What would you recommend for a good general purpose car sub? I don't want to win contests, I want good sound in a reasonably small package. What would you recommend?

Regards,

Kramer

Just how loud do you want it? a linear 10" in a car is PLENTY enough for moderate SPL - problem is car woofers arent known for their linearity. perhaps peerless units with shorting rings.

Cheers!
Mike.e

Yes thats unique in this case. But not to diss the xbl2 system,but when claims of huge linearity are made,distortion measurements are required! the tumult is quoted as

If you need smaller box, let me know.

Noidster

I know this from personal experience with both drivers on many occasions. Being at 3%THD at Xmax is a good thing really. How many drivers do you know that are even close, yet the same or better at their rated Xmax? Most are up around 10% and above I am betting.

Now don't get the wrong idea here, I am bot saying the Tumult is the end all answer to high excursion 15"ers, but by all means, it does hold it's own when it comes to SQ in the "monster subwoofer" category.

Noidster

As you know, I've built a clone of your autotuba. You may not know that I've also built a system with a Brahma ten. I would argue that the two systems are *completely* different. They are almost "apples and oranges".

My autotuba clone has such a low level of distortion, you can hear the pitch of every bass note. It may well be the most revealing sub I've ever heard, and I've heard A LOT. It is also very inexpensive, and VERY LARGE. Three and a half cubic feet is huge by car audio standards.

The Brahma 10 I built is much more expensive, but it's also an order of magnitude smaller. They sound completely different; the Brahma 10 sounds more like a "traditional" car audio sub.

John