend the extra on the G5, its alot beefier sub is sq and spl to me, we sell them and i love the way both sound

 

[dynamcpunk 10+ year member]

Get the jbl p1024

 

[snelllevi07 10+ year member]

I'm Looking at em... Any suggestions on a box? I wanna go with a sealed box.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

the boston imo is going to sound way better, and it works in .5cubes apiece sealed, ive never been overly excited about a jbl sub except the GTI which sounded real nice

 

[snelllevi07 10+ year member]

Thanks... I'm Think about going ahead with the Bostons.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Save a little more and buy a GTi.

 

[BobbyDD 10+ year member]

You can get a 10" Boston G5 on e-bay for $184 shipped here.

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Boston FTW!

 

[snelllevi07 10+ year member]

The Guy said that the Boston and the JBL have different sounds; Do they hit different or something?

 

[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

I'd go Boston over JBL even though I'm not to familiar with it, and in a ported box. JBL provides good home audio product, but as far as car audio goes, not so much. I made the mistake of getting the GTO series speakers in my car and I wasn't impressed. Also, a friend of mine has a single 12" JBL GTO series sub in his ride and it's really not that great. If your going for a single 10", I'd suggest a ported box for better air flow. If you really want a great sounding subwoofer go with a W6 or W7 by JL audio, or anything made by Hertz in the High Energy series.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

I'd go Boston over JBL even though I'm not to familiar with it, and in a ported box. JBL provides good home audio product, but as far as car audio goes, not so much. I made the mistake of getting the GTO series speakers in my car and I wasn't impressed. Also, a friend of mine has a single 12" JBL GTO series sub in his ride and it's really not that great. If your going for a single 10", I'd suggest a ported box for better air flow. If you really want a great sounding subwoofer go with a W6 or W7 by JL audio, or anything made by Hertz in the High Energy series.

so he's looking at under 200$ subs and your throwing out the w6 and w7?

 

[Zeptoplix 10+ year member]

I have four JBL p1022's and they sound awesome. Also hit quite low. However, that may just be because of the quantity. I don't know how just one or two would sound though.

 

[NoobieAudio 10+ year member]

does it have to be one or the other? are you looking for awesome sound quality or setting off car alarms. those are both entry lvl subs and won't be setting off car alarms so i hope you'd prefer to go with an SQ approach. personally i don't like the G2's very much. i don't know if the tens are punchier then my twelves were but i just wasn't impressed. and i have no idea about the JBL. however i would STRONGER recommend the Phoenix Gold RSD10.

 

[NoobieAudio 10+ year member]

and with the RSD 10" do about .5 cubic ft sealed. the will punch and hit fairly low ^^