am i mad ?

Morba · 17 Jul 2007 at 00:55

BigglesPiP said:
I'll have to give you that one, but that's the 1st impression so many watts of speakers gives, no matter who you are.

only if your natural reaction to anything that you dont like (or understand) is abuse.

MikeHunt79 · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:13

I've got a 12" pioneer one in mine... it cost £50, and it already goes way louder than I need, and overkill for a car IMO... I don't really feel like I need anything louder or more expensive.

Each to thier own I guess... If I had that sorta money spare, I'd but it towards a party rig - you could get a couple looney bins for a grand.

BigglesPiP · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:25

Morba said:
only if your natural reaction to anything that you dont like (or understand) is abuse.

Yep!

My preference is sound quality, I never use my stereo at max volume, so I don't need more Watts.

By the way, how are your speakers meaured? RMS (the correct way) or something stupid like pk-pk.

Dj_Jestar · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:25

15" subs are pretty poor for punch. They provide warbling bass, but no chance of getting a kick from them. Better spending the dosh on two very good 10"s.

MikeHunt79 · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:28

Dj_Jestar said:
15" subs are pretty poor for punch. They provide warbling bass, but no chance of getting a kick from them. Better spending the dosh on two very good 10"s.

It does depend on who makes the driver tho. I prefer 8" and 10"'s for a car, as there is less air to shift around in the cabin of a car.

In a house or a club tho, 15"'s and 18"'s are better as they have to move more air around.

willd58 · 17 Jul 2007 at 01:28

I'm guessing your not mad, but young, how old are you?

Cyber-Mav · 17 Jul 2007 at 02:15

needmorespeed said:
I once sat in the Blade Ice corsa van he had several RE xxx's in a ported wall and thy where stupidly loud but sound good aswell

thats the guy i first bought my equipment from years ago. he had a corsa van which was in construction, he was planning to use 3 x 15inch XXX subs but i never got to hear it back in 2003 due to it still being in construction at the time.

eracer2006 · 17 Jul 2007 at 02:23

blade ice = uk distributor for re and us amps, amongst others.

i measure in rms, or peak - peak, and sensitivity.

why everyone thinks a 15 isnt good for fast music i dont know, if it has enough power and a correct box it will move fast enough.

jellybeard999 · 17 Jul 2007 at 02:36

yes

Cyber-Mav · 17 Jul 2007 at 04:26

eracer2006 said:
a correct box it will move fast enough.

its all in the box. 15's are what i would like to use but not enough boot space so i went with 12's

MikeHunt79 · 17 Jul 2007 at 04:34

Cyber-Mav said:
its all in the box. 15's are what i would like to use but not enough boot space so i went with 12's

Yep, you would need a huge box to get a decent sound out of a 15" IMO. I guess it would be fine if you had a volvo estate or something

eracer2006 · 18 Jul 2007 at 03:52

depends what 15 really, a 15 inch oz vector needs about 2.2 cubic feet which isnt much at all.

and xxxv4 needs over 6.