Kicker L5, thoughts?

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

Kicker L5 in this factory box is what i'm looking at getting for the jeep. Something i can have in the back and still have room for stuff. What do you guys think, anybody had an L5 in their SUV?

Also, suggestions for amp to power it? Its sayd 450 RMS rated, so i'm looking to find a solid 500WRMS amp that could fit under my back seats. Thanks guys!

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[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

it'll be like a caged animal. vicious, but could be much louder ported.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

it'll be like a caged animal. vicious, but could be much louder ported.

Unless my eyes deceive me, these boxes are ported.
OP never told us which model he was looking at.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

oops, guess I shoulda clicked the link. me = fail

still won't perform as well as a box tuned lower with more port area tho

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

oops, guess I shoulda clicked the link. me = fail

Lazy genius.

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

yeah i am getting the ported single L5 if you guys gve me a good reccomendation.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

do it ey

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

How much $ is this gonna cost you? We generally dont recommend pre-fab setups like this around here.

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

150 for the L5 in the box. i like the box because its a prefab from kicker, so its better than a walmart box lol.

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

These CVR's are only 30 dollars more, so i would be getting 2 12's instead of 1 10". Think the two 12CVR's would outperform the one 10" L5?

 

[MTX520 10+ year member]

2 12's would sound better than 1 10 in a suv...i have a dc audio 15 ported to 30hz in a chevy TB suv.. and that thing gets loud and low....

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

also, for 200 bucks... This L5 is a fifteen inch ported woofer... what would you guys pick out of the 3?

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

I tried a 12" L5 in one of those pre-fab boxes and it sucked. Then I built a custom ported enclosure for it, and I still didn't like it. My cousin gave me his old sealed 12" L7 enclosure, and guess what, I still didn't like the L5.

My main complaint was that it was a one note wonder that had a muddy, inaccurate sound to it. If you listen to mostly hip-hop, it probably won't be that bad. If you mainly listen to something other than hip-hop, prepare to be disappointed! No more square subwoofers for me!

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

i listen exclusively to rock/metal. so the dual 12inch cvr's are the way to go for my SUV?

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Just build your own box. Buy a single 15" CVR for cheap on Ebay or something, go get 1/2 a sheet of MDF cut up at Lowes, then just glue and screw it together. Go for like 3-4 cubes sealed for a single 15.

Would be way cheaper and sound a ton better.