~~ WANTED OG Knowledge/Info on Old School Subwoofers ~~

[Spooney 10+ year member]

3/8" mdf? surprised it didn't snap from the weight of the subs

 

[scfaust 10+ year member]

i had the ppi 2350 on 15 inch rf punch power back in the mid 90s bad *** amps i love the 90s. im so old

 

[hittin1 10+ year member]

There's no way a 200ix made two nuclears stinky. One nuke could handle two 200ix's. Or are you talking about RF Audiophiles? That would make alot more sense.
How did this thread topic change to crappy old RF subs anyway? And yes, Ive owned every rf sub mentioned here... crap, all of them. Especially the Audiophile series. If you looked at them intensely, they would blow. Audiophile mids were the same... way too delicate.

The punch and power series handled power well, and got loud, but were muddy as pigs. Nuclears were a level or two above any of those RF subs, even the punch powers. I had punches and punch powers at the time every wanted nukes, and I was jealous as hell.

GZ was never affiliated with Atomic that I know of. And the Nuke was definitely never the same as an Apoc, at least not in the early years when the Nuke first came out. TC Sounds was affiliated with them tho, and many of their products sported the now famous TC basket, including later model Nuclears and Plutoniums. GZ USA went out of business several years ago. I honestly dont follow GZ Europe to know much about them beyond they are still going strong and considered fairly popular over seas.

Agreed.. I didn't like RF then and I still don't, but I do respect what they have done as a Corporation to help the car audio trend to keep progressing.

When he said he had some "old school" subs, I immediately thought OLD SCHOOL (in my head), but then he references a mid to late 90's sub... lol

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the OP, that is not what I saying.... It just lets me know how old I really am (kinda puts it in perspective). lmao

BTW- nice GZ's... They are rare to say the least.

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

I'm not sure how much you can get out of them due to their cracked dust caps. Once those dust caps get dented/cracked, they "snap" when playing and it's really annoying. Whoever gets them is going to have to cut those dust caps off and glue on new ones.

Before I forget, 3/4" MDF won't break due to their weight. They're heavy subs, but they're not that heavy. No different than mounting a pair of Nightshades.

Man this thread brings back memories. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I used to have (not all at the same time) two gold plated Nuke 15's, one chrome plated Hydrogen 15, two Nuke 12's, two Radioactive 10's with passive radiators, and one Radioactive 12. I still have one Nuke 12 left. I couldn't get rid of it for sentimental reasons. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[hittin1 10+ year member]

Anyone remember Zed Audio's !980's amp tha was the 1st amp to put out 200 wrm per channel?

How about Savard Audio?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Wish i had them? Are you shit'n me.. It's only ah freakin speaker.. Pictures will be posted 2morrow so you can swallow that penis in yur mouth..
This is what i wish for..

 

[TurbanRacer 10+ year member]

I'm not sure how much you can get out of them due to their cracked dust caps. Once those dust caps get dented/cracked, they "snap" when playing and it's really annoying. Whoever gets them is going to have to cut those dust caps off and glue on new ones.
Before I forget, 3/4" MDF won't break due to their weight. They're heavy subs, but they're not that heavy. No different than mounting a pair of Nightshades.

Man this thread brings back memories. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I used to have (not all at the same time) two gold plated Nuke 15's, one chrome plated Hydrogen 15, two Nuke 12's, two Radioactive 10's with passive radiators, and one Radioactive 12. I still have one Nuke 12 left. I couldn't get rid of it for sentimental reasons. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Its only one dust cap and its not cracked.. I think my nephew pushed it in when he was ah baby.. But deff not cracked..

 

[TurbanRacer 10+ year member]

 

[hittin1 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif Wow.. Nice v. II

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

i guess i clicked the wrong thread, i thought you said old school

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

Its only one dust cap and its not cracked.. I think my nephew pushed it in when he was ah baby.. But deff not cracked..

If it got pushed in in any way, shape, or form, it will make noise while playing. Trust me, I've been through enough of them to know. When they get pushed in they have a crease in them. Crease/crack, same thing. And that deformation will talk back to you when playing the driver hard.

 

[teamquakecelica 10+ year member]

Nuke dustcaps were finicky, any crease would create a HIDEOUS popping noise

GZ series-

EL

Radioactive

Hydrogen

Nuclear

Plutonium (much later and VERY rare had "lobe" magnets)

Nukes were the original supper sub 1k RMS (easily handled 2k) major competitor= Earthquake magma

retail $599 for a 12" (I worked at alltronice durring college and we were a GZ dealer)

Could get $125-$150ea or so with dented caps

would probably get more if you have the original wood crates they came in

Ryan

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

^Oh yeah, I almost forgot about their EL series they added near the end there. Cheap little drivers that still had the huge surround. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I wonder how many actual Plutonium's actually made it out? All I ever saw was pics, and that was right before GZ went under.

 

[teamquakecelica 10+ year member]

^Oh yeah, I almost forgot about their EL series they added near the end there. Cheap little drivers that still had the huge surround. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif I wonder how many actual Plutonium's actually made it out? All I ever saw was pics, and that was right before GZ went under.

We orderd several plutoniums.... not one ever actually showed up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Saw the pics and thats about it... looked cool...