JL Audio 12W7-3

Best sub ever

Great products, good customer service. Very pleased overall. I will def shop this site many more times.

Oh My Bass

A lot of people say that JL Audio is overpriced, and it kind of is, but we all know that good things don't come cheap. I got this sub to replace my W3's and DAMN, this thing pounds. It handles whatever you throw at it. Lows, highs, anything. You can not only hear the bass, but you can feel it too. If you say that JL sucks or whatever, then why do you think they still get top dollar for this dub7? Or any other sub made by them.. It's the quality. And I pushed my W3's to the max and slapped the hell out of them and they never gave up on me. Never smelt a burnt coil or anything. JL Audio is quality, you get what you pay for.

W7 subwoofer

I bought 2 of these in a sealed box that sells here at sonic. I have a fosgate amp pushing around 1800 watts (supposed to be 1900 but being realistic). They are heavy and durabile as a tank! One thing i wanted to point out is these are loud in sealed but you want a ported box if you want windows to blow out. These in sealed boxes need alot of power. I have 2 optima batteries,a 2 farad cap, and a 270amp DC power alternator. It still wants more power! Im gona switch to ported custom box because i heard some W6s that were as loud or louder than mine on 1000 watts,stock alternator and a 50$ battery (come on im mad cuz i spent alot and expected more) once i get them in ported custom box il write another review. These are the best overall subs you can buy bar none! I dont care what anyone says for SQ,SPL, and range these are the king! JUST MAKE SURE TO PUT THEM IN PORTED BOXES OR YOU MIGHT BE DISSAPOINTED?

an expensive master peice

i heard these in the audio store and after 5 seconds of hearing my head was hurting and i felt the sub push the air in my lungs.I would get this sub but the obstacle is the money.

Update on W7

I had my box made for 2 jlW7s by Fatbox USA. They did a great job and my SPL went way up. I drive a Tahoe, now that I have a ported box the dash actually jumps up and down lol. I dynamited my truck with the NVX sound dampener and it worked awesome! I'm putting realistically 900watts to ea W7 and they love it! If the subs were cheaper I'd build a wall for 6 of these pigs and do second skin application. Be advised you will need a powerful 4ch amp to drive your surround speakers. I have 2 sets of JLC5-650 components and 2 sets of Focal PC690 6x9s to keep up when the bass is cranking. These are great OVERALL subs, if you want big sloppy sounding SPL go buy Kickers,Sundown,DC audio,earthquake ect. If you want pure clean bass you can tweak to your taste, go buy a W7 and get a custom vented box. I promise you won't be disappointed folks!

I agree with the review below me

I agree with the review below me, these are great woofers but they just don't put out enough to be this expensive. If you could snag one on Craigslist for $250 or so then all the power too you but they are not worth $500 some odd. I would definatly spend the extra $100 and get an RE audio xxx12. I bought a Jl w7 12 and put in a Ported box tuned to 37 hertz and it just felt lacking but then I sold it on Craigslist for 480 and bought a xxx12 and it blew the w7 out of the water! With just one xxx at 2400 watts rms I hit 147 decibels at an spl comp and blew the side windows clean off of my Cherokee! Don't buy w7's they are way too overpriced!

The King of King's for the 12

My brother has 1.....only 1 in a 97' SHO taurus with 2 rockford 1000.1's bridged together powering this MONSTER.....I know when he will be pulling up a good 5 to 10 mins before he gets there! INSANE for 1 sub.

JL audio 12w-7

Best in the business!!!

its well...GREAT!

i like it but it would be cool if jl did a stealth box for this like they do for the 12w6, 12w3s the box for ext's and the avalanche it would be a good seller i think . good sub tho

Awesome sub

i got two of these in my tahoe and man do they hit hard. this sub is one of a kind and you wood be amazed to here one of these.. its a great buy

power hungry

first off its jl audio you cant go wrong. the local jl audio store has this hooked up to a 1000/1 and a 10 farad capacitor when you turn it up like 3/4 way the capcitor was dropping a whole volt and this sub was on its way to rattling the rest of the store apart.

W7 quality

This sub is made with quality parts and design. JL holds a lot of trusted patents. All the JL audio haters are just more in love with loud sloppy bass. Put this in a vented enclosure around 35hz and 800-1200 watts rms apiece and you cant ask for much better. Install design is #1 with most all JL products.A bad design and you wont get the most out of it. Im talking the kind of car you have,the box size, Dynamat ect. The thing slams and sounds great doing it! If your into SPL competitions yea, this may not be for you? Never think that this thing cant get down with the others though! Its my centerpiece of a $5000 audio system. All JL audio except a rockford Fosgate T1500.1bdcp amp. The $h1t sounds amazing and near life changing experience! Yea sounds crazy but if you love car audio, buy JL.

Clean, deep bass

Awesome sub. Some of the cleanest deepest bass you will ever hear. Some say it's not worth the price but, it's hard to find any sub (for any price) that drops this low, gets this loud, and sounds this good doing it! Keep in mind though, it's a 3-ohm SVC sub. That means that if you get an amp that's 1000 watts RMS @2ohms, you're only sending the sub ~750 watts.

these hit hard

my friend has these in his 1999 explore and it litterly makes tha door suck in and out.

nice

this is a great sub. hits hard whth the jl 1000.1 amp. a little bit pricey good over all