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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1047730" data-attributes="member: 561023">Gotta say I agree with Jmac //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif. o O (did I just say that?!)I bought a set of Fosgate &#039;The Punch&#039;-series SVC 8 Ohm 10s once at a pawn shop for $45. &#039;92 model year subs...I happened across them in &#039;97.Had &#039;em in several different boxes in several different rides on several different amps through the years I used &#039;em.They now reside in my ex-landlady&#039;s Camry on 200 watts between the pair in a 1 cubic foot/side sealed box.Are they outstanding? No...pretty outdated, really. But they still do sound good...don&#039;t need heaps of power (only rated for 100w RMS each) and keep on bangin&#039; year after year. 13 years of mostly solid day-to-day use is pretty good at any price.If you found some Sony subs that you liked and feel they&#039;ll give ya what you&#039;re after then get &#039;em, mang! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Put &#039;em in a suitable enclosure, power them properly (dependant on what their specs are) and don&#039;t abuse &#039;em...they ought to last you awhile, I&#039;d say.The main reason you&#039;ll find alot of Sony bashing on this forum, IMO, is there&#039;s too many options available that are simply better than anything labeled &#039;Xplod&#039; for Sony to be a real consideration anymore.Once upon a time you could rest assured if your stereo gear was Sony-built it was at the very least a solid mid-level unit well worth the money paid for it. Then the almighty marketing machine took over and bottom-line profit margins became more important than upholding the quality and reliability reputation Sony took such great pains over many decades to create. As a result those days have unfortunately passed us by //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gifIt happens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1047730, member: 561023"] Gotta say I agree with Jmac [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif[/IMG] [SIZE=8px]. o O (did I just say that?!)[/SIZE] I bought a set of Fosgate 'The Punch'-series SVC 8 Ohm 10s once at a pawn shop for $45. '92 model year subs...I happened across them in '97. Had 'em in several different boxes in several different rides on several different amps through the years I used 'em. They now reside in my ex-landlady's Camry on 200 watts between the pair in a 1 cubic foot/side sealed box. Are they outstanding? No...pretty outdated, really. But they still do sound good...don't need heaps of power (only rated for 100w RMS each) and keep on bangin' year after year. 13 years of mostly solid day-to-day use is pretty good at any price. If you found some Sony subs that you liked and feel they'll give ya what you're after then get 'em, mang! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Put 'em in a suitable enclosure, power them properly (dependant on what their specs are) and don't abuse 'em...they ought to last you awhile, I'd say. The main reason you'll find alot of Sony bashing on this forum, IMO, is there's too many options available that are simply better than anything labeled 'Xplod' for Sony to be a real consideration anymore. Once upon a time you could rest assured if your stereo gear was Sony-built it was at the very least a solid mid-level unit well worth the money paid for it. Then the almighty marketing machine took over and bottom-line profit margins became more important than upholding the quality and reliability reputation Sony took such great pains over many decades to create. As a result those days have unfortunately passed us by [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] It happens. [/QUOTE]

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