Need some advice...

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

I'll try to keep the post short here.

Looking for 2 12" subs to be powered from a Kicker ZX750.1 amplifier, and I'm really looking for SQL, but I'd like it to have a nice good boom to it too.

Budget is preferably under $300, and I'm looking at several brands at an audio shop local to me, specifically the Diamond, Cerwin Vega, and Kicker brands. Along with a few others, like the PowerBass, which run a bit cheaper, but are a bit more obscure (At least to me
Two 12" Vega Subs, V-Max's, are $300 with a box.

Two 12" PB Subs, not sure which, but either L series or M series, are $200 with a box.

Two 15" Diamond Subs, D3's, are $550 with a box.

Other options welcome. Recommendations? I don't want to trust the opinion of just the person trying to sell them, I'd prefer some hard evidence from unbiased people.

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[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

personally i wouldnt get any of those.

id probably chose one of these:

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=4995

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/5551

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

I like the first one there, but it's most likely going to be out of my budget.

And I see both are dual 4 ohm subs. I'm guessing I'd just be wiring 2 of them in parallel then?

And is there any recommendations that would be a possibility from an audio shop?

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

In my personal experience you will pay more from your local shop as opposed to buying online. From what i understand woofers etc. offers warranties just like you would get from a local shop on their products. I almost always buy my gear online and have had some great experiences buying right here... Just my $.02

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Just get two Dual 2 Kicker CVR's. They would be perfect for your amp and they are cheaP!

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Main reason is to try them out before I buy them.

Other is that I was first looking at the Diamond/Vega subs, which don't have any online dealers.

I'm open to pretty much all suggestions, though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Edit: Sniped, but what's the sound quality on those kickers? Most I've heard haven't sounded too great, so...

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

Of the first choices, i like the diamonds, i have a friend that runs them, (not sure the model # though). find something local to you, see if you like it then look for it online, you might save some cash //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif also, prefab boxes almost never in my experience sound as good as having one built to the specs. for the drivers that you buy...

edit: nvm

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Second question here.

I'm liking the Kicker CVR's as a good possibility, and if I don't step up to the Vega/Diamonds, then I'll almost certainly go with them.

If I was to build a box, what would be a good tuning frequency for a ported box? And would it be better to build a sealed box for these, considering I want to avoid at all costs damaging the subs?

 

[DBBOOM 10+ year member]

For SQ, go with the high end MB Quart 12, run it sealed at about 1.2 cubes per sub and you will still have good lower end. I have 2 of these in my Lincoln LS with Infinity amps and Infinity components. It sounds great and have $1400 in the whole system.

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

If I was to go with the Kicker CVR's, and had finally decided to go with a personally made sealed box, then what size should I be looking at building? What would be ideal for these?

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Help is appreciated.

Kicker's site says to run them on 1 to 4.25 cubes, so... What would be ideal there?

In the middle, as big as possible, etc?