Opinions on Sunfire subs?

[bigred7078]

Does anyone here have any experience with the Sunfire Signature TS-EQ12 ?

I've been interested in this sub and wanted to see if anyone has heard it or has experience with it. Thanks!

http://sunfire.com/productdetail.asp?id=8

 

[jamie2112]

Bloom Blap

I was looking at Sunfire subs a few years back. My personal experiance was and is not favorable to the Sunfire. I found it to sound like a floppy car stereo sub. Not tight and very very blubbering sounding. I would really consider something else as there are a ton of great subs from SVS and HSU that in my personal opinion sound much better than the Bob Carver sub. IMO of couse. For the price of a Carver you could have 5 DIY perfect Kappa subs with amps.....

 

[bigred7078]

I was looking at Sunfire subs a few years back. My personal experiance was and is not favorable to the Sunfire. I found it to sound like a floppy car stereo sub. Not tight and very very blubbering sounding. I would really consider something else as there are a ton of great subs from SVS and HSU that in my personal opinion sound much better than the Bob Carver sub. IMO of couse. For the price of a Carver you could have 5 DIY perfect Kappa subs with amps.....

Thanks for your input.

Im not looking for big heavy gunner subs though like an Ultra from SVS. The reason i looked at the sunfire was for sheer size. The newer sunfires are supposed to be pretty good though. I won't be paying retail so i have no worries as far as that goes.

 

[bigred7078]

I've also been looking at the Velodyne Optimum-12, i just wonder how they would compare against each other..::hmmm pondering::

 

[Harrison476]

I was looking at Sunfire subs a few years back. My personal experiance was and is not favorable to the Sunfire. I found it to sound like a floppy car stereo sub. Not tight and very very blubbering sounding. I would really consider something else as there are a ton of great subs from SVS and HSU that in my personal opinion sound much better than the Bob Carver sub. IMO of couse. For the price of a Carver you could have 5 DIY perfect Kappa subs with amps.....

Thanks. what about the rythmik???? subs

 

[bigred7078]

any other opinions out there?

 

[Matt34]

any other opinions out there?

If your main goal is SQ in a smaller size sealed sub I would look at the Rythmik subs as well. I got the lower end DS12 sub in a PE 2cu/ft enclosure powered by a bash amp and it is a very articulate, smooth sounding sub.

Ascend Acoustics is the distrubitor for the pre-made subs:

http://ascendacoustics.com/pages/products/subs/subintro.html

...and they are nice looking to boot!

 

[Warpdrv]

+1, I was very pleased with my time I spent with Rythmik DS-15, articulate and plenty of output...

Price is not bad either...

 

[MidnightSensi]

I think the Sunfire True subs have impressive sound quality and output for their size. The 13" cube size makes it very easy to hide and keep a wife happy, but still provides great boom for the movies.

For the ultra-compact subwoofers, I still think Sunfire is king.

 

[bigred7078]

Thanks for the comments guys, i appreciate the alternatives.

For me though i can still get the sunfire cheaper than the Rythmic and it has a much smaller footprint.

I've also considered the Velodyne Optimum-12...i wonder how it would compare and match up against the Sunfire...

 

[Matt34]

Thanks for the comments guys, i appreciate the alternatives.

For me though i can still get the sunfire cheaper than the Rythmic and it has a much smaller footprint.

I've also considered the Velodyne Optimum-12...i wonder how it would compare and match up against the Sunfire...

An alternative to the Sunfire if your looking at the ultra-compact subs is the Velodyne SLR-800r which I should be receiving sometime this week. You can find it for a substantial discount now that it's been discountinued.

 

[Franin]

Being that these subwoofers have dual subs. Would there low extensions be better than the Jl audio fathoms F112?