Help with planning my set up

85gts · Post by **85gts** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:40 am

actually i'm not after SPL. the 9500 was picked simply because of the fact that it is readily available to me right now for a decent price at a local shop. I do want bass, but it's not the MAIN concern. a good SQ sub, not the BEST, but good. I guess more of a SQL. i know it's not hard to just go loud. No where near as expensive either.
unfortunately i may not be able to get the 8455 HU. can anyone recommend another good deck for around 400 dollars that comes close to the features of the 8455??

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:08 am

to get very loud is very expensive trust me on that.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:33 am

85gts wrote:actually i'm not after SPL. the 9500 was picked simply because of the fact that it is readily available to me right now for a decent price at a local shop. I do want bass, but it's not the MAIN concern. a good SQ sub, not the BEST, but good. I guess more of a SQL. i know it's not hard to just go loud. No where near as expensive either.
unfortunately i may not be able to get the 8455 HU. can anyone recommend another good deck for around 400 dollars that comes close to the features of the 8455??

You may look into the 8445..the 8455's lil brother. The crossover network is the same, although you will be losing the 10band PEQ, you only get a 7band PEQ

raw9283 · Post by **raw9283** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:46 am

expensive isn't always admirable

85gts · Post by **85gts** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:21 am

do some of the cheaper eclipse have the Eserv feature?
i know to go REALLY loud it's expensive, but for street purposes it's not, when compared even to a cheap sq setup. guess the 8445would be good but then i would have to buy the mic anyways...haha. should i get another EQ then? oh...and a total newbie question...what's the difference between parametric and graphic eq's??

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:50 pm

GlassWolf wrote:regarding the subs, if you like the XXX, the Brahma is very similar.
if you're after SPL (which I'm guessing since the 9500 isn't a SQ sub at all) go with the SX instead. it's louder than a XXX and works better on less power.

My thoughts on that. The Brahma seems to be much more efficient than the XXX, so if you're not planning on throwing atleast 1kw per sub then I wouldn't suggest the XXX. I'm pretty sure the Brahmas are readily available from http://www.acouticvisions.com , but I'd consider the customer support problems they've had lately, whether or not they're busy. I wouldn't suggest the SX to anyone looking for a great SQ system, it's definitely not designed to sound great, but gets damn loud. The SE is probably my favorite sub overall from RE granted I haven't had the chance to listen to the XXX. The SQ and low end is excellent in the SE. Plus they work great in moderate sized sealed and low tuned ported enclosures. In your situation I'd pick the SE out of any of RE's subs if you're not trying to break your wallet in amps and subs.