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Again, sorry for the crappy camera phone quality. This little beast is an 8'', thats right...8'' JL Audio W3v3 in a high output enclosure made by JL themselves. This thing sounds like two 10''s. I constantly have to prove to people that this is only one 8'' sub. As you can somewhat see, this thing takes up no room at all and puts out amazingly quality sound. Meanwhile, other guys have their trunk filled to the brim with soem huge box with 12s or 15s and their's doesnt sound nearly as good or clear as mine. I paid about $230 for it brand new. My trunk doesnt rattle at all, lights dont dim. Sounds like a damn recording studio. I also have JL C2 evolution speakers to cover the highs and mids, all powered by a JL Slash 500/5 amp. To think i used to think JL was overrated..HA!, silly me....

 

W3's are pretty nice subs but they definitely aren't the holy grail of subs. What does "it sounds like 2 10's" even mean? I know a guy who has 2 10's hittin' low 150's, I guarantee you your little 8 gets nowhere near that! Rest assured that the guys who have their trunk "filled to the brim" with 12's or 15's aren't concerned with sound quality, they're trying to knock pictures off walls! LOL @ recording studio! I'm sure your non-time aligned, off-axis and unbalanced amplified speakers in the rear deck that bounce the sound waves off the window sounds just like a recording stuido. LMAO...puttin' alot on it man, for real.

If you want a good sounding system, ditch the speakers in the rear deck, go active, and dial it all in until the bass sounds like it's coming from up front and you can close your eyes and it sounds like the band is playing on top of your hood, allowing you to pinpoint where particular instruments are being played at out there in front of you.

When you get to that point then come talk to me about how good your system sounds. I'm not saying systems with rear fill all suck but it takes alot of time, tuning and experimentation to successfully blend in rear fill and have it stage and image properly. A task which i'm certain you can't even begin to comprehend just how difficult it really is and certainly haven't attempted.

 

thanks for the avice but i'd much rather be able to hear lyrics as opposed to knocking pictures off walls..

 

That makes two of us! And that's why all the advice I have you was SQ related I didn't give you any advice on how to get louder, it was on how to sound good. But it's clear you ain't trying to hear it, and that's cool but don't try to convince a real SQ guy like myself that your system "sounds like a recording studio" when I guarantee you it not only suffers from refraction, resonance, cancellation, and poor efficiency but also isn't even close to being tuned flat.

 

Ok let me rephrase for the sake of those who have a degree in sound theory...my system doesn't sound like a recording studio, however it does sound really really good. Crisp highs and smooth mids and lows.

 

 

 

LOL. I don't take back anything I said but I do realize I could have been a little less abrasive with it. After reading how rare his head unit and sub/sub box were and listening to his exaggerated description of his speakers I just couldn't hold it in any longer

 

:-) exaggeration is entertaining.

 

Good for you, Greeneye! As long as you're happy with the way your system sounds it's all is good.