Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Audio Alpine or Kicker?

Kicker's quality has gone down, I live in the Washington DC area, and I can not think of one shop that even carries them anymore. A shop that I knew carried them for years up until they dropped them about a year ago. No offense to the square subs (solobarics) but yuck, I hate the way they sound, and no way they can hang with a JL Audio W3. Kicker is pretty much special order stuff now, with a huge internet market.

Kicker is still (by a large percentage) the most successful subs in nearly every car audio competition organization.

As much as I find the square sub idea to be gimmicky, they have even been largely successful in SQ competition. I would be willing to bet that they have had no noticeable change in return rates in recent years.

I do agree that an W7 is a tremendously better sub than an L7, but in terms of loudness, the L7 would be all over a W3. Personally, I would prefer the W3 in most cases if I were competing for SQ, there are instances where the L7 would be a better choice. For instance, if I were going with a free air sub, the L7 makes a much better choice than the W3.