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Denonite 03-02-2010 10:23 PM

for 200.00 it's hard to go wrong with either. Both companies make good products, the gto subs are decent performers on their own...they won't break any spl records, but they sound good within their power range, and certainly good enough for normal music listening. DD makes excellent, expensive subs that have a great reputation everywhere, so I can't see them building a simple ported box so bad that their sub won't perform well within it's limits. Again these are 300 watt systems that aren't geared towards irritating neighbours, but to music listeners. Personally, I like the DD set up a little more, so if it was me, I'd get that one.

thumpper 03-02-2010 10:39 PM


Originally Posted by Roy. A (Post 553533)
yeah you're right my bad, no offence

when I can afford something better(car and system), I'll go that route

for now, I can get either of those for under $200

I get vurbually assaulted 5 days out of each month by a woman...
you will have to do alot better than that to offend me.....no offence taken :smilie_da

if I had to personally choose between the two I would take the DD

fresh1 03-02-2010 11:11 PM


Originally Posted by thumpper (Post 553566)
I get vurbually assaulted 5 days out of each month by a woman...
you will have to do alot better than that to offend me.....no offence taken :smilie_da

if I had to personally choose between the two I would take the DD

lol preach!

defro13 03-03-2010 01:14 PM


Originally Posted by thumpper (Post 553508)
umm..Bassworx

sorry Dave but you REALLY lost me there...LOL
the port noise out of most Bassworx Boxes I'v heard is as loud as the sub (or louder)
with certain woofers
although I have heard a couple prefab set ups that were OK
...some of them do a decent number on the TL

BTW... I'm gonna stop by for a chat soon here
..what do you take in your Tim Hortons Coffee ????

if you put a woofer in a bassworx box with 2 inches of excusion and kilowatt of power and rifle the everloving crap out of it, you will get port noise from lots of boxes prefabbed or not.....like i said before, prefabs arent for everyone or every woofer but lots of times the work just fine

ptownaudio 03-04-2010 09:41 PM

prefabs= fail custom sealed box easy sound way better

Denonite 03-04-2010 10:56 PM

If the prefab is properly built with sufficient volume and tuned to the frequency you want, a custom built box isn't going to do anything more. Just because someone custom builds a 2 cubic foot box with a 12x2.5x 34" port, won't make it sound better than a prefab that has the same specs. Rarely is construction integrity the issue. There are some very well manufactured prefabs that will more than do the job. The problem is it's very hard to find the exact box for the exact sub that you want to use. I've run into more than a few prefabs that had the mounting hole cut out so large that the sub was swimming in it. Others had ports the size of toilet paper rolls, and finding the internal volume you want is always difficult. That said, if you find a well built prefab that has the volume you need, the port volume required for the tuning, and the price is good...get it!


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