Need a good cheap 10" sub

[Trent54 10+ year member]

Any recommendations? I'm trying to put a system together on a really tight budget...

I've already got a decent amp (infinity kappa 2-channel) and some decent dash and soundbar speakers. I was going to buy one of the kenwood 10" tornados off of ebay...It looks like you can get those for around $50.00 shipped. There's also old style infinity kappas, and alpine type-s and type-e's in that price range. Is it stupid to get a sub that cheap? BTW, I'm really concerned with sound quality more than loudness. The sub will go by itself in a 1 cu foot truck box, with 150 watts powering it at 4 ohms.

Thanks a lot everyone.

Trent

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[MR_LOWRIDER 10+ year member]

Out of all you listed the type s sub is your best bang for your buck.

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

Try an Alum 10x

 

[BigDaddyKane 10+ year member]

you should buy a nice new JL Audio 10W7. They are so reasonably priced! Just kidding. They are a rip off. Just check out Ebay and browse through there. You can get a lot of really cheap stuff. Try browsing the bogus categories where you would think you would find nothing. There is a lot of good stuff in those categories. Also if you see something that looks good check these boards and see what the audio gods have to say about them. Be patient and determined.

 

[awt_daway2b 10+ year member]

Very basic Audiobahn, the natural sound woofer. Many people I've seen on sounddomain.com own usually a pair of these, and get up into the 150's on the db scale.

Most of the time it's an average of like 140-145 or so.

I've never owned them, i'v had alums which I my say are very bad *** for only a **** 10".

Anyway, on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1357249290

Now if that is still not enough, and you want more you can go high excursion:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1357537453

But they will take more watts to push.

I would go with that natural sound. Sounds like you have just about the right box as well.

These are made for over all range of sound, if you would Like the audiobahn alums how ever are over 100.00 are the best sq they make, but I really don't think you would be disappointed with the natural sounds.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gif

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

sq definetly alpine type s, they can also hit when needed.

 

[Jeff 10+ year member]

JL 10w0 for like $75 on the net. Great SQ and only requires .75 sealed.

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

I've had Ultimate 10" Titanium II's and was very impressed by them. They are dirt cheap online.

 

[Trent54 10+ year member]

Sorry, I'm a total newb...this is my first system. What exactly is SQ?

Thanks everyone for all the replies.

Trent

 

[richie1 10+ year member]

if you can find old school rf subs they would be really good but make sure they are dvc's.

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

Originally posted by Trent54 Sorry, I'm a total newb...this is my first system. What exactly is SQ?

 

Thanks everyone for all the replies.

 

Trent

SQ is Sound Quality

 

[Trent54 10+ year member]

With the green cone. Anyone have any experience with these?

Thanks again //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Trent