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[do_dirty 10+ year member]

Do these numbers reprsent a good spl sub. I have no idea what they mean and when I tried to do the research I got a headache. Please give feedback.

Oversized 250 oz. Double Stacked Strontium Magnets

Power Handling: 1200 watts R.M.S.

Frequency Response: 16Hz – 500Hz

Efficiency: 97 dB

PHAT 2” Foam Surround

Laminated Glass Fiber Composite/

Pulp Cone

2 1/2” 4-Layer ASV Voice Coil

Dual 4 Ohm

2 Ohm or 8 Ohm Operation

fs(hz) 26.81

qts 0.51

Qes 0.57

Qms 4.66

Vas(liters) 138.09

vas(cu ft.) 4.87

Im refraining from giving the brand name because I've found that there is some prejudice among certan brands. Im looking for unbiased opinions.

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

haha PHAT surround...sounds good to me

 

[crawlinYJ 10+ year member]

the specs look good, but if you going to be putting stupid amounts of power to it and using it for SPL, get something with a 3" voice coil. SPL is all box dependant. it really matters how nasty you want to get, of course it will always be a compromise between SPL and decent sound.

 

[do_dirty 10+ year member]

Thanks I appreciate it. You may have saved me 300$ Am I correct assuming the bigger the box the better. What's a good tuning freq? The manufacturer reccomends 3 cu ft. 4 x10 ports tuned to 36hz. If the rms is 1200 per sub would 1800 for the pair be okay?

 

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

Da9015?

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like an AudioBahn sub. If it is, don't buy it.

 

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

I believe it's Digital Audio, same difference.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Specs *sound* good. I'm a bit leary of a "phat" 2 inch surround, that seems kinda big. Still .... assuming the specs are accurate, and not overrated, it sounds like it should do ok. If its cheap enough, by one and test it out. If it sucks, sell it up on ebay! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

True, either brand isn't the best you can get for the money spent. I haven't had any chance to hear the past models for about 2-3 years, so I can't say much. The models they had 4+ years ago were terrible, and slightly over rated. I put 500WRMS to a sub that CLAIMED 600+ WRMS (Can't remember what exactly the specs were), but it was brand new, amp was not clipping, and it failed before I got done with breaking it in. I have never bought from them again, for subwoofers, but the component lines they have are pretty fair for the money, and the amp are DECENT.

 

[aqua acura 10+ year member]

That's definately the "SPL" brand's highest end sub, I remember the "PHAT surround" part from their website. The problem with going with a brand such as this is that their measurements more than likely will not match up to what they have posted.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

the prejudice of certain brands is only to save people from buying something that they will not get there money worth. There are plenty of lower end models that would be great for what your looking for

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

SPECS on paper are not going to sway a person's opinion about the subwoofer.

Half the people won't even know how to decipher them.

nG

 

[do_dirty 10+ year member]

Id love a suggestion. The MAW-15 is a great price and it sells on ssa. Im guessing maybe they would be a better choice but do they get loud? Also the only hold like 500rms. How loud can it possibly be?