Re: Most bad ass dual voice coil woofer in a syclone?
I have the RFW 10's in my silverado and love the sound of them. But there is alot to know about Bass. It aint just as simple as throw an amp and woofer in the trunk and bang away. I have and have used a fair amount of Soundstream stuff. They are really good.
Some things you need to think about with woofers,
What kind of music? Rap and bassy music like big boomy boxes (max air space requemended for the speaker with poly fill) Metal like tight small boxes (min air space)
Amount of space you have to work with? You have to give the woofer room to breath, you cant muffle tooo much, it willl cause sound problems (wave cancelation and other cone restritions can overheat the voice coil). So the front of the woofer needs at least 2 inches of air do to the Xmax (cone movement, always double the spec they give as that is a one way movement only), and dont forget about the cone suround. It overlaps on these woofers. My 10's throw about an inch or better at low frequency (40-55hz) and sorround overlaps the mounting ring about1/4 inch at rest and more at low throw. Another thing to is the mounting depth is missleading do to needing an extra inch or more on the back of the woofer because of the vent for the voice coil.
The biggest thing about Bass to remember is it's all about space and air. Give it what it wants as long as you have it to give.
P.S. Wood also takes up space(thickness) and you should acount for that. The requemended airspace is at INTERNAL air space.
I would consider porting the bed and doing a blow through with 2 12's. Once the Bass bug bites it's hard to be happy
HTH :2cents: