sorry if this has been covered but I had 2 12inch Rockford Fosegate subwoofers in my trunk...one blew...replaced it. The other one blew....kept the other one in and now that one blew. So needless to say I'm not a fan of Rockford Fosegate now. Any recomendations on what kind i should get now?

 

SQ or SPL?

 

i always thought the Kicker CVR was a decent sub for it's price...

 

sorry. don't know what that means

 

Might want to address the issue causing your subs to blow before sinking more money into the woofers.

What amp are you running for the subs? What are the specs on it?

 

i've got a boston acustics 12" G5. Excellent sub for a decent price.

 

SQ = sound quality SPL = don't know but i know it essentially means Hits Harder

 

It might be your amp that is killing your subs. And SPL = (Sound Pressure Levels)

 

I agree, it sounds like your amp isn't providing enough power and the distortion from pushing it could be blowing them.

The hot trend right now, and subs can be trendy, is the Alpine Type R. It's fairly inexpensive, has good sound quality (not great, but very good), hits hard and doesn't require massive amounts of power; 300 - 500 watts will certainly be enough to do it justice. The Caraudio.com forum is an amazing resource.

 

i had the infinity 10.1d 350rms, blew 2 of them, not sure if it was b/c i had 420rms going to them but now have the alpine type r, its hit but its not as loud as the infinity, seems like it can really use all 500rms it says it can handle.

 

JL W7 or Kicker L7

 

on the amp. Sometimes that amp can just faulter and start sending "dirty" power. The distortion or dirty power is what will kill a sub/speaker.

 

dub7

 

your best bet would be infinity kappa perfects or JL audio subs the infinitys are the best bang for the buck the JL's could get pricey depending on the model you go for

 

W7

 

Maybe you're using the max wattage as a measure instead of the RMS value. Meaning that your amp is pushing more power than the subs can handle

 

SQ= Sound Quality (clean and deep) and SPL= Sound pressure level (loud)

 

I would step back a second and think what exactly you want ot acheive with your system (SQ or SPL) and then take a look at the amp. Maybe upgrading the amp and then going with the Alpine Type-R's as mentioned above would be a good route for a solid and rather inexpensive setup

 

Yeah you should consider whether u want ur system to be very musical or just plain louuud. I currently have the MTX 9500 and it's ridiculous how loud it gets. It get's my vote for best sub, but then again i had an Alpine Type R which was very impressive. I ran 800watts to it and it took it like a champ... W7's are to expensive and I can say that the better subs out there that are affordable have got to be the Type R. It's mainly an SPL sub but can be a very musical sub for whatever u listen to.

 

JL W6 or W7. W6 is a little crisper in sound

 

if your worried bout blowing your woofer.. i think you should get one of these!! go ahead DO YOUR WORST!!

 

Best subs for the money would be something like infinity, RE's lower line or even Alpines.... Got the dough to spend go for W6 W7 L5 L7

 

SPL ill go with kicker solobaric, SQ ill go with JL ..

 

jackhammer? haha i saw that on pimp your ride on MTV awesome

 

It all depends on the box, I have done couple of installs with L5 and L7 for sq. I have one L5 12" and It was straight up Sq.

 

The jack hammer wouldn't fit in the trunk without a box That bad boy is huge!

I say turn down your gain! If you're running 12" fosgates in to the ground, you must be killing your ears! Blowing a 10" speaker every once in a while is one thing, but consistantly blowing 12s means that you are way too def to know the difference between loud and really fkn loud.

 

hahaha ya.. pimp my ride is cool... not to the fact of how the cars end up (cause i think they look like shit) but its good entertainment. they make a box for it???? holy shit!