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<blockquote data-quote="NSTALN" data-source="post: 8345591" data-attributes="member: 588169">I always find the &#039;this sub is better than that sub&#039; argument a bit funny...I mean the &#039;best&#039; sub is the sub that fits your application &#039;best&#039;.Also I&#039;m not sure why there is such a rush to find the next unknown or obscure brand that has somehow unlocked the veiled secrets of the perfect subwoofer design while all these other foolish well establish mutli-million-dollar R&amp;amp;D depart having &#039;mainstream&#039; companies are apparently blind to.Rather one should take the time to do some research and figure out what you&#039;re buying in a subwoofer and why. As already stated in this thread a good subwoofer is defined by more that it&#039;s cone area and excursion. To give a couple examples of &#039;mainstream produced goodness: JL W6&#039;s and W7&#039;s both excellent performing woofer by any measure. Alpine Type S series underhung long-throw performance at a tiny pricetag, want more underhung goodness by Alpine? The T(thin) models are both underhung as is the newest Type X (sort-of). Don&#039;t know what &#039;underhung&#039; means as it&#039;s applied to a subwoofer? As opposed to &#039;overhung&#039; or maybe &#039;splitcoil&#039; or &#039;XBL2&#039; or &#039;LMS&#039;...then refer back to where I mentioned: learn what it is you&#039;re buying in a subwoofer and why.All that being said my subwoofer of choice for best sounding/overall performance goes to the Audiomobile MASS series.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NSTALN, post: 8345591, member: 588169"] I always find the 'this sub is better than that sub' argument a bit funny...I mean the 'best' sub is the sub that fits your application 'best'. Also I'm not sure why there is such a rush to find the next unknown or obscure brand that has somehow unlocked the veiled secrets of the perfect subwoofer design while all these other foolish well establish mutli-million-dollar R&D depart having 'mainstream' companies are apparently blind to. Rather one should take the time to do some research and figure out what you're buying in a subwoofer and why. As already stated in this thread a good subwoofer is defined by more that it's cone area and excursion. To give a couple examples of 'mainstream produced goodness: JL W6's and W7's both excellent performing woofer by any measure. Alpine Type S series underhung long-throw performance at a tiny pricetag, want more underhung goodness by Alpine? The T(thin) models are both underhung as is the newest Type X (sort-of). Don't know what 'underhung' means as it's applied to a subwoofer? As opposed to 'overhung' or maybe 'splitcoil' or 'XBL2' or 'LMS'...then refer back to where I mentioned: learn what it is you're buying in a subwoofer and why. All that being said my subwoofer of choice for best sounding/overall performance goes to the Audiomobile MASS series. [/QUOTE]

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