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<blockquote data-quote="ltcharles" data-source="post: 8508050" data-attributes="member: 669730"><p>Awesome keep us updated on your build. You may inspire others.</p><p></p><p>As for your question about 1 or 2 amps. It is always recommended to have 2 amps one for your Speakers and one for the subs. Now you can get a combo amp where it has 5 channels like the JL amps out there. There may be more out there. Although I am not a huge fan of the 5 ch amps. Not sure how it will work if it fails. IE will the speakers work if the sub ch goes out, plus the inconvenience if one fails you have to replace the whole thing and not just one amp. So my 2 cents is get your amp to power your subs and then get the 4ch amp. You can deal with not blasting your mids but not having that sweet bass oh man. LOL</p><p></p><p>Okay as for the guy who wished you not hear anything better. Come on that's harsh //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif but true in a way. Just go with the sub that fits your build and your taste in music. I mean my gal who only likes rock, and alternative and some jazz would hate if I installed an SD in her car. The bass would over kill her music taste and second paying 2 bills for a quality sub when it wont be used to its full potential ever would be silly. In her case she wanted to barely feel it and not shake her car. Now as for me as I said before I didn't want anything crazy I knew of better subs and so on. Though I had to be realistic and realized that none of the subs I liked or heard in the past would fit my application and I had to compromise. Though when I asked for help here at Caraudio not because Pioneers ****** but the fact that I wanted something that would play louder and the 12in pioneer did the trick for me but it would not fit in my project. So I asked the advice and someone pointed me to the right direction I was able to find that SD 2/3 would fit my application. I went with their advice and even better found CAB where I was able to save some mula. Trust me if I knew SD made a slim sub I would have gone that route first but my Google searches was not strong enough LOL.</p><p></p><p>So here is wishing success on your DIY project and hoping you have room to fit an SD3 in there.</p><p></p><p>As for the 2 other brands listed by members here.</p><p></p><p>Skar: They make sweet subs though not sure about the EV series sub I mean 49.99 buck for a sub. You get what you paid for.If you go this route then try their VD shallow mount sub. Not that would give you better sound. Here is their specs for mounting.</p><p></p><p>Enclosure Specifications</p><p></p><p>•Sealed Volume : 0.65 ft^3</p><p></p><p>•Ported Volume : 1.25 ft^3</p><p></p><p>•Mounting Depth : 4.41"</p><p></p><p>•Cut-Out Diameter : 9.3"</p><p></p><p>•Magnet Diameter : 6.3"</p><p></p><p>•Subwoofer Displacement : 0.08 ft^3</p><p></p><p>As far as Helix never heard them in person and I cant seem to find a lot of chatter on them on google.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ltcharles, post: 8508050, member: 669730"] Awesome keep us updated on your build. You may inspire others. As for your question about 1 or 2 amps. It is always recommended to have 2 amps one for your Speakers and one for the subs. Now you can get a combo amp where it has 5 channels like the JL amps out there. There may be more out there. Although I am not a huge fan of the 5 ch amps. Not sure how it will work if it fails. IE will the speakers work if the sub ch goes out, plus the inconvenience if one fails you have to replace the whole thing and not just one amp. So my 2 cents is get your amp to power your subs and then get the 4ch amp. You can deal with not blasting your mids but not having that sweet bass oh man. LOL Okay as for the guy who wished you not hear anything better. Come on that's harsh [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] but true in a way. Just go with the sub that fits your build and your taste in music. I mean my gal who only likes rock, and alternative and some jazz would hate if I installed an SD in her car. The bass would over kill her music taste and second paying 2 bills for a quality sub when it wont be used to its full potential ever would be silly. In her case she wanted to barely feel it and not shake her car. Now as for me as I said before I didn't want anything crazy I knew of better subs and so on. Though I had to be realistic and realized that none of the subs I liked or heard in the past would fit my application and I had to compromise. Though when I asked for help here at Caraudio not because Pioneers ****** but the fact that I wanted something that would play louder and the 12in pioneer did the trick for me but it would not fit in my project. So I asked the advice and someone pointed me to the right direction I was able to find that SD 2/3 would fit my application. I went with their advice and even better found CAB where I was able to save some mula. Trust me if I knew SD made a slim sub I would have gone that route first but my Google searches was not strong enough LOL. So here is wishing success on your DIY project and hoping you have room to fit an SD3 in there. As for the 2 other brands listed by members here. Skar: They make sweet subs though not sure about the EV series sub I mean 49.99 buck for a sub. You get what you paid for.If you go this route then try their VD shallow mount sub. Not that would give you better sound. Here is their specs for mounting. Enclosure Specifications •Sealed Volume : 0.65 ft^3 •Ported Volume : 1.25 ft^3 •Mounting Depth : 4.41" •Cut-Out Diameter : 9.3" •Magnet Diameter : 6.3" •Subwoofer Displacement : 0.08 ft^3 As far as Helix never heard them in person and I cant seem to find a lot of chatter on them on google. [/QUOTE]
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