Kicker Shallow-Designed 12" CompVT's

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Kicker Shallow-Designed Enclosed Subwoofers

Friend of mine purchased two Kicker 12" Dual-4ohm CompVR's and enclosed them in a this enclosure.

Great sound from these subwoofers even though they are being powered by a 1200w Sony Xplode Amplifier. But obviously car and SUV drivers have alot more options for their subwoofer selection compared to single-cab truck owners who are looking to also get a system that hits well. So as the owner of a single-cab Ford F150 Iwas looking at the above system(Kicker CompVT's) and I was wondering how well those subwoofers sound and hit with their smaller design compared to my friend's system.

I really do not feel like messing around with my own construction of a enclosure. Also how well would this amplifier power them?

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Kicker Shallow-Designed Enclosed Subwoofers
Friend of mine purchased two Kicker 12" Dual-4ohm CompVR's and enclosed them in a this enclosure.

Great sound from these subwoofers even though they are being powered by a 1200w Sony Xplode Amplifier. But obviously car and SUV drivers have alot more options for their subwoofer selection compared to single-cab truck owners who are looking to also get a system that hits well. So as the owner of a single-cab Ford F150 Iwas looking at the above system(Kicker CompVT's) and I was wondering how well those subwoofers sound and hit with their smaller design compared to my friend's system.

I really do not feel like messing around with my own construction of a enclosure. Also how well would this amplifier power them?

That's WAY more power than you need...

I'd recommend ~800rms for the pair.

The sound surprisingly great, I was skeptical about them at first, but I'd installed two different setups with 2 12" CompVT's... and they banged.

One was in a conversion van, huge one, and the pair of 12's filled the cabin and sounded great.

So, go with around 2 12's... and 800rms... and you'll be set.

nG

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Any recommendations for an amplifier?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

MTX TC8001? It's 800rms @2ohms, you'd need two Single4ohm 12's.

nG

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Any more opinions on Kicker CompVT's and CompVR's?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

My opinion > all.

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nG

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Would it be safe to assume that if I created a box with:

10 Inches Width

26 Inches Height

55 Inches Length

About

8.21 Cubic Feet would be able to possibly supply three 12 Inch Kicker CompVT Subwoofer requiring between 1.0-4.6 cubic feet space in a sealed box enough air to hit as hard as they are meant to.

Ugh, finding a decent bass solution for a single-cab truck is difficult.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

You'd only need ~3cubes internal volume for the CompVT 12's.

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nG

 

[mrray13 10+ year member]

cvts are the best shallow mounts i've gotten to listen too. great little subs, a tad deeper then most shallow mounts, but they handle more power then most as well.

they'll work in smaller sealed boxes as well. .75-1cube is all that's need for a 12.

well worth the money for an install short on space.

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[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Am I limited to only CompVT's with a enclosure that size? Or could I step it to 2x 12" L7s or 1 15" L7?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

If you have 8cubes to work with, you could do a pair of L715's sealed.

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Pour on the power.

nG

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

cvts are the best shallow mounts i've gotten to listen too. great little subs, a tad deeper then most shallow mounts, but they handle more power then most as well.

they'll work in smaller sealed boxes as well. .75-1cube is all that's need for a 12.

well worth the money for an install short on space.

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So you believe that two 12" CompVT's could deal the same amount of bass and sound as two 12" CompVR's?

 

[fletch_1 10+ year member]

yeah.....prolly alot more i would say

 

[captaincheesey 10+ year member]

yeah.....prolly alot more i would say

More? Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the VT basically just a shallow VR. So I would assume they would have the same output, just require a smaller enclosure. Fed the same amount of power obviously.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

just dont port em, they sound funny, absolutely no lows in a 1.5 at 38 in my buddies ranger