What is soo bad about sony?

[WoodyRAL]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies... just a note, its not like i am in love with sony or feel like they have the best stuff out there. I did and have listened to a bunch of alpine stuff and some of the more expensive rockford stuff sounded a hell of a lot better, but its more about the price range since i really dont have the dough to drop on really nice stuff. AAnd the fact u can buy the sony xs subs on the net for like 70 a piece is just an apealing incentive to me.

any more opinions would be appreciated.

Woody

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

For $70, pick up one of these

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_4061_153020670,00.html

 

[HincklNutt 10+ year member]

For $70, pick up one of thesehttp://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_4061_153020670,00.html

i second that. a much much better buy than the sony's. very loud and clean sub for the price.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

And the fact u can buy the sony xs subs on the net for like 70 a piece is just an apealing incentive to me.

Alpine Type R 10" run around $70-$80 on ebay, the 12" version around $90-$120.

RE RE series subwoofers are right around that price as well. http://www.reaudio.com

Kicker's buy one get one free promo for their Comp subs might work for you as well. Comp VR's are super cheap on ebay as well - $75 would get you a new L5 10".

Lots of options out there for a small budget.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

^ much better woofers than anything Sony has out in the market

 

[DMarsh525 10+ year member]

i had a 10 inch sony p5 and replaced it with a 10 inch MTX thunder 8000 and it killed the sony in every category...

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Every piece of Sony car audio gear I have owned has been dysfunctional. I got screwed when I bought a Sony Electronic crossover- it adds static to the bass freqs and makes my Bhrama pop in and out limply... At 0 volume on the HU.

And I had a Sony headunit that did everything but work properly. It would only play brand new discs then as soon as they were scratched it would skip like a motha. It would skip when the bass hit from the sub too...

 

[Bdubedub 10+ year member]

I had 2 older models of Xplods... I liked them alot, never thought I would say that, but deff alot better then audiobahn and some of those cheap brands.

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

a friend of mine has 4 sony 8s and 2 sony mobile es amps and it sounds pretty clean, not really loud, the headunits are good tho, i've had my same headunit for like 4 years and it still works like a champ, as for audiobahn dont get me started, i had a audiobahn immortal, one of there best lines, and i had 1700 watts to it rms and it had a 3000 watt peak limit, and it blew up within 15 minutes

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Well install is 80% of the game.

 

[eFertLIS 10+ year member]

I too am not too fond of Sony stuff myself. But they have made several nice Mobile ES amps many years ago.

I currently run a Sony XM3001SXD (not a Mobile ES) Class D amp at 1 OHM into an Orion H2 and it absolutely slams. For that matter I have been running it for 5 years at 1 ohm with no problems at all. A legit 1200 watts RMS. Before the H2 I ran an HCCA 12D off of it. Even the internals look pretty good for what many of you would call "a cheap POS Sony amp" -

I know the thread is about Subs - but I wanted to show that not all Sony products ****.

 

[AndyB 10+ year member]

Sony makes arguably the best TVs ... as JL Audio makes arguably the best audio gear ...

hardly...

 

[AndyB 10+ year member]

If youd like to call it that.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

hardly...

Miss the word "arguably" in there?

 

[TrlcKed_OuT 10+ year member]

whats so bad about sony...ill tell ya..last night i went to a show and a kid had 8 i repeat 8 15'' sony explodes and matching amps walled out inside a scion van thing or whatever the name it is.....he hit a 147.3 ......... nuff said!?!?!