I was just wanting to see diferent people's experiences as far as quality and such. Wondering if MTX subs are any good? and Pioneer and Kenwood?

 

This is an amazingly broad question.

What exactly do you want to do?

 

Well... Im Partial to Pioneers myself, but most everyone else on the forum seems to disagree with me..

 

MTX
Pioneer
Kenwood

but every company has there goods and their bads.. what kind of system are you looking to build? budget?

 

Those are pretty decent companies, but much better can be had for less...unless your looking for subs at or under $100, then everyone is about the same lol.

*waits for trust to disagree*

 

I'm fond of Alpine and Crossfire. Been running 4 Crossfire subs since 2005. Still going.

 

i really like american bass.
memphis is overrated,
and sony xplodes are underrated.. for 60 dollar subs, they hit pretty hard in my hatch..

 

i heard xplodes are **** quality. i guess you get what you pay for

 

When it comes to subs, the proper enclosure design for the sub combined with the vehicle it is installed in will make a larger difference than the brand of the subwoofer itself. No one believes that my cousin is running a Sony Xplod sub in his extended cab Dodge Ram until they see it with their own eyes. I designed his ported enclosure for him! IIRC it is 2.25 cubic feet tuned to 30 Hz for his single 12" Xplod but my memory may be foggy since I designed it for him 10 years ago.

Other diamonds in the rough to look for these days would be the Phoenix Gold RSd and RSdc subwoofers since they were discontinued and can be had fairly cheap. Another favorite of mine is the Dayton HO 10 because it performs extremely well in .75 cubic feet net sealed tuned to 28 Hz in most setups.

Of course, with all that said, I find that all too many put way too much emphasis on their subwoofer, which is responsible for roughly 15% of most normal musical content when that money would be better spent on the midrange and high frequency drivers.

 

I've had two 12" Rockford Fosgate P3's in my Civic for almost two years now and I couldn't be happier with them. They hit hard and sound nice at the same time. Custom box, the two 12's, a RF 500 watt mono amp, wires and labor ran me around $1770. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ng698/Subs.jpg