Looking with an 8" to 12" under 500 watts.

[cchheett 10+ year member]

I am want to add some bass to a jeep liberty. I need to keep some cargo space for groceries etc. I don't need to **** off the world, but would like it to be loud. I was thinking of getting a one sub setup. I don't know what subwoofer I should get. I don't care if its 8",10" , or 12". I would like the sub to be 500 watts or smaller. I don't wanna worry about dimming with lights etc. I listen to rap but want it to be more be SQ vs Spl. I use SPL for my other truck.

I noticed the Sundown Audio SA-8 only need .75 ^ft. But I don't know if the sound would sound great, especially since im looking for SQ. Thanks for any suggestions.

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[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

I have a old school rockford fosgate PUNCH DVC 12". rated at 400wrms but will easily take 500-600wrms.

Excellent SQ and gets quite loud in a sealed box.

$100 shipped.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

I have a pair of Adire Audio Koda 8" subs. $130 shipped on the pair. You wont find a better sounding driver for less. They use XBL^2 technology to achieve a very low distortion driver. The pair would be perfect on 300wrms.

 

[nudels 10+ year member]

i have many new old-school subwoofers geared for clarity under 500watts, and a few new school as well,.. http://www.caraudio.com/forums/subwoofer-classifieds/560581-lot-b-n-woofers-sale-mostly-old-school.html

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I am want to add some bass to a jeep liberty. I need to keep some cargo space for groceries etc. I don't need to **** off the world, but would like it to be loud. I was thinking of getting a one sub setup. I don't know what subwoofer I should get. I don't care if its 8",10" , or 12". I would like the sub to be 500 watts or smaller. I don't wanna worry about dimming with lights etc. I listen to rap but want it to be more be SQ vs Spl. I use SPL for my other truck.
I noticed the Sundown Audio SA-8 only need .75 ^ft. But I don't know if the sound would sound great, especially since im looking for SQ. Thanks for any suggestions.

I have two custom built 8's that would work well for you...

 

[cchheett 10+ year member]

Looking for new. Thanks for the suggestions though.

 

[Vertex Audio Pro Seller]

Looking for new. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Take a look at the Ultra A-12's. They are specifically SQ oriented. They are great quality subs. I have a couple people doing reviews on them on the forum and they seem to love them so far. They arnt terribly expensive either. Pm me if you are interested!

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

I may get flamed but here goes...

I have a pair of JL w1v2 8's in 1.4 cuft tuned to 33hz.....

Sound outstanding and can dig very deep. In this box(final nominal load is 2 ohms) the take the power from my current Xtant 1001xd...500+ clean rms @ 2 ohms.

I will say that they may like just a tad smaller box...maybe 1.2 ish.

For what ever the reason, the 8" w1v2 is a great sounding driver, IMO 10X better than the other w1v2's.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

PWE-352 MB QUART 15" 1600W 2-OHM DVC SUBWOOFER SPEAKER MADE BY ROCKFORD FOSGATE | eBay

sick deal on a sq sub that sound amazing 3 inch coil, very effecient and only rquires 1.5 cube but with the surface area it will get loud with little space

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

Boston Acoustics SPG555-2 1000W 13" Single 2 ohm Oval SPG Series Car Subwoofer 690283382889 | eBay

amazing sub. buy the passive radiator direct from boston and get a low end monster in only 1 cube box at 30hz

 

[dbjunior 10+ year member]

I have a pair of new in box idq8v3 dual 4. The pair would do well on 500w and sound good 140shipped. The adire koda's would sound amazing though, if I was planning an sq install id buy them, but I love loud.

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

look at the sundown E8 v3 preorder. i have the V2 in my truck and its more than enough and the v3 is a lil beast. rated 300 will take 500 im sure

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Looking for new. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Mine are unused since they where built if that makes a difference to ya man...

 

[zako 10+ year member]

How much space you can give up? Budget? If you can play with 2cu ft, one cheap and easy possibility is to put a 2012 Alpine Type-S 15 inch sub into a 2cu ft sealed box. Power handling is at 500watts. This latest design supposedly sounds very good. One of the few underhung voice coil designs on the market. If you need a more compact box, consider Image Dynamics IDQ12 in a 1cu ft sealed box. These are good SQ subwoofers, but can get pretty loud with xmax being at 19mm and power handling >500watts. Expensivish, but not too bad. If 1cu ft is still too big, consider Alpine's SBR (R8 in a custom ported box). These are very good subwoofers. In this box, it supposedly can only handle about 300-350watts because it's tuned too low. Infinity Kappa 120.9w should be happy in 1cu ft sealed box with 500watts too.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

american bass xd8 new under 100 shipped