Hey everyone, well title says it all, what are the "BEST" subs out there...the Best BANG for your buck? im helping a friend with a system in his Lancer..but we know nothing about this haha...so i thought i'd come on here and ask fellow SL'ers which subs are the best...he said Infinity..but im to sure, thinking JL, MTX, ??? anyway let me know, because he is VERY picky! he wants it to be thumpin like crazy, but still hear the singers voices clearly...let me know, i have a month and a half to pull this together..

 

price range? i prefer RE audio

 

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i got 3 different sets of subs. one set of Arc Audio 12" Subs, another set 12" RE audio SX, and my beauties 12" RE audio XXX. love the XXX but they are LOUD so i roll with the SX and they are good also. i'm suppose to use my XXX's for shows but i'm the laziest person when it comes to switch things

 

I run JL dub7s... but RE XXX are the it. Seriously... hands down, end of thread.

 

SPL: FI BTL or RE XXX
SQ: IDQ

But it really all depends on your price range and what you want them to do.

 

whats re stand for? lol

 

resonant engineering

 

seriously my XXX's are insane! but to the OP it depends on your price range what your buddy wants to run.

 

...depends on what you're looking to do.
SPL woofers aren't going to sound as clean and SQ woofers aren't going to hit the peak SPL numbers.
If you're looking for strictly SPL, I say Orion HCCA with MASSIVE amounts of power. These woofers will take 5,000w and keep on going! Nothing else even comes close to handling that kind of power without frying in the process. If you don't believe me, watch and learn!
If you're looking for SQ, I'd say go with a JLW6v2 or W7. Both are very clean and perform well with the appropriate amount of power. The IDQ is also an exceptional performer.
If you're actually looking for "bang for your buck", then there are many choices in between that will suit the budget and still provide good quality performance. Keep in mind, if you're shooting for the best in either SQ or SPL categories, you've got to pay to play!

 

RE XXXs are meant for SQL but put out some serious SPL. Best of both worlds IMO. BUT expect to pay some $$ for them.

 

so thats it? the original poster has no more input for us to go on? top of the line? try Focal, try JL's W7 line. Try Polk's SR line.

 

It's pretty subjective, but some of the better SQL subs are

RE SE's
Image Dynamics IDQ and IDMAX
JL 12w6
Stereo Integrity Mag V4
Fi Q
SSA Icon
Polk SR
Boston Acoustics g5

 

Wow, hey everyone. Soo sorry, I've been busy..but thanks for all the input..as far as pricing goes..it doesn't matter...all he wants is the top of the line...he doesn't like "cheap crap"....he wants the subs to BANG but not so much where u can't hear the lyrics..or it rattling the hell out of the car...the sizes..he wants to keep them small, because he still in the army for 10 more months..so he has lots of equipment to haul.... 10"....to 12" would probably be good...

 

as far as the car rattling, thats on the car and how much sound deading is in there. and it might still rattle. I say don;t worry about the rattle and get it sounding good inside

 

MTX sledgehammers for umm SPL seen them bust windows
EV pro audio drivers are good
I would use compression drivers up front to keep up though

 

take a look at orion xtrpro122 . i am running 3 with a 3000.1 pro @1 ohm. each in a 1.5 cf sealed
box. i do spl an sq. best spl 144.7 best sq 36.

 

RE's arent as good as they used to be, check FI BTL's

 

ID MAX 12'S FOR SQ AND LOUD!! they will be more musical over their life span then most others! Also just for fun check out Atomic!!! This is the company that built the speakers that RE copied!!!! http://www.atomicspeakers.com/ There is a shop in Nor Cal running one 18" last I heared was highting 180's on Term!!! And for you true SPL and DB DRAG HEADS the shop is owned by JIM JEAN!!! He is a legand in that GAME!!! http://www.lakecountycaraudio.com/default.asp

 

you need to component match when you ask this question
since I come from a pro audio background
I like the ID beryllium compression drivers with horns, EV lead guitar mid's,the ID Max or IDQ
simple clean loud!