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Durability
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sweet

this is a great sub. i did have the 04 L5 and now i bought a 05 L5. they are great for a good one sub system. they hit so hard. make sure you feed them alot of power. must buy

By mitch on April 11, 2005

26 found this helpful


Plenty of bass at a great price

I have 2 of these in a small sealed box, and these things pound like made. They are in a Firebird (hatchback), and I have the head unit lows set on -3 so I can still hear the fronts. They will make your chest pound like mad if you give it enough power. I have them running off a Viper D1200.1 (600WRMS to each) and they may be able to take a little more.

By Justin on April 20, 2006

26 found this helpful


hard hitters

I've got two of these hooked to a BLX 4000 in my truck, n they hit so hard, in a year ive gone thru three boxes. Ive got the head unit set as low as the bass will go, n it still tries to drown my highs, these things hit so hard. worth the price

By cade on July 12, 2007

24 found this helpful


holy hell

i have 2 of these in a kicker ported box in a cavalier and my back to doors came open when i was playing them they r sick and they r runing off a mono d-class hifonics titan 1505d competition amp at 1000watts rms at 2ohms could go to 1500 watts rms at 1ohm but dont think the subs could handle it

By Jerry on March 3, 2007

24 found this helpful


i got 2 L5 12's and they kick ass with a 800 watt kenwood 2 channel and it hits in bridge mode

By Paul on December 20, 2005

24 found this helpful


whoa!!!!

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I have 2 of these in a subzone pre-fab box abd boy do they slam. in a custom box these thing do damage!!!

I purchased them just for a little thump until I could get a set of L7's or a solo-x, but I got way more than what I expected. they handle whatever thrown at them with ease.

I'm very pleased with the performance of these woofers and cant wait to upgrade to some even better kickers.

By bill on March 6, 2008

23 found this helpful


kicker sub

this sub is AMAZING!! nothing pounds harder then a kicker. this sub is great for the price and quality you receive. get one ASAP!

By carl on October 12, 2007

23 found this helpful


Wow..

I bought only one of these from this website, and thats all you really need is one. This thing pounds. Since it is a square subwoofer, it has more surface area then a round subwoofer so it moves more air causing more bass. I have this hooked up to a 550 watt RMS Kenwood amp and it is awesome. Definitely recomend getting one, kind of expensive but this website has one of the cheapest prices on the net.

By Cory on February 25, 2006

23 found this helpful


Hard Bass

I own two of these and i have them hooked up to a Memphis 1100 watt mono amp and these POUND! The subs hit so hard in my 03' Eclipse that the vibration broke my trunk lock. If you have a powerful amp to push these, then buy these subs! They are more expensive than others but well worth the money!

By Ryan on January 26, 2006

24 found this helpful


yes

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

i have this in my toyota 4runner ...just one, hooked up to a 1200 watt amp and man this is the hardest hitting one speaker i have ever heard, all my friends cant believe i have only one sub back there...truthfully is one of the best subs out there...but i heard that the L7 hits alot harder then this L5..so if u want really hard get the L7 but this L5 wont let u down i promise

By Linda on September 23, 2008

21 found this helpful


Kicker

OMG these hit so hard. Definately worth the price on the website. These subs need a lot of power so get a big amp.

By Kyle on January 9, 2006

21 found this helpful


Brandon, Bloomington IN

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

These subs flex my trunk, i have 2 of these in my Cadillac and my friends say they hear me from a mile away. I have these hooked up 2 a lanzar mxa252 and i would've never expected this much bass from an inexpensive system. The subs came in there original boxes and were brand new. sonic electronix provides by far the most professional and inexpensive way to buy these subs

By Dawn on July 10, 2008

19 found this helpful


L5 12" silver sub

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

Hits so hard I don't understand how 1 12" can pump out so much bass.. Someone please tell me why the square speakers don't rule the planet?

By LOST on July 2, 2011

19 found this helpful


Great Subs

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

This is by far one of the best subwoofers ive ever owned/heard. It will truly give you the bang for your buck. If you buy one of these make sure you give it around 10 hours of smooth playing to break it in or it will blow. You only want to push out 750 watts with one of Kicker's amps to power this baby

By Marshal on April 23, 2008

18 found this helpful


great subs!!

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

they took a beating and kept asking for more!!.....good mid level subs

By Russell on July 6, 2014

17 found this helpful


Nice Sounding Bass!

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I bought this a couple months ago and I'm really surprised on how well this works! I have it in a full size bronco. (which it is really hard to get good sound from a big truck) It's in a factory ported box and it actually works well for how small it is, along with a audio htc 1500 I'm pushing 1400 watts to it and it handles everything i throw at it! never distorts Just keeps POUNDING!!! It's better than the audiobahn external and the ultra excursian. Would buy one again for the price for what you get can't beat it. It would REALLY POUND in a smaller car! Can't wait to put it in my sunfire.

By eric on July 11, 2008

18 found this helpful


pretty nice

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

these subwoofers impressed me they get pretty loud especially with the right amp my friend has a pair. THey get really sloppy on fast beats though it cant keep up at all. but overall are excellent subs especially for the price.

By Aaron on April 23, 2008

18 found this helpful


Cant beat it for the price

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I have tested out a bunch of subs in the $100-150 and this blows the rest away. Alpine type r has nothing on this sub. Nothing else will hit as hard for this price period. Just one in a ported box shakes my whole car. Get it for serious deep bass just make sure you put alot of power to it and wire the voice coils correctly

By james on October 30, 2010

16 found this helpful


These Bump!

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

These Bump! They are loud and have great sound quality. They are square so that equals more cone. They produce some serious air. Great for ported boxes.

By nick on December 14, 2006

16 found this helpful


Best Bass For The Buck

This sub hits harder than any JL no matter what anybody tells you. You want a kick in the pants this is it

By Matt on October 4, 2005

11 found this helpful


pretty good sub

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I just purchased this sub threw this website and let me tell you this is the cheapest website i've found and the sub arrived in perfect condition perfectly packaged. The sub is a little overpriced but extremely durable and loud. with the right amp and box this will blow any other single 12 out of the water except for the L7. great sub not so cheap but great buy

By Mitchell on May 12, 2006

6 found this helpful


Great Sub

I have owned this for about three months, unfortunately in a junk box, but I must say this subwoofer is quite impressive. I like the idea of a square, because that increases the subwoofer surface area from 113 sq inches to 144 sq inches in comparison with a circle sub. That's 27% more surface area! This is personally the best buy I ever made. Unfortunately, this website sells it for a lot higher than I paid for it. I got it on a special discount of 2 for 250 bux, which is 125 each. But undiscounted, the price on this website is quite good. Like the other reviewers, I highly recommend this subwoofer.

By Barry on April 26, 2006

8 found this helpful


They Pound

I just put these babys in my dad's new Benz and they Pound hard I have 2 of these hooked up to Fosgate 1050s and they handle the 1,050 watts like nothing, I think there even hungry for more, theres nothing like square subs I think they do hit harder than round, get them if you want a lot of Bass, just remember to feed them Lots of power, you wont be dissapointed.

By Ruben on March 16, 2005

8 found this helpful


Impressing..................

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I was at a bigger cities local store and testing these speakers out and the guy came over from the install garage and asked us to turn them down b 4 we got management on us about it.

Love the bass compared to the round subs. As put on the lil show that they have on another kicker sub, square equalz more cone space to move more air!!!!

Would recommend these or if you wanna get with it go the L7!!!!!!!!!

By Jonathon on November 3, 2008

6 found this helpful


Intense, as expected....

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

Holy crap these are loud! With 2 L5's in a sealed bow with a 1000x1 class D amp, you can lift the dust from your seats into a visible cloud in the air. You can feel air currents moving aruond your body. You feel your hair flap in the wind. You can't see out of the rear view mirror, ever.

The down side is that the midbass is very flat as the frequency response rolls off, and even with 6.5" midbass speakers, there is a big gap around 100hz. Oh well, I don't like the way 100hz sounds anyways. I want my bass from 30-80 hz. With sealed box and lots of power, 30-80 hz is very tight (low Q factor) and very loud.

By larry on April 10, 2008

6 found this helpful


Worth it!

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

These subs get very very loud, brutally loud in a ported enclosure. Mine are in 3.25 cubic feet each, and they slam, and I haven't even taken them as far as they can go. At a more normal level of bass, they surprised me with their SQ, and have very rich, full, soft bass.

By Sean on March 15, 2007

6 found this helpful


I love square sub

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I have this sub and put it in 45 litere sealed box.in this box has a normal , accurate and controled bass and vibration and suitable for daily use to listen music.i changed box to the 70 litere ported with 36 Hz tune frequence.in a ported boxe,vibration and sound volum is very powerful.
this is the flexible sub in sound and in a ported and sealed box have very nice sound.

By Amir Designer on May 11, 2014

4 found this helpful


GREAT SUB

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I have one of these in my truck, and thats all I need. It sounds great. I have it hooked up to a 1000 watt boss amp, and it really pounds. It has really good sound quality, and is a great buy for the money!!!

By levi on May 2, 2006

5 found this helpful


Amazing

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

I bought these subs about 2 months ago off of this site and damn there amazing. i have 2 of them in my dodge neon.i highly recomend these subs to anyone looking for an amazing sub

By Brent on July 13, 2007

4 found this helpful


Alsome

The following review is for S12L54, which is a part of the bundle you are viewing.

This product is way worth the money i had 3 of these in a honda civic and it hurt to b in the car when it was cranked up so i would recommend these to neone who is looking for a subwoofer in this price range

By Ted on July 10, 2008

3 found this helpful


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