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Originally Posted by jackb
Technic, question for you since you do have the SWS8 ( and I trust your jugment as I have read a lot of your post on E46fanatics  )
knowing I will use an Xtant 2200i Amp with a real 400Wrms,
do you feel the SWS8s would sound better then a single 10W6 in the trunk?
I have purchased the SWS8s and I have prewired the car already for the instalation but I'm hesitant on using these |
I have not tested a 10W6 sub in an enclosure to be giving you an honest/factual answer. However, I tested the SWS-8 and the 10" TS-SW1041D Pioneer shallow sub, both in .65 cu.ft. enclosures and that single Pioneer simply blows away
two SWS-8 in their enclosures with their deep bass.
The main difference between the two is that the Pioneer doesn't "complain" when fed frequencies below 32 Hz, as the SWS-8 does. So I can feel more bass better at medium to high volume.
Unless there is a particular 8" subs somewhere that performs better than a 10",
under the same conditions a 10" will always outperform an 8".
Check the specs:
10W6:
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/pdfs/8-12W6_BDS.pdf
SWS-8:
http://www.earthquakesound.com/IMAGE...sws_manual.pdf
Don't get me wrong, the SWS-8 does its job in the 8" bracket. But compared with a 10" there's no comparison. That's the reason that there is a SWS-10... up to a SWS-15.
