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Old 05-05-2010, 03:27 PM   #19 (permalink)
rtcpenguin
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I built a custom fiber enclosure for a Pioneer TS-SW2501S4 and have been pleasantly surprised. I've owned JL, MB Quart, and Polk subs before and have to say this baby is almost on par in terms of range/rolloff. The output is considerably less, but that may be because I'm running a 10" at 4ohms/250 watts instead of a 12" at 2ohms/500 watts.

I looked at JL, but couldn't find a model at the price point I wanted. I got my Pioneer new for $90 shipped from ebay.

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Originally Posted by 2fast4thelaw View Post
Box and EQ are 50% of the equation.
This is so true. I had a 12" MB Quart (RWE304 ?) in a 1.2 cubic foot enclosure and built a fiberglass enclosure that ended up much smaller (~.7). The difference was night and day. The rolloff was terrible and the sub was missing a ton of low end frequencies that were present before.
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