subwoofer confusion

[spinner074]

I need new subs....are infinity subs any good...I now have some old mtx's in a qlogic bandpass box...I have a 2X300 amp...sounds to muddy...any advice on new subs?

[sr20de4evr]

Infinity subs have great SQ, but they lack a little in output. What's your budget? What are you looking for? Are the mtxs you have now loud enough for you?

[GSteg]

mtx....prefab bandpass--->muddy?

sounds right too me. any sub in a prefab box that is not made to spec is going to sound muddy.

Then again, the MTX has a pretty high inductance to start off with.

Infinity is good. Just don't pour too much power though.

[spinner074]

what is the differance between all the differant type of enclosres...like sealed, ported or bandpass....I want to be heard cumin down the street...so which one would be best? I would like to spend about 120$ or less for each sub...how do I match a woofer to my box...or should i get a differant enclosure all together? please please help...keep in mind I have a profile CA1200 amp 2 x 300 rms

[spinner074]

I forgot to say..the mtx woofers i have...both 12's one is a terminator and i think the other one is a 3000.....I had 2 of them, but fried one when i was experimenting with bridging my amp....

[sr20de4evr]

wait, so you have 2 different subs playing at the same time in a single bandpass box?

Holy crap, no wonder it sounds bad

[spinner074]

no...I have a bandpass box by qlogic that holds 2 12 inch subs

[Haibane]

yes, we know that, but you are playin 2 DIFFERENT subs in that bandpass box. First off bandpass sounds like crap, unless you spend a buttload of money on getting a good set of crossovers and use the same 2 subs and also tune it properly for those 2 subs, you will need to cut out a lot of frequencys too.

[spinner074]

i do have an eltronic x-over, its got low mid and high outputs....for the sub outputs i have it set to the lowest freqency...I see what u mean about having 2 differant subs...what subs would be good in my box? like i said..only want to spend 120$ for each new sub....would I be better off with a differant type of enclouse for the amount of money i want to spend? if so what type of box and which subs to put in there??..somethings gotta be better than what i have now.....the way it is now sounds really crappy...i appriciate all your help with this problem..

[loismustdie]

i think that the two subs that wuold be perfect for you are adire shiva's, put them in a ported box, and save up for a new amp, because once you have a good amp to power those you will be heard from far away...

[Haibane]

I would get a different enclosure sell the subs. When I said Crossovers, I meant crossovers, not crossover. You need to cut out so many random frequencys on bandpass boxes to make them sound even remotely right.

[spinner074]

do you know anything about Cerwin vega woofers?...I used to have a pair in my first car and someone ripped them off.....Where can i check out those adire woofers?

[spinner074]

i was lookin at the v-max series by cerwin vega to put in a sealed box......good?

[Haibane]

I had some Cerwin vegas, turned the gain all the way down and still distorted with very little bass. I was mad.

[loismustdie]

http://adireaudio.com/mobile_audio/drivers/drivers.htm

look at the shivas, if not those check out the tempest, all you need is one of those and with a good box, but 2 shivas would be louder than one tempest...