Sony car subwoofers?

Question

So I'm looking to buy a sub for my car. I don't want to spend too much, but saw the Sony Dual 12" Subwoofers in Ported Enclosure on Circuit City and they are a great price. They also get great reviews. However, on the internet it seem that people hate these speakers.

So I want to know why the people who bought them love and rave them while other people say they are garbage.

If you don't like these, could you suggest different subs? I don't want to spend much more than $200 on a sub. I'm not looking to have sub battles, just nice bass that can be heard and I can brag about.

Also, if you have heard them, tell me why you do or dont like them. Don't just comment something like "they stink".

Thanks

Answer 1

check out all subwoofers with headphones first before buying them.

Answer 2

Well caraudiomag.com says this about the Rockford Fosgate Punch P3D212s: "Rockford Fosgate, a major player in the car audio world, has produced a subwoofer that, in my opinion, is one of the best-sounding $200 subwoofers ever made." And myself having owned a pair of them, can say that my subs were better (cleaner, louder) than everyone else's that spent under $1,000 on subs and an amp.

BTW, Sony makes all garbage with a few exceptions in the form of head units.

Answer 3

Like most things, Buying a sub for your car is a simple matter of 'you get what you pay for' Sony subs are c**p because they are cheap. You go up in price a little bit it will be better... a little bit. If you don't want to spend much then kenwood and pioneer have some cheap ones and they're better than sony but remember, your going to have to compromise cause your not spending much

Answer 4

First off, Sony's not known for their woofers.  I've heard some, and however they sound OK...You can get better woofers for cheaper and will do better than the sony's.

A good couple places to find good reviews on subwoofers is realmofexcustion.com forums

and Caraudio.com forums.

Some actually WAY better subwoofers for the price would be the Phoenix Gold RSDc Subs.  Very good price, and VERY VERY good performance for the price.  Not many subs can touch them for the price range.

$159

http://www.mobilesoundworks.com/ProductD...

Some reviews:

http://phoenixphorum.com/rsd-competition...

More can be found on that particular forum.

http://forum.realmofexcursion.com/showth...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/car-audi...

If you do some searching...if you want to BRAG....sony's are not the way to go.

Basically put it this way...Comming from not having any bass to having some, then yes these will make noise...make bass...maybe be loud...but there are others for the price that are much better.

It's like having hershes chocolate, for the first time..or chocolate for that matter, and you are in heaven...wow great stuff....then you try stuff like Godiva etc....big difference...

Like a child...crawling is great...I can get around...but walking is better...oh running wow I can get there faster...oh a bicycle even faster and I can go farther...oh..wow I have a car now...I can drive to different places faster and transport people with me.

You dont know the difference till you try it.

Answer 5

subwoofers are irritants to other people. do you want to irritate people?

also, you can get tickets for them.