Your opinion: AA Assassin 8 vs. JL 8W7 "Heavy Eight"

[9Nails 10+ year member]

I enjoy the sound that I'm getting from my factory radio. Yes, I'm sick. And no, you can't talk me out of my guilty pleasure! Any way, I am a bit of a bass head and need a little more sound pressure from the low end. Something that you can feel in your gut. And I'm not interested in taking up my entire trunk with a box. My factory system all ready has two 6x9's subs on the rear deck, or I would mount a FA sub there. I want to keep the spare tire accessable, so I'm looking at an area that is about 1 cuft behind the tire well and tail light. If I subtract the box and the speaker, this wouldn't be enough room for a 10. Therefore, I'm looking at an 8...

Could you help me compare the pro's and con's of each of these two sub soofers? Does anyone here know how they actually sound, or if they compare to each other?

JL Audio 8W7-3:

Pro: 300 Watt RMS

Con: Size, price

Ascendent Audio Assassin 8:

Pro: Cost, small box size

Con: ?

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[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

8w7 will own the aa 8

get a rl-i8 if u want a really beefy 8

and it will cost less than a 8w7 and will probably own the 8w7 in everyway possible

80

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

how bout an RL-i 8...They can handle well over what they are rated at..Most people put 400 rms to them..Little more expensive than the AA but cheaper than the w7. For an 8" driver, you get **** low and sound good while doing it..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

X3 the RL-i is the way to go.

 

[Crown_amps]

never heard the rl i p or the aa 8 but the dub 8 will pretty much shock anyone when you tell them its a 8 ,,,,and sound good doing it

only thing is they are really overpriced tho

my 2 cents

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

8 dub 7

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

rl-i8 can handle more power than 8w7

and work in smaller boxes

80

mike sent 1200 to a rl-i8 and it handle it ...he wouldnt recommend it but if u did it can take it not daily though

 

[9Nails 10+ year member]

I didn't expect so many opinions! All good, keep them coming //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

It's actually suprising me that a $300 subwoofer isn't always the one that comes as most recomended. Perhaps it's just overpriced?

So listing the suggestions here...

DUB Doesn't seem to list an 8" ???

Ascendent Audio: Assassin 8 $50

Sound Splinter: RL-i Series 8 $165

JL Audio: 8W7-3 $299

 

[XylerB 10+ year member]

goto http://www.realmofexcursion.com type in Sound Splinter and there is a video of the RLi-8. Its pretty surprising for the money.

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

he was saying 8 dub 7 as in 8w7...

gangster ish i guess you would call it

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

go with the rl-i 8".... i did and dont regret it at all! Great sounding sub with plenty of output.

 

[altyboy 10+ year member]

So you're looking to install just a single 8"?? I've never modeled any of those 8"s up but if you're looking for max output from a single 8", the AA may not be enough. It's an entry level sub that wasn't designed to compete w/the 8w7...

If you had room for a few 8s, then the AA would be great. You could buy 3 for the price of one RL-i 8 w/much more output.

If the RL-i can handle 500-600 rms w/o breaking, it would probably be a good choice and likely give more output than the AA..someone should model these up...

BTW, I have a PG Ti10 that I ran for a little while. It only needed .4/.5 sealed and only .8 ported. That little sub got quite loud....

Jeremy

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

L7 8"?

 

[MJ-tC 10+ year member]

RL-i 8

I have 2 and they are getting 400wrms each and they sound great.

 

[HotCarl 10+ year member]

goto http://www.realmofexcursion.com type in Sound Splinter and there is a video of the RLi-8. Its pretty surprising for the money.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif thats my video //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif