loud daily driver that sounds good --- need advice

[darren700 10+ year member]

ok, i have a 1997 cavalier coupe, as you can see in my sig, the frontstage is already done, im still not 100% sure what to do with the substage... my budget for amps, subs, and batteries is about 1500. in my car there is pretty much only room for either 1 15 ported, or 2 12 ported. i plan to have the box so that the subs fire into the cabin from where the back seat folds down, and sealing it from the trunk... i was considering a pair of hd312's, or a single hd315, or a 15" btl... for batteries i was thinking a kinetik hc2400, and for the amp i was thinking of a kicker 2500.1... im in need of some other ideas, i want to get as loud as possible while still sounding as good as possible (this system is comming from a 15" mag ported that i had before that is now in my home theater)

any advice is welcome

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[LeX 10+ year member]

Definitely the HD... sound a good bit better than a BTL in a daily setup IMO.

2 12s should have more cone area so do that if you can fit a big enough box and enough power... otherwise nothing wrong with 1 15 off like 3k RMS daily... more than that for daily kinda silly.. I ran

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

What about an XXX on a ZX2500.1?

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

What about an XXX on a ZX2500.1?

2006 XXX? definitely would sound better but wouldnt be as loud as HD

 

[darren700 10+ year member]

no doubt the xxx's are nice, but i cant justify $1200 for one 12"

i just wonder if a kicker 2500.1 @ 1ohm would be enough power for the two hd312's...

 

[LeX 10+ year member]

no doubt the xxx's are nice, but i cant justify $1200 for one 12"
i just wonder if a kicker 2500.1 @ 1ohm would be enough power for the two hd312's...

it would be enough to make them reach full excursion in a reasonably sized ported box for sure...... Just nowhere near thermal capabilities so you could easily score a bunch more decibels with more power... but is it enough. mathematically, you bet

 

[darren700 10+ year member]

i just hope its enough for me not to splurge on another amp and battery as soon as i have the money //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

get a hd3 15..put it to the 2500.1..WANG..

i just ordered mine tuesday..cant wait...

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

get a hd3 15..put it to the 2500.1..WANG..
i just ordered mine tuesday..cant wait...

So why do you have a dd logo in your avatar?

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

2 12" SE off 1 sundown 1500.1