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Old 05-08-2002, 10:12 AM
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Need some clean bass...

Back in the day I used to run a R/F punch 40 amp bridged to a pair of punch 12's, as well as some pioneer amps to run the front rear speakers and tweeters. Alot of that sold with my Beretta a few years back. I still have one box(looks a little bigger than 1 cubic foot) for a 12 inch sub and the punch 40 amp(couldn't part with it). My current set-up is ok with a pioneer CD and good pioneer 2-way 4's in the front and 6 1/4 2-ways in the rear. I have plenty of mid/treble, but no bass. I want some nice clean bass. What moderately priced sub will work in my situation.
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For the price, I really like the GT series from JBL. They are a pretty clean and loud sub. Crutchfield has the GT 10's for $60 right now and they only need 275watts RMS max. Just my .02

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I'm not sure what you mean by "moderately priced," but you can pick up Crossfire DVC 12" subs for about $70. I've heard a few of them, and they're not bad. I think the best bang for your buck would be to go for either a JL12W0 for $120 or a Kicker Comp 12 for $120. If you like the new Rockford enty level subs, I think you can pick up a 12 for about $60, but I'm not really fond of their series 1 subs. If you want your bass to be loud and as clean as possible, go for the JL.
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Moderately priced means around or less than 100 bucks I suppose. I'm thinking dual voice coil may be the way to go, since I'm only running one 12. That punch amp seemed to work the best bridged to the pair I used to have. Thanks for the ideas. I've never been impressed with the series 1 subs either.
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I never hear people mention Audiobahn. I strongly recommend them They have a massive punch.
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I cringe when people mention Audiobahn. They have great specs and ratings, but they are far inferior to even the RF Punch. I had an 8db drop with the audiobahn's running the exact same set-up as with my Alpine Type R 12's.
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I'm not too big into specs and ratings. The bottom line is the sound.
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Audiobahn has output, but their SQ sucks big time, plus their ratings are inflated like crazy....
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