RE8 VS Solobaric 8L7

[sampson 10+ year member]

Right on right on. Are you saying that a shop owner compared 2 12W7's with 2 8L7's and the 8L7s were better. I'll check out those DD 8's. Thanks a lot for the posts. Keep em comming-Sampson

 

[AsK 5109 10+ year member]

thats what I'm sayin, and if i recall he beat him by i think........3 db's? This was at a Tweeter competition and he faced off against one of the installers.

After that he went to every vehicle their and tweaked peoples systems

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

i've never heard the re8's but i have heard the 8l7, and it hit hard, the l7's would prolly be louder, but the re's would sound better,and get quite loud themselves (the 2 ported re8's of course) as for the 4 re8's that would hit hella hard and sound da*n good doin it

wrong, my 8's dont hit too good, not what i expected from all the talk. have u heard them in real life? or just heard the statements made? now, they do hit nice, but i wouldnt call it "hard"

 

[bhsswrstlr 10+ year member]

Local shop owner took down 2 12" W7's with 2 8" L7's.......so I don't doubt theyd be louder

HAHAHAHAHA //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hilarious.gif.02a037aad04aa96f19982b298a3d70a8.gif , that install with the w7's must have been horrific and been running on head unit power, because with w7's properly installed and the correct amount of power, there is no chance that the 8's could hang with them

 

[sampson 10+ year member]

saywhat are you talking about your 8L7's not hitting as hard as you had said that they would or are you talking about your RE8's not hitting as hard as you thought they would??? Please specify

Ask 5109 honestly thanks for your opinion man but I am with bhsswrstlr on that one man, Like were the W7's blown or something???

Keep the posts comming I am loving this thread-Sampson

 

[bhsswrstlr 10+ year member]

Like were the W7's blown or something???

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and that is that

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

saywhat are you talking about your 8L7's not hitting as hard as you had said that they would or are you talking about your RE8's not hitting as hard as you thought they would??? Please specify
Ask 5109 honestly thanks for your opinion man but I am with bhsswrstlr on that one man, Like were the W7's blown or something???

Keep the posts comming I am loving this thread-Sampson

RE's

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

I have talked with many people who say the RE8's are just not that good of a driver, and this comparison has been done on SD a few times, and every time, it was the 8L7 that got the vote.

 

[sampson 10+ year member]

Even with a 4 RE8 vs. 2 L7s, the L7s still win?

thanks 4 clearing it up saywhat

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

KICKER

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

I had a single ported L78 in my single cab truck with 400 watts...more than enough daily, I could imagine what two with more power would do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[RyanH 10+ year member]

I would put money on my RE 8's hittin harder then JL's any day. I just finished my install on 12 RE 8's in a single cab s10 with .25 cubes per sub with 1500 watts total which is 125 watts per sub and it is way loud, and sounds very nice!!!

 

[spr_f150 10+ year member]

If you already have the 4 re 8's, I would port those before a new purchase. the .35-.45 should be enough for ported. Unless you've got money to spend.....

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

can i clear something up.......for the dude that saie 2 8L7's are louder than 2 12w7's........tell them the whole story.......the guy that owned the truck had 2 8L7's in a 10cubic ft box and he had 4 kicker 12oowatt amps on it and he hit 150.1 dbs consistantly

his truck in on kicker.com...u have 2 look 4 it but its there

but theres no way 2 8L7's are going to blow 2 12w7"s away hell no....the 8w7 will fluck up the 8L7 anyday...the 8w7 moves more air...and more air means more bass

80

 

[sampson 10+ year member]

yeah I think I might give spr f150's idea a try and port the RE8s before I go through the whole process of buying new 8L7s and making new boxes for em. Anyway, thanks for clearing up the issue with the 8L7s and the 12W7s 80, always good to know the whole story.

Ryan, thanks for the input but the comparisson was between 4 re8s in a sealed and 2 8L7s in ported. JL's were brought in by someone else. THanks though-Sampson