Morel Ultimo subs, Aliante, IDQ, Brahma... SQ!

[ABSOLUTEAUDIO 10+ year member]

You want clean sounding. Go brahmas, A 12" brahma can run in a .60cuft to 1.5cuft sealed enclosure and sound clean as hell

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

have you even heard of Rainbow subs??

Rainbow Vanadium Series subs

http://car.rainbow-audio.de/products/introduction.php?lan=2&pro=2&lin=13

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

I will try A.V.E, also I am probably going with a sealed enclosure unless advised othwerwise... Thanks for the info.
Which subs would you suggest if I wanted 2x10" subs in a sealed enclosure, and an amp to run them....? Best SQ availible.

How about the Focal 27KX? 11" close enough..

Are you planning on running door speakers in your trunk? These drivers you are all low Xmax (save the bramma

If you want to stick with trendy brand names, at least get a W7 (hold on JL haters, this is warranted in his case), no joke, the JL is not a bad choice here, It has huge xmax (real xmax too) and a nice high Q that works great in a small sealed box with no EQ necessary. Go for the biggest size you can afford. I would get the 13 and run it with a lot of power, but at least get the 12, the 10 is kind of anemic (as are all 10's and they really are specialty sizes for those not wanted to allocate over a cubic foot)

If you don't want JL, well there are a lot of other brands that will also work equally well, but if this is sealed, look for drivers with Q's up around 0.4+

Another name brand choice I would highly recommend in this case is the Eclipse SW8200. I would hunt down an Eclipse SW8200 and put it in a 2 cubes. They are found for cheap and they best everything on that list for low distortion (trust me my friend). I would mate it with ~800-1000 watts @ 4 ohms. If you're having a hard time finding an amp, get a pair of the 8200's - they will still cost less than that focal or even a 12W7 and you can mass balance them (side firing). You'll have about 4-8 times more linear displacement than most of that stuff and at 30Hz, you bet that will make a BIG difference. You can run the pair in parallel down to ~2 ohms

If you want to try ported and go with a totally different driver..(look for a lower Q driver) now we're talking. ported boxes decrease distortion in the lower domain and you'll get even cleaner sound, this is not well understood by most consumers that associate ported boxes with SPL, but they go hand in hand. The tricky part is making the ported box linear and using the right driver with the right tuning. This really requires modeling if your serious about a 4th order vented linear subwoofer system. I'll be happy to show you the way tho...

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[carguy83 10+ year member]

i owned a brahma 12 back in the day. had it sealed with 500 watts going to it. that sub was super accurate and blended very nicely with my front stage. i kind of regret selling it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[theothermike 10+ year member]

so based on my experiences i feel the new idq v3' out right some of the nicest q sub that can add some bump do to their efficiency. They were really tight and quick sub that responded excellently. I would put them up against some focals easily. and still have $$$ to spare.

As far as amps go, id give my money to noone else except jacob (sundownz = s/n) for sundown audio, or don (6spdcoupe), or dual700 o diy forums. Id wait little bit and get the sax 250.2 he is comin out with in about march. (worth the wait imo,) like all his sax and saz lines. it will be over built, on top of his nice performance they provide and backed by great customer service. i think the amp is said to do 450 x 2 @ 2 ohms i believe or 1000 @ 4 ohms bridged, either are great option of ohm load to run at, This amp paird with 2 of the new idq 10" v3's should be a nice sounding substage by far!!!!!!. and the 2 10" subs provide sufficient cone area while retaining great efficiency to pack a nice punch. I will be doing this combo.

but if u wanted a amp to buy soon and dont want to wait id still go 2 idq 10" v3's off of an audison lrx 2.500 amp u can get from 6spdcoupe on here or some ultimate series dls amps all are a/b and will sound great off the idq's