Why do car audio subs suck?
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Zdamon1)
I have a pair of 10" audiobahn Piston Subs. AWP210's I believe they are. I was underpowering them big time. Well, one of them. I never ran both at the same time.
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
Well that is why they weren't loud enough...:) Man if you want call me and I can probably get you an amp that will run those subs for a decent price. I work in car audio and have connections. Get rid of the Sony man..:)
My # is 615-890-2437, or if you want to call now 615-294-3108.
Damon.
P.S. Do you know the power handleing of the Audiobahn??
My # is 615-890-2437, or if you want to call now 615-294-3108.
Damon.
P.S. Do you know the power handleing of the Audiobahn??
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Zdamon1)
I believe my audiobahn subs are 350watts RMS.
I want to eventually run a pair of 10's at 300 watts each, probably from a soundstream amp. I dont know if i want to use my bahns or not. theres a lot of mixed reviews.
I want to eventually run a pair of 10's at 300 watts each, probably from a soundstream amp. I dont know if i want to use my bahns or not. theres a lot of mixed reviews.
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
I haven't seen the mixed reviews you are referring to but I know that Audiobahn kicks, and with the right power they should shake your car apart....
300 RMS to each would be great.
I can get pretty good discounts on stuff so let me know.
300 RMS to each would be great.
I can get pretty good discounts on stuff so let me know.
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
Get a single channel Rubicon 501 and they should crank. Run them together into the one channel. Might even be to big for them but you're car will probably fall apart before you get there. Don't have a price but you can see it on their site. Should be around $400.
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
I siliconed it and went ahead and ported the box even though the sub instructions say NOT TO.
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
Ported and sealed boxes are 2 different animals.
The ported extend a desired frequency and have to be tuned for this.
The sealed puts out more sound but not at a desired freq. like the ported do.
The ported have to be tuned so are harder to build, you can throw a chunk of pipe into a sealed box but this doesn't make it a ported box any more than sealing a speaker to any old box and calling it a sealed box. They both have to be optimized for the circumstances. If you have less than the required volume you will get less performance than you would have if it was the right amount. This means the bass won't be as low usually. If your head unit can't supply 20 hertz then it makes little difference if your sub can go this low.
Another wrench is the box has to be solid so it doesn't resonate with the low freqs. This means heavy thickwalled material- plywood vibrates.
Also as mentioned way up, it doesn't matter whether its 12 volts or 110v The integrated circuits and all the other junk don't run on 110 AC power but on 12 VDC
The ported extend a desired frequency and have to be tuned for this.
The sealed puts out more sound but not at a desired freq. like the ported do.
The ported have to be tuned so are harder to build, you can throw a chunk of pipe into a sealed box but this doesn't make it a ported box any more than sealing a speaker to any old box and calling it a sealed box. They both have to be optimized for the circumstances. If you have less than the required volume you will get less performance than you would have if it was the right amount. This means the bass won't be as low usually. If your head unit can't supply 20 hertz then it makes little difference if your sub can go this low.
Another wrench is the box has to be solid so it doesn't resonate with the low freqs. This means heavy thickwalled material- plywood vibrates.
Also as mentioned way up, it doesn't matter whether its 12 volts or 110v The integrated circuits and all the other junk don't run on 110 AC power but on 12 VDC
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Re: Why do car audio subs suck? (Smash)
I don't carry soundstream in particular but could probably find something. The audiobahn subs kick butt dude.....one of my friends here has 2 of the same 12's and they are hella loud and in a box that is too small, plus they go deep. Ditch the Explode and stick with some decent subs. Have you ever thought of Fosgate Amps?? They are nice and make lots of power...
You are going to have to push the subs in order to get the desired performance out of them....the Sony sounds louder on the 100W amp because it is a weak sub that can't handle much power at all. How much distortion do you hear???
Damon :cheers:
You are going to have to push the subs in order to get the desired performance out of them....the Sony sounds louder on the 100W amp because it is a weak sub that can't handle much power at all. How much distortion do you hear???
Damon :cheers:
