Kicker COMP VR 12`s

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Price Paid:  $100.00 from online car stereo

Year / Model Reviewed:
1999 civic

Summary:
i bought 2 12 CVRs and they hit pretty hard, i have them hooked up to a mono channel 1000 kenwood amp to make the install easy for my lazy ass. i have a q-logic box that has a sealable port so when i feel like listening to rock i just seal it up, but the things hit so damn hard it doesnt really matter if i have it sealed when i listen to deep bass. the only thing is that you have to really play with the amps settings to get them to sound just right haha

Strengths:
good price, take lots of abuse.

Weaknesses:
2 12's are too loud for my taste in the civic's tiny interior haha

Price Paid:  $100.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
1998 comp vr12

Summary:
these are the slowest reacting subs i've ever used, they have a disgusting amount of boominess under 60 hz, trying to get and kind of kick drum hit is impossible.. if you listen to rap or rock they are OKAY, but not nearly as good as the JL 12w04 that it replaced (and my JL lasted TEN YEARS!!) basically i listen to alot of ( and make it also, so i'm no idiot in the audio department, in case you're wondering) electronica and drum and bass, and these subs just can't keep up, i paid 100.00 to my cousin for these things, 2 of them in a ported kicker made box.... and they sound horrible, so i put one in a ported box, still crappy, sealed box, still crappy, bandpass box, still crappy... anyway, i'll be giving them back to him this weekend and buying two JL's again... so, in summary, if your a basshead and not interested in real sound quality and just want your ears to bleed, these'll do the trick, if you want TIGHT BASS and kick, get JL... or JBL if you're more into rock or country.. had two of those a while back... there is a reason concert halls use JBL!!!

Strengths:
pounds like a freakin jackhammer, with just as much annoyance

Weaknesses:
sound horrible, at speed, extremely boomy, you;d better have a pair of 8's running also to catch what these miss... or get a better sub and catch it all

Similar Products Used:
JL, JBL, Clarion (eh, okay), alpine,

Price Paid:  $400.00 from Friend

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 Kicker comp CVR 12's

Summary:
I have 2 kicker comp cvr 12's in a sealed box with 1000 wtt amp, and 2 kicker comp cvr 112's in a ported bandpass box with a 980 wtt amp, all i have to say is WOW!! i got all the highs, mids, lows and then very lows covered. This is all custom fit in a 94 mitsubishi eclipse.

Strengths:
Best i've ever had

Weaknesses:
Definately none

Similar Products Used:
none

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $2000.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
1994 explorer

Summary:
yeah i got 4 cvr12s in a custom box and a bx1500d hifonics amp and a 8100pioneer head unit with 0 guage power wire and 12 guage speaker wire running at less then 1 ohm with 2 optima yellow top batterys with an 140 amp alternator and four 5x7 pioneer silver series highs. I hit an average of 152.6 dbs at a comp and depending on the song hits harder.

Strengths:
hard hitting bass

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
going from a 137db set of sony explods in a bandpass to these is like wow...................

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
1995 Toyota Camry

Summary:
I have two Kicker Comp VR 12's running off a directed 750d amp with a ported box. It is frickin awesome, it seriously pounds like crazy. I would recommend these subs to anyone who likes a lot of bass.

Weaknesses:
haven't found any yet.

Similar Products Used:
I used to have two Infinity 12's in a sealed box...I definately like the kicker subs better.