hey can someone tell me how good these mach5 subs are. im thinking of purchasing 2 12" subs, but i dunno how good the quality is or how reliable since its a new brand to me. do they compare with rockfords and pioneer subs? basically i dunno gimme some info. thanks.

 

haha. what can you expect form a 50 dollar sub. from the rewiews i have herd they do sound good, and for 50 bucks of you only feed each sub 300Wrms they sound good. i may be wrong, someone may be pushing theirs harder.

 

cant say anything for the 12's, but i got a 15" maw, and for the price, you cant beat it. heck even for twice the price, you'ld be hard pressed.
I know people who have been running maw's for months, and no reliability problems. check out the sound solution fourms. mach 5 has their own section. Mark the owner of the company is a great guy and will answer any questions you may have.

 

If you are looking for a sub to impress your friends, sound great, cheap price, and not require a $400+ amp, mach5 has a great selection for ya. I may sell off my current 2 12"s to purchase 4 of his. Small wall power, baby.

 

I hooked the MAW-12's I bought my mom up to my HT reciever and did a 40-0hz sweep to warm them up a bit (waiting for a box for my moms car).. Seems like they have pretty good excursion and there was hardly any watts going to them.

MAW-12

 

i'm using a maw-15 and am feeding it about 750 rms and it takes it like a champ and sounds awesome doing it. you really cant beat the price either, the quality is fantastic for the price. plus mark is a really nice guy

 

Completely agree, the mach5's do the job and then some.

A single MAW15 in 2.4cf with over 800 watts RMS will do at least a 136 in a 92 celca with the seats folded, and sound good doing it too.

My pair of mach5 MJ18's have survived 1200 watts RMS a PIECE off a Yorkville pro amp for an hour and a half. It's been a long time since I heard a sub setup this dynamic too.

The only thing is that they dont have *tons* of excursion, so you cant slam them with ridiculous power, but from what I've read, the 12's will take about 400 watts RMS a piece in say 1.2cf, and the 15's will take an easy 600 watts RMS in 2.0cf.

 

I've been sorta following the production of a new sub coming outta Mach 5, it's an SPL-geared driver, and it's absolutely massive... you guys may have heard of it. The best part is that it's a "budget" spl driver. It's in sort of a testing phase among a couple people in on the project, but if all goes well it looks like a potential force to be reckoned with.

Link to pics

And a few more

 

YA the MAW line is ok. We had the MAW-12 and tested it and is was fine with the recommended power but as soon as you started to get over the power handling there was evident cone noise. Mark is a good guy though and knows his stuff 100%

 

I am curentlly using a pai of Mach5 MAW 15's and they sound very nice to me. And the output is definetelly there.