My (small) 10" Arsenal Review

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

I origionally bought two 10" subwoofers for my 2000 Chevy Silverado Regular Cab. Planned to port them both, but couldn't come up with a design that didn't hinder the performance for both subs, and didn't take away ALL leg room in the truck. So, I decided just to use one of the 10"s in a properly designed/tuned box that left my plenty of leg room (it actually took none away), and I could incorporate an amp rack into the box. Enough background, onto the system specs....

Box is 1.4 cubic feet, tuned to 35Hz with 16 in^2 of port. In hindsight, I may not have used enough port area, as I ended up with a little bit of port noise. I made the box slightly larger than recommended to accomadate for the slightly smaller than recommended amount of power I'm sending the sub. It's rated at 750wrms, I'm sending it roughly (not including any impedance rise or my weak alternator) 725 wrms, off of an Orion 1200d wired at 2 ohms.

The sub is AMAZING right around 42Hz. Truly an SQL woofer. Isn't all that impressive below 34Hz or so, but that isn't really expect as it's only a 10" woofer. In the upper frequencies (40-50Hz) this sub SHINES. Amazing SQ with the volume to back it up and reinforce it's claim as an SQL woofer.. On burps, this sub is begging for more power. With a better box and a little more power, I'd be hardpressed to say it wouldn't hit a 138-140 on the TL. I'd build a better box, but I'm off at college now and dont' have the money, time, or tools to build it. I'm happy though

I look forward to a build for my sisters 4runner with two 12" Arsenals, each with around 800watts to really see the potential of this line of subs.

Overall, I am more than impressed with the raw potential of this sub in the hands of a not-so experienced box designer. I'm sure with a better box (really, just a little more port area) this thing would be amazing. It's a GREAT sub, and I recommend it for **** near any SQL application. This sub sounds GREAT, with the volume to back it up. No one believes it's just one 10".

Don't critique this review too hard, as I'm no expert or anything. Just offer opinions and slight critiquing, and any questions. Don't flame me too bad, just offering my opinion.

Cheers

(I'll get pics of the box/install tomorrow, when it's light outside)

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[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

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[maldecido33 10+ year member]

it's late at night, it's dark outside the dorms so pics wouldn't turn out good anyways... I'll post some tomrrow during cal or somethin. box turned out pretty **** nice for the limited effort I put into it.

sliced off the very tip of my finger cuttin some of the carpet w/ a razor blade without using a box cutter/handle type thing. blood and sweat went into this build

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

hmmm, no comments or anything?

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Cant wait for Mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif hopefully i wont blow it you think it can handle more power?

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

oh yea it's begging for more power; i'd say with a proper box it'll LOVE around 1000wrms...

i still haven't picked up my n64 :-( it's about 15 feet away from me right now in the university post office, but behind a line of 20 people or so, and i still have another class in a second, so i don't feel like carrying that box to class. i'll pick it up after class though

urs should be there any day! lemme know how you like it!

 

[SQBubble 10+ year member]

oh yea it's begging for more power; i'd say with a proper box it'll LOVE around 1000wrms...
i still haven't picked up my n64 :-( it's about 15 feet away from me right now in the university post office, but behind a line of 20 people or so, and i still have another class in a second, so i don't feel like carrying that box to class. i'll pick it up after class though

urs should be there any day! lemme know how you like it!

hey man,

glad to see someone that own an arsenal .. loll

everything u said is so true !!

mine rattles the shit out of my car, sounds very nice and hit low, but really shine between 35-50hz, still it depends on the box and car ...

but ya it can take more than 750rms, im sending it 800rms @2ohm from a lanzar opti1400d, doesnt get hot at all... its insane... box is 3.8@30hz!

i am about to make a video very soon.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

good buy

the 2 12"should wang pretty nice

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

no interest?

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Ascendant seems to have not been on the most wanted list here recently. Thank you for putting up the review.

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

Yea, I remember a hype about them a while back, around when I got my Arsenals; but as of late, I've been seeing some apathy towards em. Any reason in particular for it?

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Yea, I remember a hype about them a while back, around when I got my Arsenals; but as of late, I've been seeing some apathy towards em. Any reason in particular for it?

I believe it had to do with the dropping of XBL2 and customer service. Plus this forum is not a good place to really find out about a product. To many keyboard commandos trying to act as if they know something and there are a great deal of little fads that come and go. There are too many kiddies on here to really get a real honest opinion of a product or company etc.