Best trunk subwoofer for E90

amlebede · 04-29-2009, 01:56 AM

What is the best single subwoofer (12'') to put in the trunk of a E90 to accompany the Logic 7 sound system?

zerox_guru · 04-29-2009, 02:13 AM

something like this

amlebede · 04-29-2009, 02:39 AM

I am asking about the best subwoofer not enclosure.

zerox_guru · 04-29-2009, 03:06 AM

JL sounds good..

VP Electricity · 04-29-2009, 10:50 AM

This is a silly question. There are more good drivers on the market than the market can support in this economy, and the answer depends more on you than the car.

There are 12" woofers out there which are hard to blow up and which are good at playing bass-heavy program material, and JL is probably one of those. If you listen to jazz and folk, you will hear the shortcomings of those woofers pretty clearly, even though you may find people on this forum who rave about it.

But a 12" which is skilled at playing the latter material may shred itself when playing 50 Cent.

amlebede · 04-29-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VP Electricity

This is a silly question. There are more good drivers on the market than the market can support in this economy, and the answer depends more on you than the car.

There are 12" woofers out there which are hard to blow up and which are good at playing bass-heavy program material, and JL is probably one of those. If you listen to jazz and folk, you will hear the shortcomings of those woofers pretty clearly, even though you may find people on this forum who rave about it.

But a 12" which is skilled at playing the latter material may shred itself when playing 50 Cent.

Wouldn't a good subwoofer be able to accommodate all types of music?

VP Electricity · 04-29-2009, 12:47 PM

I mis-spoke. It is not too silly of a question. It presumes the world is simpler than I believe it is, but I shouldn't have called it "silly" - my apologies.

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Originally Posted by amlebede

Wouldn't a good subwoofer be able to accommodate all types of music?

I'm pretty sure you mean "be appropriate for" and to that question my answer is No. A perfect subwoofer would.

A good subwoofer, in my 20+ years of experience in car audio, does SOMETHING well. A GREAT subwoofer does many things well. But music - in particular, musical tastes, genres, and preferences in this day and age - vary so greatly that your question is much harder to solve than you would expect.

There are subs that do everything great in a box that doesn't fit in the trunk. There are subs that do everything great if connected to an amp the size of Boulder Dam.

But a subwoofer which is great with an amp and system you can and wish to afford, which will work in an enclosure which will leave enough room for you in the trunk (you a golfer?), and which will be durable as well as musical - tat is a function of many variables.

I make things simpler. I don't listen to any rap or hip-hop, and I listen to jazz, rock, folk, and the like, with a lot of acoustic drums. Snappy, fast bass that sounds real and is "high-fidelity" is a knotty enough problem for me to solve.

But this IS America. So rock on.

amlebede · 04-29-2009, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VP Electricity

I mis-spoke. It is not too silly of a question. It presumes the world is simpler than I believe it is, but I shouldn't have called it "silly" - my apologies.

I'm pretty sure you mean "be appropriate for" and to that question my answer is No. A perfect subwoofer would.

A good subwoofer, in my 20+ years of experience in car audio, does SOMETHING well. A GREAT subwoofer does many things well. But music - in particular, musical tastes, genres, and preferences in this day and age - vary so greatly that your question is much harder to solve than you would expect.

There are subs that do everything great in a box that doesn't fit in the trunk. There are subs that do everything great if connected to an amp the size of Boulder Dam.

But a subwoofer which is great with an amp and system you can and wish to afford, which will work in an enclosure which will leave enough room for you in the trunk (you a golfer?), and which will be durable as well as musical - tat is a function of many variables.

I make things simpler. I don't listen to any rap or hip-hop, and I listen to jazz, rock, folk, and the like, with a lot of acoustic drums. Snappy, fast bass that sounds real and is "high-fidelity" is a knotty enough problem for me to solve.

But this IS America. So rock on.

I listen to a lot of types of music like house, hip hop, rock, metal, jazz, chillout, trance, etc.. and I am personally interested in the JL subwoofers.

BilLYtheKiD325i · 04-29-2009, 05:09 PM

critical mass UL-12. the perfect sub...

Malek@MRF · 04-29-2009, 05:13 PM

Look into Diamond Audio
JL Audio
Image Dynamics

These will provide what you want without breaking the bank, unless you are talking about their high end lines..

amlebede · 05-01-2009, 01:53 AM

I am going to be running a 12'' Kenwood KFC-W3009. What do you all think?

dylanwsu · 05-01-2009, 02:39 AM

do we run the new sub with the car amp or do we have to get another amp for it?

TMR · 05-01-2009, 03:45 AM

Image dynamics IDQ by far best sounding and powerful.

VP Electricity · 05-01-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dylanwsu

do we run the new sub with the car amp or do we have to get another amp for it?

New amp.

VP Electricity · 05-01-2009, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amlebede

I am going to be running a 12'' Kenwood KFC-W3009. What do you all think?

You've given up on knowing the best woofer, I take it?

amlebede · 05-01-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by VP Electricity

You've given up on knowing the best woofer, I take it?

I just think this will be enough for me for now. I am considering upgrading later.

Dackz · 05-01-2009, 02:03 PM

Pay more now, enjoy more now and later

BlackSheep343 · 05-02-2009, 12:34 AM

http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products...jackHammer.cfm

FTW...

not serious

amlebede · 05-02-2009, 01:33 AM

A lot of the subwoofers are not well compatible with the Logic 7 sound system and are solely made for purposes of competition. I believe that a 300-500 watt 12'' subwoofer in a sealed box.

sinister3 · 05-05-2009, 02:42 PM

Cost me $200 for the sub, $350 for the enclosure. Being pushed by a Rockford P4 400 watt amp under the rear decklid.

I love it!

JoeyFiasco · 05-05-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackSheep343

http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/products...jackHammer.cfm

FTW...

not serious

that thing is 900 pounds..

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinister3

Cost me $200 for the sub, $350 for the enclosure. Being pushed by a Rockford P4 400 watt amp under the rear decklid.

I love it!

i like the enclosure, but the price is a bit nutty.

VP Electricity · 05-05-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeyFiasco

that thing is 900 pounds..

i like the enclosure, but the price is a bit nutty.

The enclosure is more important than the sub driver itself, and the guy that made it probably didn't make any money. Custom shops in the US routinely charge $500 and up for similar enclosures.

I thought it was a bit nutty, as in, too cheap...

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