Super cheap budget subs? 10's or 8's?

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Hey guys, I used to keep up on the audio deals out there but I have been taking a break for a while. Im looking for either 2 8's or a 10" to put behing the seat in my reg. cab ranger. Id like to stay around 60 bucks for the two 8's or single 10. I only have a 4 channel alpine and 2 channels are going to be powering fronts (Ik its not going to bump, I just want low end fill). So far I've been looking at the GTO 10" or the Boston Acoustics 10" G1. Any other ideas?

PS:If anyone has anything used i'll trade my ID OEM's for a pair of E-8s or something along those lines. Pm me with trades.

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[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Thinking maybe something like this MCM Audio Select 8'' High Excursion Woofer - 120W RMS 4ohm | 55-2421 (552421) | MCM Audio Select

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

what amp do you have because the power you have will limit the sub

 

[supereikenator 10+ year member]

Depending on the power I'd say the Soundqubed HDS has some models that cannot be beat for the price. Check them out for sure.

 

[zako 10+ year member]

One Infinity Reference, 10 inch.

 

[ChaseinBass]

10 Kicker CRV 4 ohm looks like new only used couple of months ?

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

I only have 100 watts at 4 ohm as of now, potentially 100 x 2 at 4 ohms.

 

[zako 10+ year member]

I only have 100 watts at 4 ohm as of now, potentially 100 x 2 at 4 ohms.

No a life and death issue with most subs. Just beware that your amp is power limited, so don't blast bass heavy music too loud. Consider setting gain with DMM.

Now that you mention you have only 100watts, this got me thinking that you will be served by an unconventional subwoofer. Most subwoofers on the market are now the so called "long throw" subwoofers, the kind that have long voice coil travel and high power handling, but they don't always have great sensitivity. In the old days of home audio, the subwoofers did not have long throw or high power handling, but whatever throw they had was accessible with a weak amplifier due to a very good sensitivity. So I am thinking to suggest something along the way of the "Dayton Classic" subwoofers sold by Parts Express, or maybe even Dayton Classic woofers (they do have 10 inch classic woofer, which is different from Classic Sub).

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=295-202

The 10 inch Classic subwoofer has only 200watt sensitivity and 8.3 xmax travel, but the sensitivity, as measured at 1watt/1meter, is 89dB, which is impressive. A typical car 12 inch car audio subwoofer has 85-87dB sensitivity as measured at 1watt/1meter. (Don't trust the higher sensitivity numbers of car audio subwoofers. Most of them are measurements of SPL at 2.83V/1meter, so that's 2watts for subs wired for 4ohm, and 4 watts for subs wired for 2ohm, and 8 watts for subs wired for 1ohm, and they don't even tell you what method was used and how the sub was wired).

For a lot of music 100watts could be enough. I heard that a sub with typical music usually sees less than 100watts. By that I mean, something instrumental like the bass guitar or drum. For synthetic bass music, like in rap or dubstep, 100watts may sound less adequate.

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Like I said, I am really just looking for low end fill. More like a stock install than anything that Ill most likely end up selling with the car. Thank you for your input!

 

[Keith H 10+ year member]

Get one of these.

Re Audio RFX10D4 10

They sound great and work well in small boxes.