Who makes a good subwoofer/amp?

Nobody · May 24, 2005

I am looking for something in the $100 range speaker and $100-$150 range for the amp. What are some experiences here?

Thanks,
Gabe

91LX_5L · May 24, 2005

Get a JL Audio W0 series sub. It will satisfy you and sound great. Trust me, I used to be big into audio. For that price you can get a 12" (12W0) fairly easily.

For a amp, Concept makes good stuff and they seem to sell for very cheap on ebay, guess not many ppl know about them.

DFG 5OH · May 24, 2005

pioneer makes cheap/good stuff.

94TURBO5 O · May 24, 2005

I have a 3 month old Bazooka EL 1500 that is strictly a sub amp I'll let you have for $110 shipped. I makes mad bass and I'll even you give an extra 80 watt amp for free I have sitting around. Let me know and the Bazooka amp is in perfect condition.

Synned · May 24, 2005

I have a kicker l5 10", it thumps great and is in the low $100 range with a $30 box from ebay. It blows my friends jl audio 10"er away. I bought the sub off of a site though, I'll try to get the link up here later. It was z something.

Nobody · May 24, 2005

94TURBO5 O said:
I have a 3 month old Bazooka EL 1500 that is strictly a sub amp I'll let you have for $110 shipped. I makes mad bass and I'll even you give an extra 80 watt amp for free I have sitting around. Let me know and the Bazooka amp is in perfect condition.

JR - That's a pretty buff amp. Thanks for offering it. However, I would rather buy new stuff locally for something like that - just in case something goes wrong with it.

Nobody · May 24, 2005

matthiasj said:
pioneer makes cheap/good stuff.

I am going with Pioneer/Premiere Head unit and 6x8" 3-way speakers.

Scott_95GT · May 24, 2005

You are going to get a million different responses for this question. From MY experence, I would say get a pioneer head unit, but stay away from thier speakers. If you want a good solid amp/sub combo for less than average money, go with sony. If you want to spend a bit more, I would go alpine R, infinity, or JL.

wytstang · May 24, 2005

I like Hollywood sound labs amps they are strong and can handle pretty much anything you throw at them.

91LX_5L said:
For a amp, Concept makes good stuff and they seem to sell for very cheap on ebay, guess not many ppl know about them.

I had 2 of there 12's they sounded great but my hollywood 1000M 1ohm stable amp just killed them. They have two line the Bolt series and Strike series if I remember correctly the Bolt series was the better one.

tjh566 · May 24, 2005

Scott_95GT said:
You are going to get a million different responses for this question. From MY experence, I would say get a pioneer head unit, but stay away from thier speakers. If you want a good solid amp/sub combo for less than average money, go with sony. If you want to spend a bit more, I would go alpine R, infinity, or JL.

agreed 100%. I have a sony 800 watt amp powering a single 12" sony sub, and I am very happy with the results, sounds good. Also I have had no problems out of my pioneer head-unit and the sony speakers are decent for the cost.

95riosnake · May 25, 2005

I swear by JL Audio subs...I've had a JL 10W3 for 5 years now (been overpowering it the whole time to the tune of 400+watts) and it is still goin strong, sounds as good as the day I bought it. Next sub I buy will most definitely be a JL.

As far as amps, I have had decent luck with Kenwood amps...they're nice, quality amps for the money

EpiKk3 · May 25, 2005

I'm thinkin about takin the easy way out and buying a pre-packaged kit from cardomain:
http://www.cardomain.com/item/ROC4FR1102002

They've got a few more packages (below), but I figure 150w rms should be about perfect for my application.

http://www.cardomain.com/shop/list.pl?type_plural=Promotional+Packages&x=50&y=4&order=priceasc

91LX_5L · May 25, 2005

Please dont go sony!!! Sorry but they dont sound good at all, to someone who hasnt had more then 2 stereos it might sound great.

Zero Signal · May 25, 2005

Only brands I like: JL, Xtant, Diamond Audio

Joes95GT · May 25, 2005

I've always liked Alpine and Rockford Fosgate amps. Never heard a bad thing about either of them....

Joe

91LX_5L · May 25, 2005

Orion and PPI make amazing amps as well.

The best combo for the price would be a PPI amp and a JL sub off ebay. For speakers look into alpine they are pretty nice. For a deck/headuit alpine are awesome.

I perfer nice bass and a nice sound, rather then ouch my ears bass and damn that sounds like crap. Most people go for the 2nd meathod because they dont know any better. Trust me I've been there many times, now I downgraded to just a nice JL W3 12" sub and Im running a Crossfire amp, which are great amps, I got it for a awesome price but they are more for heavy loads/running loud bass rather then a musical/sound quality setup. I have changed my system at least 5 times.

_MATiC · May 25, 2005

i'd with infinity..if you get an infinity sub, go with a 12" Kapaa Perfect..its a NICE sounding sub. I like MTX Audio and Fosgate amps but i think those are a bit more cashola

1994Vib.RedGT · May 27, 2005

go with a rockford fosgate punch stage 2 for the sub, thats what I have, I have a single 10, but damn it hits hard.

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