JL subwoofers

[bebitte3o 10+ year member]

I buy and run a lot of jl sub but now i have a fi ssd in good ported box for half the price, jl for me never again!

 

[SimulatedZero 10+ year member]

Way back when I cut my teeth on car audio I dealt almost exclusively with JL and Kicker for customers. JL's are pretty decent subs, but they like a fair amount of room to breath properly. The recommended enclosures from JL are more SQ oriented than volume, but a good sized box around 2.5 to 3 cubes at 32hz for a 12 w3 is a good compromise between SPL and SQ for example. If you're hurting for space and you've never had a sub before I'd get a 10 in a solid enclosure.

Depending on your budget, the w3, w6, and w7 are all good options, obviously getting better as you go up. The w6 is probably a good middle ground for you. I wouldn't get a w0 though. Of you're on that tight of a budget, look at another brand.

JL is expensive, but it's good. Worth the price? To me, no. But I have different tastes. Itll sound really good if you do it right, so if you're set on it, you won't be disappointed. Just a bit broke

On a side note. I wouldn't go with a complete prefab set up. Do some research, download winisd v7, and see what you may or may not like. You can have a great set up and save some coin by putting your own system together around just the sub, what ever you get.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Sundown yardsale subs....nuff said.

Then have cscstang have an enclosure designed for ya....or built.

 

[SimulatedZero 10+ year member]

Sundown yardsale subs....nuff said.
Then have cscstang have an enclosure designed for ya....or built.

x2

Sundown SD-8's are their lowest distortion drivers and their SA-8's are supposed to be very low distortion too with more output. Two of those in 1 to 1.5 cubes ported is small enough to fit and will probably surprise you. If you were considering something outside of JL.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

I have to say I love w6's.

 

[Brean803]

Is there something that is a lot better than JL that's similar in price?

 

[Brean803]

I have had subs before. I had 2 comp rt 10s in my pickup on 1200 watts rms and it was very loud

 

[Brean803]

Rarely have the top down. Can someone give me an example of a good sundown sub? Or a link??

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Look at DD if you want a extremely overbuilt SQ woofer. Don't let MSRP on the site scare you. You don't see the MSRP on the others mentioned, it would also be just that high.

Incriminator if you want a good sounding loud woofer

Sundown if you want to be a crazy nuthugger.

JL is a very good big box brand if you stay with the higher lines, the lower stuff is mediocre at best. The W6 is a good value if you want a very good sounding sub for a sound quality based setup IF you don't pay retail. They can get good output but its not on the others level.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

I'd look at TC sounds woofers. I think you would like one of the woofers with the tc9 driver.

 

[Brean803]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BLQJ1OI?vs=1

This is what I have found after a ton of research. What do you all think of these? I would get a custom ported box for them.

 

[mastershake575]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BLQJ1OI?vs=1
This is what I have found after a ton of research. What do you all think of these? I would get a custom ported box for them.

Subs you linked are above average SQ with great output (Judging from your opening post that seems to be exactly what your looking for so that's a good choice).

 

[bebitte3o 10+ year member]

Is there something that is a lot better than JL that's similar in price?

Go to ssa store for sound solution audio sub,that beat jl

 

[wang in a stang]

>JL Audio.

hahahahaaha!

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

>JL Audio.
hahahahaaha!

What? Are you saying JL is $hit? The amount of titles they have would say otherwise