AudioControl's new Spike 8 inch subwoofer

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[rfgate]

This thing reminds me so much of the old Rockford fosgate HX2 subs down to the front gasket, push terminals, massive magnet surrounded in rubber.
Mind you, those woodserts are a great addition. Guess they listened to you guys and paid attention with all your installs

[curtishyman]

Guy in my town had 4 Kenwood 8s back in the early 90s. They were incredible.

[arick]

MBEnclosures could probably get you guys a 2 8's box that would kill he's the 2 8's expert! Besides I'd love to see two of my favorite channels Collab!

[thedraftdoctor]

I love the way you left off the " made in china" part when reading the back label

[superchile]

I had 2 8” Polk mobile monitors that I made my own box and they were amazing. Had almost no space under the seat of my old Honda Ridgeline and they made the most of it.

[webberfan]

That thing bangs for an 8”. I need a couple 12’s on my next build.

[itsneuman]

Did four 8's in a early 2000's blazer on a 600 watts. It did not disappoint. Still had a ton of cargo space left.

[JasonWW]

Man, that box looks big and heavy. Maybe plywood construction and a 3" to 4" aeroport is the way to go? Smaller, lighter and easily tunable.
Keep up the good work guys! 👍

[astro]

That is a very well built Subwoofer for the wattage, and the included Subwoofer grille was dope.. 👌

[dustindaigle]

Wow that is amazing! That 8” sub sounds like 4-Sundown 10s while watching this in my truck! 😂

[annihilationindustries]

Use wire clamps to support your wires inside the box

[boominS]

Doesn't take much for that car to sound good and get loud.i put a single downfire 12 in my sons 03 g35 on a Rockford 500.1 and it was definitely a great performer.

[smgreen]

So is AC going to correct the recommended box specs if the original called for a port 8" too long?

[frankuribe]

11:33 I’m imagining 4 Kicker Comp R’s in a Gately box. Coming soon.

[duo]

9:17 man the install bay looks so different. havent watched a vid in a awhile

[jdastro]

Thanks for the video! Can you post the dimensions of the better sounding speaker box? Thanks.

[bbfoto]

Would be good for a front passenger footwell sealed -sub- woofer to supplement the MIDBASS and fill in those common door-mounted midbass cancellation nulls, but not really a great SUBwoofer due to its high *51Hz Fs* as well as just +/-8.5mm Linear Xmax. Curious to know their Xmech?

I've been waiting for something to dethrone the *Image Dynamics IDQ8 V4* in this price category, but this doesn't look all that convincing (on paper, at least). You can usually find the IDQ8's from $140-$170. They are moreso a SQ subwoofer, but this AudioControl "SPIKE" sure ain't no SPL monster either with just +/-8.5mm Xmax (11/16" Total).

I do like the "looks" of it, however, as well as the integrated grill. 👍 It's just too bad they didn't consider producing DVC versions as well. 😞

My favorite great, but "affordable" 8" subwoofer was the now-discontinued previous version *Polk Audio Mobile Monitor MM840 SVC* which was also Marine Certified and just $119 at the time.

It was designed using FEA computer modeling & optimized for real-world performance using the Klippel Analyzer. It had very low Inductance (Le) and a nice, reasonably low Fs of 35Hz for an 8" subwoofer. Also a Klippel-verified ONE-WAY Linear Xmax of 19mm (3/4" ONE WAY), and an "ideal" sealed enclosure volume of just 0.35cf.

I found that 0.45cf sealed was more ideal for better Low-End performance (especially when used in multiples to add SPL), and with the Transfer Function of the vehicle ("cabin gain"), the in-car response easily reached down to 25Hz with Authority (remember that 19mm of One-Way Xmax?!) in a very small Sealed enclosure. The F3 and F6 were obviously even lower, getting you down to a usable 20Hz with just a small 8" subwoofer!

The updated and current Polk Audio MM versions are still good, but don't quite compare. Don't know why they thought they had to change them! I wish I had hoarded a bunch of them before they were discontinued. 😞

I wouldn't mind giving these new AudioControl subs a try. However this is a flooded market and there are A LOT of other options in this price range that look at least equal or even better on paper, as well as already having proven real-world performance.

[Clay_]

That grille definitely looks like a free grille. These seem like decent subs, just not what I would from AudioControl. When I hear that name I think quality and innovation, but these just seem like average, run of the mill subs.

[phila]

Dean who do you have make your enclosures? Im local in Clearwater .

[adaboyz]

Everyone is pushing out those 8 inch subs.