Mtx Thunder 8000

[Oldz Alero]

I have been looking around on the internet for some good subs. I listen to mostly rock music so I want some nice bass. I don't want to spend too much money, because audio is not the most important thing to me.

I have noticed that you can get the MTX Thunder 8000 very reasonable on the internet because of MTX's new line of subs. My question to anyone who has heard it is, how is it? Or do you have any other suggestions. Do you think i should get 2 10"s or 1 12"?

Also, has anyone purchased subs off of ebay before. Alot of the sellers have really good feedback and say they are only selling brand new subs. They are a lot cheaper than other places though.

Thanks for the help
Joe

[jamcllw]

If you listen to rock mostly I would get 2 10" subs. I've only heard MTX stuff that they sell at Circuit City and I was not too impressed with it.

[FormulaNERD]

yea... mtx is very sloppy. for rock i would have said fosgate back in the day, but their newer stuff is a little sloppy too... lately i havent heard a whole lot that was affordable that i've been impressed with, although i did like the polk momo's.... if you've got enough power going to them.

[Oldz Alero]

Alright, I am gonna get the sub. Now my question is what type and brand of amp should I run it on. I am just getting one 12".

12" MTX Thunder 8000 Stats (http://www.cardomain.com/item/MTXT8124A)

It is not a dual voice coil

[wy3134]

I agree with formula, you cant go wrong with Polk Momos, and they respond very well on the upper power limits too. Hopefully I will have mine fully powered within the next month once I can take advantage of my employee discount at best buy. There also very affordable, I got my two tens for $100 at circuit city right after christmas last year.

[wy3134]

I agree with formula, you cant go wrong with Polk Momos, and they respond very well on the upper power limits too. Hopefully I will have mine fully powered within the next month once I can take advantage of my employee discount at best buy. There also very affordable, I got my two tens for $100 at circuit city right after christmas last year.

sorry double post

[FormulaNERD]

yea, this guy i know here that works at circuit city has like 10 10's in his extended cab ranger.... you wouldnt believe how hard it hits. and it's soooo clear, even with all that bass.

oh yea, forgot to mention that they're momo's

[geedog66]

depends on what amp your running i had two mtx 8000 in 12s and i had a 1501d amp that was bumping the neighborhood down... but now i moved up to audiobahn and i think im going to win some more competitions for a very loud system... my advise to you is to check out ebay...

[wy3134]

audiobahn, now theres some serious power at affordable prices...too bad their amps are outta this world expensive, guess thats where they make up for the cheap subs

[alerosmoke]

I have only one 12 its a 450w pioneer in a q-logic box I got from a friend for 50.00 bucks and he paid 190.00 ish at best buy with a 600w fosgate amp for 196.00 with 4 year warranty at best buy and have been very happy with people say it sounds like three subs.

[alerored04]

i personally dont like MTX especially for rock it always sounded kinda dirty, Im very partial to Alpine, their type R subs are fairly cheap and are very clean, i have 2 12s and they work great for everything, I agree with everone else tho, momos are very nice subs if i wasnt biased to alpine id go with those or infinity perfects which are also very nice.

[Oldz Alero]

Well. I have the MTX Thunder 8000 and I am hooking it up to a MTX Thunder 801D. My friend has the same amp on his JL W3's and after blaring his subs the amp doesn't get hot at all. I haven't finished the install yet, but I tried his amp with the sub and it sounds great.

[cwm33]

JL is always a good bet, so is the Phoenix Gold Octane-R series

[geedog66]

here is my old set up

[geedog66]

another

[Oldz Alero]

WOW! I bet that was crazy loud geedog. What is your new setup? I can't imagine it would be much better than that.

[geedog66]

my new system its not perfectly put in yet im redoing my trunk

[geedog66]

another

[geedog66]

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[geedog66]

my next step is to fit two 5 gallon air tanks in the trunk to finish the installation