Originally posted by arch13angel:
dnewma04 -
I have not bought the subs yet, I was waiting until Friday to do so, payday, ya know.. But yes, I am big on sound quality, not name brand.. My buddy has 3 JL W6 12's in his Taurus and I like the bass response from his car, I just like the sound of "tighter" bass from 10's. So if there is a better sound quality bass sub than the JL's I would surely be interested. I believe I read you stating about the Shiva subs but I cannot seem to find them around my area, No. Va. and I guess you would call me a little paranoid but I really don't trust products, especially electronics bought over the internet. So I'm not trying to start a holy war over subs here like I see so often, just looking for another options with the MTX Thunder 6500D monoblock amp 250 x 1 which I have bought, that will have very good sound quality, tight bass and be able to get "loud" if I feel the need.. Especially coming home from my job when a little loud Slipknot or the like is needed to relax..
A couple things. First, I just looked up the specs on the JL W6 12" from the mfr site and those speakers are seriously inefficient at 84dB/watt. I believe the Dayton/Shiva is 91dB/watt which means that you need over 4 times the power to get the same sound level (SPL). Then the JL is only rated up to 300w. So, in theory, you can get 10 more dB out of the Shiva, that's TEN TIMES AS LOUD!
If you want to know were to look for Shiva information or the Dayton 12" DVC twin, check out
www.adireaudio.com or
www.partsexpress.com. Also, user messages about said products,
http://64.37.116.230/cgi-bin/config.pl. You can also check out
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/...294&forumid=23. As for buying electronics over the internet, Parts Express has a 45 day money back gaurantee. I have purchased a quite a few things from there with prompt delivery (always next day with UPS ground). Specifically, I just purchased 2 of the 15" Dayton DVC for my home theater use. Let me just say that very few people need more bass than that, and I'm only putting 100 watts to each of them.
I have also save a lot of money buying other things over the internet. 3 receviers, and some other bookshelf speakers are the larger ticket items. You just have to read the return policy and there are even web sites that rate e-tailers like bizrate.
