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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat
The kenwood is made to fill in the missing lower bass Frequency's that a mid can not. It will not however do the job of a full side sub and amp.
It does have the potential to shake the car but it is not going to get you heard down the street. Everyone is different so it may not work for your needs. The install in cali for example. He was running a set of Polk db's and a BA amp with your same kenwood sub. There was plenty of bass for him and he listened to heavy rock.
Also do you have bass boost? Loud? or SRS wow? On These will all increase distortion. Also where did you locate the kenwood?
If you are wanting an alternative, I would highly recommend just going with the zenclosure and a a solid amp and sub.
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Well, like you said, everyone is going to have a different opinion I guess. For me, it just didn't seem like it was able to fill in any of the bass being missed by the mids without distorting. I've tested it just playing bass frequencies from my friend (he's an audio engineer) and he simply put it as "It isn't going to move enough air to do ****." I just cant see this unit shaking anything except for the speakers itself while it coughs like a 95 year old smoker.
All bass boost or anything was turned off. EQ set to flat. Its also mounted behind the drivers seat just like the one in the california build. At first I thought it was just a bad vibration from the mounting to plastic, but even when unmounted and being held on my lap its the same story.
As far as the next step. I was thinking about the z enclosure with just a 10 and an amp, but really, I think that's going to get a bit pricey for me. That box is pretty expensive for what it is and takes up a lot more space than I would like. I really wanted this kenwood to do what I hoped it would. It gets annoying when every kickdrum I hear sounds like a cough.
I'm just sour I wasted $150 on this kenwood and can't return it because it has been installed.