what size do you think is the optimum size sub for your listening pleasure?

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2003 Chevy astrovan AWD LT (Loaded Turd)
1994 Ford F150 4x4 with 4 inch lift and 35's
3RD child on the way!
U.S. Army Troop "An ARMY of One"

by the way my optimum size would be 12 inch subs. hits hard but still fairly clean hitting.

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2003 Chevy astrovan AWD LT (Loaded Turd)
1994 Ford F150 4x4 with 4 inch lift and 35's
3RD child on the way!
U.S. Army Troop "An ARMY of One"

12's are nice but they require to much power... i personally like 10's b/c they don't need much power but they still hit hard as hell!!!

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40 series flowmaster true duel exhaust... MAC cold air intake... Diablo Delta chip... 90 shot Nos... GT hood scoop... 2/3 drop... 4 JL Audio V2 12inch subs... 1500 watt MTX amp... Pioneer 8400 cd player... indeglo gauges

i have 2 orion xtr 3 compt 10s they only have 300 watss to them the r under power cause i know the kid who i bot them from had 800 per speaker but they still sound great

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a friend of mine owns a stereo shop locally. he has a chevy astro van. he has 4 18" cerwin vega strokers in a custom built inclosure.(basically the whole back of the astro van.) he is running a total of 8,000 watts , yes eight thousand watts. that is for the 4 subs and the mids and tweeters. he is currantly killing the stereo comps regionally. he is trying to get past the regionals so he can go to the nationals. his spl's are currantly 3 decibles behind the currant world leader. that van is totally insane!

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2003 Chevy astrovan AWD LT (Loaded Turd)
1994 Ford F150 4x4 with 4 inch lift and 35's
3RD child on the way!
U.S. Army Troop "An ARMY of One"

I've had 10", 12" and 15"s, i have to say for sound reproduction its gonna depend both on your amp and make of sub. how loud do you want it, is it for compition or listening pleasure?(both are very big differences) will there be other speakers and amps? what kind of pick up do you have(stereo)? orions sound great and they hit hard, with a good phonix gold amp a good 2 12 inchers is great for cruising to the tunes. if its compition you want, go nuts.... watts, amps... twelve subs...... whatever....
but after all that i just want to say my personal fav's are 12's.

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Why do I always seem to be fixing chevys, when my Ford just keeps on going?

I personally like 8's for my SQ subbass and 15-18" woofers for SPL.

My next install will have either 2 15's or 1 18" (depending on if I get sponsored or not), along with at least 4 kilowatts of power. That's just for SPL.

SQ will be tweets, 6.5's mids, 6.5 midbaas, 8" subbass on 2 400 watt amps....brand depends on sponsorship ;)

I love my 10 L7's, and will never go back to a round sub. These things sound awsome in my truck. Just my .02

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Jamie

Not the fastest, Not the lowest, Not the loudest, ......what do you want to kick my cat too.........????

I mainly listen to rock, so 10s are as big as i would ever go. They can get fairly deep if need be, but still hit very hard. I love L7 8s because they're just perfect for most of my music (very tight and punchy). Besides they're loud as crap in a reg. cab too ::maniacal laugh::

12s is the way i would go they can hit those low bass notes and still hit the high ones as well

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