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I agree with Scott, I have mine in 13.5 cubes (6.75 in seperate chambers) at 26 hertz, and it is wicked! The response peaks at around 45 hertz, though, due to airspace limitations, but overall, it digs very deep. Even in the mid teens I can knock stuff off my shelves and counters in my house (and my neighbors' houses) with ease.

trust me there is nothing cheap about these subs, other than the awesome price tag.

Useful advice!!! What type of amp do you use to push your subs? Its listed in my signature. I don't think everybody is down to run car amps in their home, but I have my amp running off a power converter and battery bank. I really need at least 4 batteries when I am drawing that much juice though. I only have two right now. Until I can drive again, I make it work out alright, my neighbors dont like me sometimes when I get a bit volume happy, though. I have had a guy 3 blocks away say that I was rattling his windows in his house.

I run 1800 RMS to each of my SSD's, and they still surprise me every time I listen to them. I just cant afford to keep replacing light bulbs and the dishes I keep breaking from the bass.

Well thank you again Nick and Scott, I just bought a pair of the 12's. Happy Thanksgiving guys! Whats the build time gonna be like on these?

good luck bud, I wish I had the cash to buy two of the xcon 18's for myself right now, and sell the ssd's. but I don't, so I ended up buying a pair of fi black friday 12's. I love bass way too much, I already have entire rooms full of stereo gear, and yet I just bought two more subs, haha. damn- when are the 22's coming already? I want a pair right naow!

It will handle it if the gains are set properly, I have run my ruby at 2500 rms to one of my ssd18's in 6.75 at 26 hertz and it just cant get enough. The xcons are even beefier, so I dont see why it wouldnt handle it, as long as it was in a properly built and sized enclosure. the bigger the box, the less power a sub will be able to handle, so keep that in mind as well. About 6 to 7 cubes for ported and tuned low 30s/high 20s should do real nicely with that setup...Amp headroom is never a bad thing, my friend.

if you go with the xcon 18, dont even bother going with 1500 rms, stick with the 2500 and run it. as long as your gains are set properly, it will get down and dirty all day long, and will be louder and sound hella cleaner than two 12" L7's.

I thought the X series was only a single VC?

I have run my two SSD18's in my home theater, and it is just mind blowing. My first design was for one, and it was 8 cubes tuned to 20 hertz, and it was wicked, but I didn't notice a huge difference since going with my newest design, which is 6.75 per driver, tuned to 26 hertz. Don't be afraid to experiment, if you like music and movies like I do, then tune it to the mid 20s and call it good.

I glue, clamp and screw every enclosure I design and build. The way I look at it, when people come to me to design an enclosure for them, they don't want a cheap box that is going to blow apart at the seams after a year of rocking it. When they are willing to pay the extra money to have me build it, I do it right the first time and go that extra mile for my customers. Some of you may say it is unneeded, but after seeing probably a hundred or more prefab boxes (that were glued and brad nailed) blow apart at the seams, I know otherwise. Just my .02!

They most likely can and will, just gotta be patient.

Hell if you lived closer, i usually charge less than $250 for a custom built box. bummer. Good luck with your install, it should be bangin!

I'd take an FI or SSA sub over Kicker, Alpine, and the new RE stuff any day of the week.

I rock two 18" subs, and the sheer amount of output and SQ I get from them, is exhilarating. Hairtricks are a nice bonus too. Girls love that sort of thing. The response of a speaker is all in its enclosure and how the amp(s) and wiring are set up. Though I have noticed that slight manufacturing differences in two speakers of the same model, line, size, etc. do seem to change the sound ever so slightly, but its not a big enough difference to matter to 99% of people. To people who say an 18" sub is slow or muddy sounding, they seriously need to find a new enclosure designer, or stop rocking the one of the 3 prefab designs I see being sold all over the internet. My subs do not sound muddy or sloppy at all.

The SSD's are a very efficient woofer (almost 92 db for the SSD18) With my pair running on even as little as 100-150 watts per driver, it will still pull hair tricks all day long... but there is a lot of cone area in play there. Every 6 db means around twice as loud to the ear, and that adds up, watt after watt. So don't let that sway you from going with the SSD lineup. I love mine!

Save your money and buy what you really want, otherwise you will be wondering what it *could* have been. I went with two SSD18's just before the 18" XCONS were released, and after hearing them in action, I really want to upgrade! FI, AA, Sundown, and SSA are all excellently built drivers, and easily surpass 99% of mainstream brands in build quality and price IMO. Just be ready to have the smile blown off your face.

I would go with an Fi or SSA 12" myself, they are some beautifully built speakers, for a great price. In a well built box, they will get ridiculously loud and sound great doing it.

I have two SSD18's and in comparing them to the Warden 21", they hit way harder and sounds so much cleaner with less power compression. I hate to see single subs, they always looks lonely to me. That's why I would go with dual 18's. Or dual 21" or 22" drivers once they come out. Just remember that two vs. one means twice as much port, power and airspace. If you can afford that, then definitely go dual drivers.

Yes, I absolutely love my SSD's. I was talking about the fact that I have never pushed them to their mechanical or thermal limits, and I have pushed them hard. Every time I do push them though, I end up breaking something in my house, or getting complaints, though I can keep them at about 1/4 volume and accomplish that with ease. These videos were also taken with my windows and door in my room open, if I tried something like that with my windows closed, it would probably break them, which I simply can't afford right now. I just thought people would enjoy this fine creation from Custom Sounds NW, and hopefully get my name out there and bring some more business in. Happy Labor Day to all! I am hoping however, to get these metered at the Newport sound off this month on the 19th, so I can give you folks some solid numbers in a vehicle. Sam Carter

Well, my setup is temporary, until I get my license back and can put them in my Bronco, but it definitely has potential, possibly too much. I have never been able to push these subs to their limits, I blow light bulbs and break things around my house from the bass, even at lower volumes, and my windows flex about 1/2 inch all around my house. I have had neighbors 3 blocks away complain about their windows and walls rattling, so I can't use it to its full potential. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD7dJm6bq6g

same thing you will find on a car audio shops display rack, a high amperage power converter and a battery bank. they arent cheap, however, you will be looking at spending about 500 to 800 dollars on a decent model new. sometimes you can find used one selling for 200 or less. try craigslist and ebay, though shipping will be probably about 50 bucks for something that heavy.

Surprising you put them in the very back instead of going with some subs under or behind the seats, but kickers aren't half bad if you give them a lot of room to breathe! 5*!

Prefab boxes by subzero are 1.75 cubes for the ported version for a 15, so running a 1.75 sealed box shouldn't be too bad. BTW, the subzero ported design sounded like ass with a CVR15 mounted up in it. Sounds like a one note wonder to me. funny, though I built a 5.75 cube box for it, and it was just outta this world in terms of output and SQ with an Alpine MRP-M500 powering it. BTT: 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of polyfill will help with that, if you can manage 1.75 after displacement. Should be pretty wicked! Edit: I see we have the same thing in mind^^^