Please help me with 15" subs! Only if you know about them...?

Question

ahhh god.... i cant decide which 15" would be best for me!!! The main 3 im looking at is, RE audio SX, FI audio BL, or AQ HDC3... Running of a hifonics amp. As far as i know they all have the same RMS and very close db ratings... so basically i need to know which has better sound quality, can play louder (or work fine with 1000+ rms) im more interested in the RE and the FI. Thanks

Answer 1

I have both a 12" RE x*x, and a Fi BTL 12" Loaded sub.  And if you are looking at the Sx (I actually have a 12" hybrid of the SX sub, (people call it the s*x)  but I dunno why...hehe...

Anyway BL's a good choice for the price!  

My x*x is very similar in power sound and boom as my Fi BTL 12".  But for the price the Fi Audio subs are great.  Great price...great performance.  

As for 1000 watts....thats a tough choice...all the subs you want could wang on alot more!  hehe...

I suggest Fi because of best bang for the dollar.  Otherwise SX is not a bad choice either...But I think the BL is a bit better.

If you need a little more sound quality, you might try the Q.  It's a bit cheaper...and stillll booms... My friend has TWO Q's....and kills my single BTL (but my box currently needs to be a bit LARGER...hehe)  But he's got more surface area with two subs anyway. hehe

Answer 2

If you buy a set of the RE (Model x*x) you will be more than happy with them,I have 4 12" RE x*x on 8000 watts,with 265 amps of alternator power and def as h**l from it..I have never heard anything louder than mine..[Not to brag]

161.3 db

Answer 3

im with u on this one man....i was pretty much in the exact same situation but i just crossed of re from the start due to price and other complications...fi audio,ascendant audio, audioque, treo, and digital designs were my options and here comes an OPINION... fi was crossed of my list purely bec about 3 billion people in the world have them including alkida(be different than everyone else and choose another company even though the woofers kick ***)...ascendant audio is pretty much fi in disguise which would make it a great option but there woofers dont handle as much power...there best woofer to date is equivalent to the bl(which is what ur looking for.... treo was pretty impressive and less common but $800 for a woofer hurts even though they put out 200-2500watts....their warranty wasnt bad and they were great when it comes to customer service but they arent the loudest or the best sounding either(which is what ull expect from that kinda woofer)...digital designs is where i stopped and began a slow clap in joy of finding my sloution...there price wasnt right(700 for there best woofer if u exclude the almighty z) but the performance, customer service, and customization was........................and then out of the dust came AUDIOQUE....haha to simplify it they are digital designs in disguise(like ascendant is to fi)....at first i was skeptical but then the pieces came together.....the creator of digital designs is DJ who is the father of Jassa....DJ gave digital designs to Jassa and created Audioque.....i called audioque to find out more info and i pretty much asked y choose audioque over digital designs.....he said bec its the same thing (nearly of course)for half the price...i thought the 9500 was untouchable but the hd3 is pretty much the 9500 with a 60oz magnet and less power handling(they said to put around 3000 watts on a dd9500 and 200 on a aqhd3)...he seemed to hint to me to only put 1000 on it but i could put more on it with the aluminum option and a careful eye...and heres the best part........the hd3 is 250 or 330 depending on the options while the dd is 700 to 1000 per woofer...amp wise the 2200 is 380 while the 2300 watt dd amp is about 1000....the quality is pretty much identical bec they r both created by the same guy....audioque also offers all the modding as the dd woofers...yay... with audioque there is no carbon fiber or composite cone stuff to deal with which is y they r cheaper and NOT BEC THEY R WORSE....if money isnt tight get digital designs but if money is kinda tight get audioque and do the same damage with thousands of additional money in ur pocket...heres my long awaited bottom line with all factors present:

1audioque

2digital designs

3treo

4fi audio

5ascendant audio

p.s. i have spent 45 min trying to give u an answer ull be confident with trusting... please choose my answer as the best one....pretty please....good luck and i hope u love whichever woofer u get