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5 star
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4 star
7%
3 star
7%
2 star
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Durability
4.3
Value
5
Features
4.8
Design
4.7
Usability
5

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Super disappointed

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Box came very damaged with improper placement of glue. Sides dented and splitting apart.

By Christopher on March 31, 2021 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

156 found this helpful


great bass

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If you enjoy music at the proper level, you need these speakers.

By buc 1 on November 17, 2014

62 found this helpful


Awesome

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Got this for my Rockford T1, gave me excellent bass, at times it's a bit much but better too much than not enough! Would recommend this box to anyone wanting big bass! The only downside was that the hole for the sub wasn't big enough, not a problem though as I have a router.

By Sapo24 on March 29, 2015

58 found this helpful


They made it good!

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Bought an enclosure a few weeks back and the enclosure came with about 4 corners smashed up! Was wondering why they do not ship the enclosures with at least Styrofoam corners to protect them? I ordered this enclosure for the convenience not the money or I’d of went down 45 minutes from my house to grab an enclosure from the local stereo shop. Knowing I would have to wait to get a shipping label take it down to FedEx and have it shipped out and waited another week. I have read a lot of reviews about the same situations with people receiving store credit or the same value in trade but no refund, so instead of dealing with the situation I just considered it a loss I was going to fix it up, so a few days ago I received an email stating I was going to get a full refund and that my account was going to be reimbursed! Wow was not expecting that. I want to say thank you Natasha and the Sonic team! I will be shopping with you guys again!!

By kevin on December 10, 2021 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

52 found this helpful


Solid built box

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This is a well made box and provides an overall good sound for use of one subwoofer. 2.5 cubic foot of air space is dead on for the JBL sub I'm using and it sounds good. Tuned kinda high but I was able to adjust everything to my liking. Great build quality and made up good.

By Keith on May 5, 2018

47 found this helpful


I love this box

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I have 2 boxes behind my seat In my 2001 Chevy Silverado with 2 Rockford Fosgate TO 12s on a 10,0000-watt power acoustic vertigo and it hit so hard you can hear me from a mile away literally! Great box I do recommend it !!!

By Slim on June 15, 2021

47 found this helpful


Super value

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Wow replaced my sealed box what a difference sounds like 3 subs can't believe it

By rudy on March 26, 2018

43 found this helpful


Broke apart after about a week

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I put an American bass xfl 1222 in this box. Sounded good. But after a week of use it was already coming apart at the corner opposite the subwoofer. It was fluttering air. I will say this was in a boat so it got bounced around a lot. It was secured to the floor though. Either way. I wouldn't recommend it for any application where it would get bounced around much such as a boat.

By Calvin on July 6, 2017 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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Great box

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Sounds great, perfect for r type

By Frank on February 6, 2026 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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12 inch ported box

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Came with minor scratches and dings, but boy does it boom. Transformed my sound from precise, subtle thumps to loud, resounding, DEEP booms. Would recommend to anyone considering a vented box for their 12

By Sam on May 18, 2025 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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Awesome sound quality and very loud ! Put it in CT sounds ported box and powering it with nvx 750.1BD very impressive and sonic is great

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This is the best sounding sub I've ever have ! Good thing my nvx x boost has a clip indicator because it don't really distort lol I have it in a ct sounds kerf ported 35hrz and it sounds awesome from bass songs to country ????. I totally recommend and yes I agree with the other comments. It could easily take 1 k rms . I'm powering it with a NVX 750 .1 that has 800 rms an I can turn the gain all the way up . Did I mention it gets lound especially for one 12 in my frontier. I'm totally satisfied with JBL , NVX and sonic

By Joshua on March 26, 2025 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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Beast Of A Sub

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I would say that my biggest complaint with the woofer is that the box I used for it needed to get sanded down as the metal basket for this sub is pretty thick so that took about a bit less than an hour to do. Other than that, this sub is surprisingly loud and provides nice clean bass. I think the only sub I would say is better than it that I’ve heard is a T1, but it’s pretty close and I haven’t heard a T1 in a while. I’m powering it with an audio control amp and it’s the LC1.800. I think the sub could comfortably handle a 1000 watt amp but the audio control amp is doing a great job in my opinion.

By Jesus on February 28, 2025 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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By Fendi on November 27, 2024 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase

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By Favian on November 24, 2024 Checkmark Icon Verified purchase


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