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142.6 aint a shabby number by any means. but i've seen one 12" DD 2500 hit 145db in a CRX (yes they're SPL beast) w/ a 300 dollar amp. Buddy of mine spent two hours reading on construction of box for air space then spent 15 minutes building this eye sore of a box but it slammed haha. It hit 145 every time. I dont think he's trying to go SPL. But if he was i'd say digital designs is the way to go w a M3 amp. I need to ask him what the 8" 3500 version are hitting. & my setup isnt for spl by any means but i need to meter it just for the fun of it one day.

But that's in a crx. The car is tiny. A friend of mine used to have one with 2 12's in it and it made my 2 15's seem meager, and I was running 145db with those.

Okay so here it is,
I am a regular reader of car audio mags and I see this question all the time in the q & a sections.
Most of the time the writer is fairly cryptic in their answers due to a couple things. First of all he/she cannot endorse a particular brand because it would give the mag a bad rap with other advertisers. The second reason comes down to a lot of specifics that you could talk all day about. There are a lot of great sub woofer brands out there and it really is hard to find that perfect sub. The main reason for this is because a sub in the store is going to sound way different in your application due to variations in sound space, placement, ect. Another reason is that a lot of people are going to tell you this brand is way better than all others out there, not true! I will agree that certain sub woofers sound better when played with certain genres. For instance, I have two Kicker L7 12" subs in a ported box. They will kick the crap out of you with rock music, the kick drum is killer! One the other end of the spectrum when I play hip-hop the bass is still killer but there are dead spots in the frequencies the subs aren’t able to reproduce. I'm not gunna lie, I love my Kickers but I'm not gunna tell you to buy them because I don't wear your ears.
The one thing I would recommend is to do a lot of research, pair your woofers with the appropriate wiring package and box, and stay away from the no name brands, and get an amp that has an RMS power rating comparable to your subs.
Good luck! Let me know what you go with!

Well said.

or, you could be like some people, and through trial and error, and about 9 different sub brands, finally find one that suit your tastes. My brand is AVI, but in order to get the sub in my car, I need to make a new box.

AVI sub I have waiting to replace my Kicker:


AVI website

that's why i said that crx's are spl beast