What subs for my Tahoe

[blackmax 10+ year member]

I am doing a Tahoe build. I want it to be loud but still have sq. I don't care about wattage I will buy an amp(s) that fits. I have a total of 11 cubes (I prefer sealed) to work with and the budget is under $1000 for the subs. I get mtx's at wholesale so that is a plus. I have a pair of FI SSd's 12's in my Infiniti and I love them (thanks Scott). I also have 4 ed 8's out of my powestroke. that I loved as well. I have tried a few different setups, but I have never had 15's or 18's. Are they "worth it" What do you all recommend. Thank you!

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[mike70wu 10+ year member]

fi q

 

[rdaudioman1256 10+ year member]

Well first off you definatley need to go ported. And I woulkd do 2 15" RE SX's. They sound good and get loud too.

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

for that airspace and preffering sealed the Mach 5 IXL 15" would be a pretty good recomendation. I think you could also do IA mag 4 x 12" on a AQ 2200 "wang with SQ"

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

2 Fi Q 18's

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

2 Fi Q 18's

another great recomendation throw them on a AQ 2200

 

[blackmax 10+ year member]

Thank you for all of the suggestions. How "good" are the fi's for sql? I dont want to sacrifice too much sql for spl. How much wattage do the fi's want. I can go ported but I have yet to build a ported setup that I liked.

 

[RKPsk8er 10+ year member]

Q's would be a good choice for loud and sounding good too. I'd go with a couple 18" Q's ported.

 

[blackmax 10+ year member]

Thank you to all. I have decided to go with 2 18's. Now I just need to narrow it down to these 4 choices "only"; fi q, ed 19ov2, mach 5 ixl, or mj18. I am down to less than 5 cubes each.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

If money is not an issue, I'd go Fi Q 18 no BP needed.

I'd kick out the ED right away.

MJ's are pretty cheap and decent, but won't maximize the amp (2 ohm).

Mach 5 ixl sort of have the same issue (d2).

I say fi q 18 d1 (x2) hands down.

in 18-20 cubes at 28Hz

 

[WALKS UP]

Just run my single 15'' TC-5200, strap 2 sundown 1500's to it in a nice size box. youll have loudness and SQ and lows like a mother ****er, ive herd of people hittin 150 on a single 15'' tc 5200 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

2 hdc3s 15s,18s......

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

If money is not an issue, I'd go Fi Q 18 no BP needed.I'd kick out the ED right away.

MJ's are pretty cheap and decent, but won't maximize the amp (2 ohm).

Mach 5 ixl sort of have the same issue (d2).

I say fi q 18 d1 (x2) hands down.

in 18-20 cubes at 28Hz

he has an under $1000 budget //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

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[blackmax 10+ year member]

Alright the 2 choices are the q and the mj18. the mj is half the price so I can pay for more amp to make up for the ohm's. The mj18 is rated at 700 versus the q at 1000 so I need 1400 vs 2000 watts, which will be a big difference in the amp I choose as well. What is the better "bet". I will spend the money if it is worth it but I don't want to "redo" this system. Also what will sound better with less than 5 cubes?

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I re-read your post. Sorry about 18-20 cubes.

Yes the fi q18's will be great in 5 cubes each

sealed. On an AQ-2200d. No BP needed on the

Fi Q 18's.

If your going less than 5 cubes each by much,

the MJ's will work well in 3.5+ sealed, and you could

do a kicker 1500.1 or even the same AQ-2200d.

You could PM Rashadd, he has that setup in a trunk car.

The AQ-2200d does 1300w or so at 2 ohms.

Either choice is good, but the fi Q' 18s on a little over

5 cubes sealed is better.

 

[blackmax 10+ year member]

I think I am going to need to go with the mj's. In order to have enough room for my amps, my box is going to be a total of 8.7355^3 the most I can get is 10.7 but I don't know where I will put the amps. I can get away with 9.5 max if i Hide one of my amps. These measurements do not include driver or bracing. Fi's website says the q goes down to 4 cubes, will it not sound very good that low?

 

[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

18" Aq Hdc3 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I'd go MJ in your situation. All you would need

is like 8 cubes gross and 1400-1700 watts at

2 ohms.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

18" Aq Hdc3 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

He likes teh sealed.