is that all that sub is, a 10"er? it looks morelike a 15"!
ive heared of Elemental Designs but not heared anything good or bad from them. ive never heard anything from JL's equipment. ive always been a sony persone but dont like their 6x9s so went for the pioneer which are realy nice.i only have the dual amp becuase bestbuy was selling themfor $50 end of stock sale, should've been $150. i was looking at an alpine or pioneer amp before tho.
if i get another sub i'll probly get a single 12" pioneer, ported. and im thinking of getting another dual amp off ebay to match up so i can power up my 6x9's

 

pryopenguin, are you using just mdf for your subwoofer box? ive read that, thats realy the only wood you should use to build the box, lil' exspensive tho, wernt sure if there was something else i could use instead of mdf?

 

I'd consider other speakers which were non JL (I ended up with Focals over XR's or ZR's, afterall) but for subs... JL are the best IMHO. The W3 is suuuuch a good sub for the money! I (and everybody I know!) has had horrible luck with Sony... so I tend to avoid all their products like I'd avoid a disease infested prostitute.

And Pyropenguin... those wooden adapters were a good idea, but I didn't want to go that route because it adds too much thickness! Are you sure that's not what is causing your problem getting the door panel back on?
I'm telling you... 2 square feet of dynomat, and you wouldn't need a single screw!

EDIT: I'm a liar. 96 pounds.
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_e...mp;prod_id=189

EDIT again! Pics of the dynamat job. This was with my old Alpine Type X speakers... same deal with the Focals. You can even use dynamat to stick the Crossovers! Hahaha

 

[:-] LIAR!


haha, jk. I sure hope it's not too deep, I can tell that the wood is running into one of the door's crossmembers- so I hope that's my only problem. I measured it out (not very exact though) and it should fit... we'll find out tomorrow.

edit-
I didn't want to mess with mountning the crossovers in teh door, so I just ran the wires from the tweeter and woofer inside the door, and mounted one next to my glove box (behind the paneling) and one behind my fuse box. I just hope they stay there.

 

And yeah, just a 10"... back when I really thought stereos were cool, I'd bring people into my car, turn it up and ask them to guess what I had. I'd say 8 out of 10 people guessed two 10's and the other 2/10 guessed two 12's. That single 10 in the HO (high output) box does amazing things. There are better subs out there than the W7... but the W7 is pretty damned amazing.

 

lol, ive had my sony sub for about 4, maybe 5 years now. not failed once. its actualy quite nice. its their older syle of subs tho so that might be why, maybe the older ones are better quality. ive had the head unit for about 1 1/2 years now, i got sony becuase i was gonna do a all sony system untill i knackerd up my rear speakers and bought pioneer and couldnt resist the cheap dual amp lol
i might have to look into a JL sub then. my 10" sony kicks out some realy nice bass i just have some vibration and rattling in the rear bumbper some where which does my head in when im washing the car.

 

yeah I've heard sony's old stuff is WAYYYYYY better than their new stuff.

I'm going to have to get some sound deadening for the rear deck and the doors soon... I see lots of rattles in my future.

 

I'm going to bed! Holy hell it's later than I thought it was. 2am here.

Pyropenguin: don't miss my dynamat pics on the previous page! I seriously recommend doing it! It'll sound better, and fit better!

A4Tuner: who knows... all of my friends complaints about Sony were deck related (thank God for warranty). I had this little (12") gem for a while... I used it in my girlfriends car, and yes, it made a lot of dirty bass. Haha! It'd have been okay if THUMP THUMP is all you want... but I think a 10w3v2 would open your eyes. I could be wrong... but I don't think I am on this one.
Here it is... I have no idea of what model. Anyways, good night!

 

Thanks man, if my speakers end up being too deep, I'll deffinetly use that.

g'night.

 

i think im gonna have to look into this dynamat and jl subs.
im guessing its one up from mine since its ported?
my 10" is ment to be in a 1.0cu box, sealed.......
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-c6P8bT2...h=sony+xsl1235

yea, im off too, laters both.