MMATS Amps and Juggs Subs

[smullen 10+ year member]

Whats everyone think about MMATs amps and Juggs Subs???

I currently have 3 12" JL 12W6s and want more. I'm thinking about going with 2 Juggernaut 15"s, in my 2000 Blazer

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[smullen 10+ year member]

So any comment from anyone on this???

 

[geolemon 10+ year member]

Whats everyone think about MMATs amps and Juggs Subs???
I currently have 3 12" JL 12W6s and want more. I'm thinking about going with 2 Juggernaut 15"s, in my 2000 Blazer

Not long ago, the Juggernauts were essentially the same sub as the Digital Designs 9515. I'm not sure if they've had the same minor evolutions as the 9515 has, or to be honest if the Juggs are even produced anymore (it's been a while since I've seen them).

MMats amps are nice pieces, I wish I could comment from personal experience, but all posts that I've read on them have been from owners who have been very happy with their MMats amps, reliability seems great.

I'm assuming that this is for an SPL oriented system?

The Juggs (and the 9515's) are great SPL competition woofers, which will thrive in a "burp a planned test tone" environment - they'll kick out obnoxious SPL in a high-tuned ported enclosure with thousands of watts of a particular frequency (near the enclosure's tuning frequency, planned around the car's resonant frequency) going through it.

But for a daily driver, you'd want to put it in a more conservative type enclosure, where you won't be capitalizing on it's monsterous (but very narrow) motor strength curve. Essentially you'll be handicapping it from what it's truly good at.

Which isn't to say it couldn't still perform satisfyingly in that type of an application, but it's a bit like paying for a 4wd truck, and trying to autocross with it... sure, the autocrossing will still be fun, but you'd have better autocross performance with a sportier car (often less expensive), and if you don't go off-roading, you wouldn't ever capitalize on the off-road capabilities of the truck.

Are you planning on capitalizing on the very narrow, peaky, high BL curve of this woofer? Or, in other words, are you a serious competitor, or is this for a daily driver, where you won't just be playing a single tone?

If you need more bandwidth (like actually playing songs - even bass CDs), there's other choices out there, but if you are going to be competing [with an install that flatters this woofer's unique and traditionally undesirable properties], then this is a fantastic choice.

You can see the DUMAX for the older 9515 here:

http://www.adireaudio.com/Files/DUMAX/DD9515b.pdf

Which, as I mentioned before, I believe the Jugg was essentially a clone.

 

[bigbassman Premium Member]

the original model of Juggernaut was designed by Resonance, for Mmats...

the Juggernaut is completely different now... no affiliation to Resonance, in any way, shape, or form..

Unless you are going to seriously compete.. I'd pass the jugg over

Loyd L.