Please recommend me a loud, low, 800-1000 watt 12 inch sub.

[Danometal 10+ year member]

Building boxes is painful for me. I have no real good place to do it, and I only have a skill saw to cut MDF. Cutting 45s is especially unpleasant. So, with that said, I'm hesitant to build a new box. That wouldn't go over well with my wife anyway.

I'm researching for a 12 inch sub with lots of Xmax, will take 800 - 1000 watts RMS, and would thrive in a 2.5 cubes @ 25 hz box. SQ is important, and so is maximum output in such an enclosure.

I love my JBL, but it tends to bottom out sometimes, so I know more Xmax would help.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

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[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

idmax maybe? I think that would work well with the power and enclosure.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

ascendant havoc or dc level 4

 

[Danometal 10+ year member]

idmax maybe? I think that would work well with the power and enclosure.

Hmmm. Sonicelectronix appears to sell them. I've never heard an ID sub. Have you?

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

not bad for mass produced subs ,but i prefer hand made

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

Hmmm. Sonicelectronix appears to sell them. I've never heard an ID sub. Have you?

I have heard/used the 15" idqv2d4, 10" idqv3d4. and 12" idmaxv3d2..... I love all of them, but the max is def. my favorite. They are very accurate, efficient, and musical. I have mine in the smallest recommended sealed enclosure with only like 200-300rms going to it and i love how it blends in with my from stage.

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

Fi Q, Skar VVx (my skar sounded like crap above 50 hz)

I'd go with the Q

 

[Danometal 10+ year member]

The IDMAX appears a little spendy, but I'll consider it for sure. DC Audio doesn't appear to have pricing posted on their website. Looks like nice subs.

 

[Danometal 10+ year member]

Fi Q, Skar VVx (my skar sounded like crap above 50 hz)I'd go with the Q

Thanks for the heads up. I looked at those too. Yea, I need SQ up to 80 hz or so for sure.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

i can give you all pricing for dc and ascendant.they do it this way for the reps and dealers

 

[Danometal 10+ year member]

i can give you all pricing for dc and ascendant.they do it this way for the reps and dealers

Great. I like the looks of the DC level 4 more so than the Chaos (Havoc looks to need a bit more power than I have). What of the DC's recommended 1.5 cubes ported spec? Will it bottom out in 2.5?

Edit: How does the low Qts. work in large boxes?

 

[ItsAJeepThing 10+ year member]

I like FI Q's for getting low. But a TC Sounds LMS-R has a little more xmax than the Q if I remember right and would sound amazing in a 25hz box.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

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[Danometal 10+ year member]

I like FI Q's for getting low. But a TC Sounds LMS-R has a little more xmax than the Q if I remember right and would sound amazing in a 25hz box.

Where can the TC subs be ordered? I looked at partsexpress, but I didn't see an Ultra available?

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

i have also heard a few fi q's they are great....i just prefer the idmax to it as far as sq goes. Nevertheless fi did a great job with the q