i just recenly seen some low profile subs at a stereo shop. anyone know much bout these and are they gonna be enough for the S or should i be look at regular subs

 

A friend of mine had 3 of the pioneer shallow 12s in his truck way back when the first came out. It pounded pretty good.

Thing is they still need a "normal" amount of air space, just that you can make the box shallower but have to make it up in length/width.

iv been wanting to play with Earthquakes shallow subs, they're ugly but i like there specs

http://www.earthquakesound.com/sws.htm

 

The best shallow subs Ive heard so far where the Kenwood Excelons, but they blow easy. Pioneers are a close second. JL has there shallow which crushes them all, but its a 13" only. Ive dealt with Earthquake years ago and they where horrible. Probox used to use them in there truck enclosures.

If you can get away with a normal sized sub, definitely use it. Normal subs always sound better and can play deeper.

 

^Iagree....They are great for shallow depth situations, but like anything there is compromise.

I modeled several against a simple Alpine Type E with WinISD and they had less performance...size for size.

TO support revhi's comments
The Kewwood did better than its peers.

 

sweet thanks for the info. was hoping to build a smaller box due to it being low profile but i guess i doesnt matter.

 

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