My pg rsd65cs review as promised

[IonSQL 10+ year member]

Nice... what are the specs on your box?

 

[innsanes 10+ year member]

there tis. Another great refurb i have gotten from ikesound. **** I have bought a lot of good deals from them. I can't honestly believe there are people that had problems with them, but I hear people talk about it every once in a while.

1200 worms of power, kinda like these

ha, ikesound can **** it, they took 3 weeks to respond to an order i made and then later told me they ran out.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

sucks to be you i guess. lol no offense or anything. Was that long time ago or something? Also, my box is 1.4 cubes per rsd heavily stuffed.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

cool. nice to hear that you like the subs. i still can't get over how good the comps sound. i was just blasting some Dream Thaater and OMG!

 

[DeboDaddy 10+ year member]

Not to threadjack, but I just got my RSD12's in yesterday... I have 2 of them sealed at 1.9cu.ft per sub. My amp won't be here till monday, but I hooked up one of them to my buddy's Kenwood 1000w amp, and it hit as hard, if not harder than his 15" MTX, with gains set VERY low for break-in.

I'm running 200 wrms a piece to them right now for break-in, and they are absolutely STARVING for more power. I'll give a review once I get everything set up next week, but I hope it turns out as good as yours did skydeaner.

I sure hope 450 wrms a piece is enough for them. If its not, it looks like i'll be buying another new amp soon... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[IonSQL 10+ year member]

I've been thinking about buying a single one and running it sealed on 600w, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Not to threadjack, but I just got my RSD12's in yesterday... I have 2 of them sealed at 1.9cu.ft per sub. My amp won't be here till monday, but I hooked up one of them to my buddy's Kenwood 1000w amp, and it hit as hard, if not harder than his 15" MTX, with gains set VERY low for break-in.
I'm running 200 wrms a piece to them right now for break-in, and they are absolutely STARVING for more power. I'll give a review once I get everything set up next week, but I hope it turns out as good as yours did skydeaner.

I sure hope 450 wrms a piece is enough for them. If its not, it looks like i'll be buying another new amp soon... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

don't worry about break in.... just set the gains right and let it rip!

 

[DeboDaddy 10+ year member]

I've been thinking about buying a single one and running it sealed on 600w, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

You don't think 600w will be enough for 1? ****, did I really screw up buying that amp or what? I thought 450 each would be perfect...

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

You don't think 600w will be enough for 1? ****, did I really screw up buying that amp or what? I thought 450 each would be perfect...

450 going to each 12 should be plenty. should get loud enough.

if you wanna run a single one more power wouldn't hurt.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

I dont know how much these amps have actually been benched at (directed d2400 {and a refurb at that}), but I can reach the farthest extents of the RSD 12's with the 1200rms this amp quotes and that is in 1.4 cubes. So either i have a freakishly powerful one (after being refurbished ???) or 600wrms a piece is more than enough to get these babies pumpin. I could clamp it and see how much they are really takin but i don't have the time right now... stay tuned lol.

What kenwood amp does your friend have debo? Maybe it isn't doin rated wattage. Also, what amp are you going to have runnin?

And Ionsql considering the price for everything i am about to say; there are few woofers that are louder and as musical. Tradeoffs start happening which ever way you want to go. More musical/less output more output/less musical ya know. Or just an entire pricerange difference like IDMAX's lol.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

don't worry about break in.... just set the gains right and let it rip!

Indeed. A lot of people don't beleive in break in, and neither do i. Mine take the 600wrms right off the bat.

 

[IonSQL 10+ year member]

You don't think 600w will be enough for 1? ****, did I really screw up buying that amp or what? I thought 450 each would be perfect...

No, I'm sure 600w will be enough power for that sub, as would 450, what I meant was that I'm sure that single sub isn't going to be enough output for my tastes //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[notoriousroc1 10+ year member]

So how do the RSD65CS speakers compare to Pioneer Rev series components? There is no way they sound better than speakers > $500. Any thoughts?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Indeed. A lot of people don't beleive in break in, and neither do i. Mine take the 600wrms right off the bat.

well i do believe that speakers change after the first few hours or so but that doesn't mean you can give them full power right from the start.

i noticed a change in both my RSD comp set and My Dayton H.O. after a few hours of playtime. but i didn't baby them at first. as long as your gains are set right and your not clipping the amp then give it hell.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

well i do believe that speakers change after the first few hours or so but that doesn't mean you can give them full power right from the start.
i noticed a change in both my RSD comp set and My Dayton H.O. after a few hours of playtime. but i didn't baby them at first. as long as your gains are set right and your not clipping the amp then give it hell.

I agree, i didn't mean i completely dont believe in it. Of course the spiders are going to stretch and loosen as they are made of cloth and of course that is going to impact sound.

And notoriousroc the only components i have had over that price range would have been my ADS 346cs comps and that is just retail price. They were msrp'd at 599.99 and i think the rsd's sound better with a more liveley midrange and a smoother slightly less harsh tweet.

If i could change one thing about the set it would be a lower crossover point with steeper slopes. And eventually i might do so actively. I'm thinkin 2.5k would sound good. I have heard factory is around 3.5k