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1TRIKGT
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Thats right, Im thinking outside the box about running six 8" subs in place of my current set-up of 2 Xtant X2 1244's but dont know which are the better choice. Here are my choices; Arc Audios- Arc series 8d4's, Diamond Audios d308's, Rockford Fosgate's new p2d48's/their last years version of the p310d4's since they stopped making them, or possibly fosgate p210d4's even though their 10's...I found a crazy deal on them at $50 a pop. Im looking for a balance between sound quality and spl that can possibly top my xtants and Ill have them running off an xtant 1001dx(not sure weather to run them sealed or ported yet, any suggestions?). I want to do something differant which is why Im looking into 8's and I have to go with one of these choices because Im in a mobile training school in Jersey that gets half off these brands for students. Let me know your opinions, good or bad and if you want the specs on the subs I can post them up as well. Thanks [Big Grin]

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I would say Rockford's in a ported box...

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you probably won't get much feedback in the sound quality section for a couple of reasons:

1) SQ guys use subs for about 2 octaves of music. they aren't a huge focus so the wealth of knowledge in subs are limited because we haven't tried alot of different brands. I've personally used the same sub for about 8 years. And I'm not a big SQ guy because I'm poor.

2) about 5 people actually post in this section.

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Thanks for the heads up iggy



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bigger problem is that most SQ people want cone area for subs. 8's are generally used for midbass drivers.

I have zero experience with any of the subs listed, so no reason for me to BS him with an answer.

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Arcs are similar to the v3 ID-8s.

I haven't used the RF or the Diamonds...but the restructuring at Diamond makes me leery of running their product.

I'd get the Arc 8s over the RFs.

But I'd get 15s over 8s... [Smile]

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