Old school opinions!!!

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

W6's and round solo-barics //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/drool.gif.b5e863e893038027711d4402f340dad0.gif

 

[phensway 10+ year member]

The 25th anv chrome basket solo bariacs!! RARE!!!

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

round solos...yeah!

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

I am almost complete with my system in my silverado, i just need to pick which subs i want to run. I love old school subs and i wanted to know what you guys would do, and which would earn more respect. I am torn between the old school 10 flat ppi subs and the old school 8w6v1. Ive ran the ppi's but not the w6. i love the old school original subs because of how rare they can be, anyone else old school??? let me know what you think!! thanks fellas

original 8w6's were awesome. I had 4 in an s-10 of a reference 1000s and it was chest collapsing goodness

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

The 25th anv chrome basket solo bariacs!! RARE!!!

OEM manufacturers: http://credencespeakers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

Expensive though.

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

The HCCA old school amps were awesome!! i had a 225, talk about underrated! those amps were a lot of fun because they could go to a real low impedance before any other amps could. I remember the xtr's but never ran them, i was also thinking about the round solo bariacs or xpl's???

round solobarics hell yes.

xpl's not so much. they were really just really high efficiency low powered subs. sounded bad and couldnt take much punishment. they discontinued them quick.

 

[phensway 10+ year member]

Round solo bariacs are hard to find in 4 ohm, you can get lucky on ebay and find them in 8 ohm. and you cant find the chrome basket edition! You can find a lot of 8w6's on ebay. Id love 3 8 inch PPI PRO originals

 

[phensway 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-10-Kicker-Solo-Baric-Subs-OLD-SCHOOL-RARE_W0QQitemZ290253804406QQihZ019QQcategoryZ18805QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I think these might be chrome! like at the outer most part of the basket. i dont have experience with them though.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

No one liked the flat PPI's ?????

The PPI Pro's were very nice for their day. The carbon fiber/nomex flat cone, ferrofluid cooled motor and extremely shallow custom frame made them quite an advance piece of equipment. Three 8's would be a rare find indeed. A single 15 would be nice too, as they had a considerably larger motor than the smaller versions.
Yes, nice sounding speakers. And some of the best looking ever made. I cant talk myself into selling the pair I own, for the nostalgia if nothing else. I haven't used them in years.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

old school is awesome. especially amps. if you can find os subs in new or like new shape they are fine. just dont blow one lol. i found a rare find a while back. here is a pic of my os kicker 18s in my cady. did the install last winter and they are still bangin hard. im not powering them to potential so they should last a good bit... i hope. they are rated at 1k rms each and im running them with a crossfire vr602. and notice the os alpine 4ch for the highs.

 

[phensway 10+ year member]

I remember the old 18 inch kicker comps, My buddy had a single one in a hatchback and it took your breath away. Its hard enough to find a PPI PRO in 4 ohm, let alone three of them in good condition. Im working on 3 10w6 right now, we'll see what happens.

 

[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

I remember the old 18 inch kicker comps, My buddy had a single one in a hatchback and it took your breath away. Its hard enough to find a PPI PRO in 4 ohm, let alone three of them in good condition. Im working on 3 10w6 right now, we'll see what happens.

Either way that'll be an awesome setup. It amazes me how little power you needed to get big numbers from such little drivers (small magnets).

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cerwin-Vega-Stroker-DVC15-1200watts-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ140259559195QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140259559195&_trkparms=72%3A134%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

^ buy it

 

[phensway 10+ year member]

Now thats old school!!! Wish i had space for a stroker and 4 cubes!!! Good old school ideas!!!!

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

My PPI Pro's are both 4ohms. I thought that was the most common coil config they sold them in.

Old Strokers look cool, but I personally wouldn't want to run one in my daily system. *shrug*