only ONE 10" Sub-can't decide-help....please

[yournumber1dan 10+ year member]

ok, well i'm getting a firebird, and i want to do a stealth install, so I am getting a single 10" stealth inclosure from subthump.com. its has .6 cu ft and 9 in mounting depth. i listen mainly to rock, and a little rap, so a good SQL sub is my goal. these are my choices so far, what should i get, and did i miss anything?

1. 10" TC-3000

2. 10" LMS-4000

3. JL 10W7

4. 10" ID MAX

5. 10" Brahma

6. 10" Diamond D9/TDX

thanks for the help

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[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

1. ID Max

2. 10w7

3. Diamond D9/TDX

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The 10W6v2 is better suited to that enclosure than the W7 and cheaper and more efficient to boot.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

of the listed I would prefer the TC3000

 

[yournumber1dan 10+ year member]

so basically its been narrowed down to the idmax or a tc sounds woofer. I'm not sure if i want the tc-3000 or lms-4000. Denim, why did you choose the 3000 over the lms? is the 3000 really that much louder?

thanks

 

[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

Denim, why did you choose the 3000 over the lms? is the 3000 really that much louder?
thanks

Pshhhhh, of course...he wrote it in Bold so it must be true

JK, but seriously i agree with HeloTaxi that the 10w6V2 would be a better choice than the W7

 

[yournumber1dan 10+ year member]

Pshhhhh, of course...he wrote it in Bold so it must be true JK, but seriously i agree with HeloTaxi that the 10w6V2 would be a better choice than the W7

but comparing the 10w6v2 to the tc-3000 or lms-4000, wouldn't the tc drivers be better suited for a single sub setup, since they have almost twice as much xmax and higher power handling?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Depending on what you want power handling don't mean a thing. A sub that can handle 2000 RMS isn't any better because of it than one rated for 200 RMS if you only run 100 to either.

I don't have any experience with the TC subs, but I know that for a relatively low powered system, the 10W6 is a great choice for a small sealed box. With that amount of space you aren't going to be breaking any SPL records regardless of the sub. No sense in going crazy.

 

[yournumber1dan 10+ year member]

Depending on what you want power handling don't mean a thing. A sub that can handle 2000 RMS isn't any better because of it than one rated for 200 RMS if you only run 100 to either.

but if i can give each sub its rated handling, the higher rated sub will be louder.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

im not looking to break records, but i need something that can get loud and sound clean

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

of the listed I would prefer the TC3000

x2 of course

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

The TC3000 was designed for super small enclosures and has huge displacement and power capabilities, seems a no-brainer to me.

 

[yournumber1dan 10+ year member]

The TC3000 was designed for super small enclosures and has huge displacement and power capabilities, seems a no-brainer to me.

i didn't know the tc3000 was built for small inclosures!! i knew the lms4000 was though; i guess that makes my decision a little easier. i will probably go with the tc3000

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

but if i can give each sub its rated handling, the higher rated sub will be louder.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

That's not necessarily true. Especially in a sealed box, you usually reach the excursion limit of the sub well before you get to the thermal limit of power handling. Rated power handling means about a grand total of squat when you are looking for output. In a sealed box efficiency and excursion capabilities are going to matter most.

 

[MJ-tC 10+ year member]

TC-3000 good for small box like you are going to have. The TC4000 is not as efficient as the TC3000 and you only have 1 option 3ohms with it. The TC3000 has more options .5,1,4ohms maybe more not sure of all of them but at a 1ohm load it sure will be easy to find an amp to give it the power you want. I would go with the TC-3000

You have 1 more option wait for the TC-4100 it will be more effcient and smoke alot of subs out there from what I read on the TCSounds fourm.

Good luck with what ever you pic.

MJ