Mag 15 Sound Quality Review

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

I went on several longer drives (1hr +) with the Mag in the past two days. I decided to burn a little extra gas, turn on the AC, and give the Mag 15 an intensive listen. I could not find a single song that could put the Mag past its sound quality limits. Heavy metal to classic rock to new rock to alternative to hip hop to rap to jazz to reggae. It handles kick drums with chest thumping authority and bass guitars are smooth and the response is extremely flat for just throwing it in a sealed enclosure and not even messing with placement. Below is a list of songs I ran it through.

Artist: Jet

Album: Get Born

Notable Tracks:

-Look What You've Done

This song has some good bass guitar lines and a slow playing kick drum beat. Its a very mellow song but has some decent low, not a real challenge.

-Get Me Outta Here

This song has some fast repeating bass guitar and kick drum lines; the Mag handled it great, didn’t miss a single beat and was crystal clear.

-Lazy Gun

This song starts out with some good kick drums and bass guitar lines, nothing too complicated

Artist: Beastie Boys

Album: N/A

Notable Tracks:

-Intergalactic

I think everyone has heard this song, dropped and felt like I was being stopped on my chest, an improvement from my avalanche, which were mostly all bass and no kick.

-Paul Revere

Good thump, this isn’t a very bass heavy track

Artist: Bob Marley and The Wailers

Album: Africa Unite

Notable Tracks:

-Soul Rebel

This is a very bass heavy track which quick changing beat, it’s almost like an oscillating sound from low to high. The Mag reproduced it with stunning accuracy. It makes me like the song more than ever.

-Trenchtown Rock

This is one of my favorite songs, and this Mag did it justice.

-Jamming

Excellent low end response, I always though this track could use more enforcement with the bass and the Mag gave me the room to turn up the bass on the head unit to make it sound like I feel it should have been recorded.

-Three Little Birds

This has some very low string instrument playing throughout the song (lower than your average 4 string bass guitar) most systems don’t do it justice, but I was perfect here.

-Stand Up Jamrock

For those that do no know, this is an ashlee beedle remix between Welcome to Jamrock by Damien Marley and Get Up Stand up.

Artist: Ray Charles

Album: Ray

Notable Tracks:

-Mess Around

Not a very bass heavy track, in fact, most of this album is not very bass heavy. But if it isn’t there you will miss it.

-Georgia On My Mind

Artist: AC/DC

Album: Back in Black

Notable Tracks:

-Hells Bells

The intro to this song just isn’t as eerie with out the deepness of the bells. The Mag reproduced what little signal they got from the bells with perfect accuracy. Once the kick drum came in I knew it was going to be a good hells bells experience. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

-Let Me Put My Love Into You

Excellent lows with the bass guitar

-Shake A Leg

Double kicks where perfect and clear.

Artist: Jimmy Buffet

Album: Great American Summer

Notable Tracks:

-One Particular Harbor

There is a light beating throughout the song that often goes un noticed except for in the beginning but the Mag made it noticeable throughout the song in a very good way.

Artist: Slipknot

Album: N/A (single)

Track:

-Duality

Every kick drum was felt, every pound of the drum. I’m not much of a fan of this kind of music but It did the musicians justice.

Artist: Queen

Album: Greatest Hits

Notable Tracks:

-Bohemian Rhapsody

Does the intro line justice like no other. I actually got a few little hairs to stand up on the back of my neck, that hasn’t happened since the first few times I heard it on a good system.

I went few quite a few other songs but that is a wide enough selection. It performed in every genre and style I threw at it. All in all, the best subwoofer I’ve used in my opinion.

In the end I like it more than my Avalanche 18 because it has usable output up to 60-70Hz where the avalanche began a steep roll off past 50-55Hz and all output was lost by 60-65.

Now let me clarify liking it more than my avalanche 18, the ava is not sloppy by any means, but you need a strong STRONG mid-bass to use it in car. The Mag still wont play up to 80-100Hz like your entry level sub at Best Buy...Both are true subwoofers...the Mag simply can play a little higher and, therefore, blend a little better with my lack of mid-bass (I am working on that at the moment).

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Hmmmm...interesting. What enclosure and amp are coupled to this Mag?

 

[Rc 415 10+ year member]

its a md2 and a sealed box iirc

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Yes, ~2.8 sealed. Braced with 2x4's (dead as a doornail), no stuffing. MD2 for power.

 

[B_Campbell 10+ year member]

Nice review!

NOW PORT THAT SUMMA BEOTCH!

****, I am selling my destroyers and I am having a hard time deciding what they're needing to be replaced with. I am looking at 2 15inch Mags or 2 12's - 2 15's just sounds like too much over kill, or maybe 2 12inch RL-S's.

Your making me want to get 2 15's....

****, I shoulda kept those 2 15inch ava's, but I had to have more. I now have to much sub power - (The destroyers)

I am pretty much set on 2 12inch mags or 2 12inch RL-S's

Btw, whats the weight on the 12 and 15inch mags?

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Ported enclosure is in the making. I have to finish my custom 8" aeroport first. And with me working at a progress rate of 0% per day right now (due to school and Cross Country) It may take a while.

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

u should try them in a 4th order

they will get stinckin loud

to the point where i dont think u will be able to sit in there

80

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Nice review!
NOW PORT THAT SUMMA BEOTCH!

****, I am selling my destroyers and I am having a hard time deciding what they're needing to be replaced with. I am looking at 2 15inch Mags or 2 12's - 2 15's just sounds like too much over kill, or maybe 2 12inch RL-S's.

Your making me want to get 2 15's....

****, I shoulda kept those 2 15inch ava's, but I had to have more. I now have to much sub power - (The destroyers)

I am pretty much set on 2 12inch mags or 2 12inch RL-S's

Btw, whats the weight on the 12 and 15inch mags?

You have an Impala correct? I had 2 12" Mags in my Caprice, 5 cubes net, 70 sq in of port tuned to 28, that was about as good as it gets in that trunk.

I would HIGHLY reccomend that setup for that car.

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

heres pix of my friends impala

he had 4 mojo 15's in a 6th order bandpass

and yes it got seriously loud...and the low end was incredable

but he kept blowing them(imho user error)//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

so he went with 6 jlw710's in a 4th order...he like it...he said he like it better than the 4 mojo 15's

heres the box

heres the rear deck

the port u see on top is from the old setup of 4 mojo 15's its a 108 square inch port(imho too small for 4 15's)

the new port thats going thru the rear seat is 144 square inches(still too small for 6 10w7's imho)

80

my boy did all the work i almost 4got to mention 3 autotek mm2k amps power the 6 10w7's

 

[Showrides]

Nice review!
NOW PORT THAT SUMMA BEOTCH!

****, I am selling my destroyers and I am having a hard time deciding what they're needing to be replaced with. I am looking at 2 15inch Mags or 2 12's - 2 15's just sounds like too much over kill, or maybe 2 12inch RL-S's.

Your making me want to get 2 15's....

****, I shoulda kept those 2 15inch ava's, but I had to have more. I now have to much sub power - (The destroyers)

I am pretty much set on 2 12inch mags or 2 12inch RL-S's

Btw, whats the weight on the 12 and 15inch mags?

The 12's are around 31 lbs. and the 15's are around 34 lbs.

 

[B_Campbell 10+ year member]

Thats one insane install, but if I needed all that bass man ida kept the destroyers, I want Loud low bass dont get me wrong, but I dont need anything that loud.