Zach Gates

I hadn't even considered the XCON. I figured it would need way more power than I had to give it. I'm liking what I'm finding on YouTube though. But again holy hell that's pricey. Gonna be a while longer before I pick it up. Still gotta get my comps and HU, after all. LOL, thanks about the av. Got it from here:

Forgive me for being repetitive, but I'd be underpowering the XCON by a good 350 watts if not more (the JBL supposedly does nearly 1400 at 1ohm). That won't be a problem? That's why I was figuring the ICON, it's rated at 1000RMS so wiring the thing at 2ohms means I'd be doing about 200 over, and I figured that'd be the better option. If not, hey. XCON 12? Interesting. EDIT: Just looked up the box size. Holy hell these things work in small enclosures. I'm thinking 2.25cu tuned to 31Hz in that area? Think that'd outperform most of the 15s I was looking at or not?

Rear fill is, for most people, totally unnecessary. Get some beefy front comps, put a good amp on it, you'll hear it PLENTY over the rest. Remember that, sonically speaking, highs are easier to hear than lows. To give a strange example, in a barbershop quartet the bass has to sing the loudest and the tenor the softest because the higher tones will travel better while the bass notes need a lot more volume to be as audible. So even if that sub is crushingly loud, you're not going to need fifty speakers to keep up with it, a pair of mids and tweets will do it fine as long as they're strong enough and have the power they need.

My MAIN concerns are space and power. I'm not working with an SUV that has a big space in the back, and I'm not getting a second amp, but if there's a pair of subs that work in smaller enclosures for ~600RMS I could do that, but outside of maybe a pair of Lethal Injection 12s sealed or 10s ported I'm not sure what would be the best use of the amp and the space. For a pair of subs I might be willing to spend more money, but again it'd have to be for a good reason.

Really? Looks like I had it backwards. That price tag's starting to push it, but it looks like my initial goal of keeping things around $200 was foolish from the get-go, so we'll see.

Icon's on the list, but I don't think I have nearly enough power to throw at an XCON. That's really pushing my budget, but if it's a good enough sub I'll go for it.

No space for two IXL's, I don't think. It's a Fit, the hatch ain't that big, and now we'd be talking $460 for subs and I'm not sure I'd be comfortable droppin' THAT much on them. Something to think about though.

That's pretty outrageous dude. Can't wait to see some vids of it in action.

My ass has been asking this on just about EVERY forum, but because I'm an indecisive idiot, I'm gonna ask here. Okay so I've got a Honda Fit hatch, looking to put the ol' audio in. I'm pretty much set on everything but the subwoofer. Comps: Alpine Type-X Refs, 6.5 Comp amp: Profile AP600 (got it for $55!) HU: Clarion DXZ785USB Sub amp: JBL bp1200.1 (spent $100 on this one) Now I just gotta figure out what to put in the ol' hatch. I've got about 1300 watts to work with at 2ohm, 1400 at 1ohm. I can fit a box about 38x17x17, so somewhere in the area of 4.2cu if I push my limits and have a 3" wide slot, aiming to tune it low-ish, around 32Hz. Like to snag a single 15 due to the obvious power issues, plus hey it's cheaper to get a 15 than 2 12's, as well as I think it'd be easier to throw one sub into my space than try to squeeze two in there. I could be wrong, though. Budget-wise I'd really like to stick under $300 unless there's something that'll be a little over that that I just can't pass up for whatever reason. If that's the case, I'll look into it, but preferably under $300. Fortunately due to saving insane money on the two amps I can spring a little more on what they're hooked up to (hence the Type X refs). I don't listen to anything complex, just your standard bass-heavy techno and rap music, but while I want to get loud I'm not doing SPL comps and I'd like it to sound good along the way. SPL is not my sole focus, otherwise I'd get another L7. On my short list are a DD 2515, a Mach5 IXL, Soundstream T5, Kicker CVX (I know, but I'm a Kicker boy at heart), and as the waaaaaay outside possibility is the Incriminator Death Row. Mostly because I'm a sucker for clever marketing. So what say you guys? I like this forum, seems like a lot of knowledgable people, figured I'd throw this one out here.

4 Ω 250W x 2 2 Ω 500W x 2 1 Ω 750W x 2 4 Bridged 1000W 2 Bridged 1500W From ye old MTX site.

Seems like half the time when I search for anything audio related I find SSA. Most recently it was to check if MobileSoundWorks was reliable.

Diving in head-first to the world of car audio again, which means checking out pretty much every forum there is. Droppin' in to say hello here, like what I see. Driver of a shiny new 2009 Honda Fit, aiming to blow it up with sound waves.