Focal Polyglass 27 V

Price Paid:  $400.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 27V

Strengths:
Sound Quality! Deep, fast and very accurate bass.

Weaknesses:
A little expensive if you buy it from Focal retailers

Summary:
Bought this one from a friend who did the install for me, he also fixes Focal speakers for the Focal guys. He tweeked my sub, played around with the spiders. It sounds great, better than a 27V out of the box. Don't get me wrong, an out the box 27V is without any doubt a good sub! My sub needed modifying as it was going in a convertible, and the way it was being installed.

Similar Products Used:
Alpine ZR, Phoenix Gold

Price Paid:  $300.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Focal 27V

Strengths:
Bass clarity. Musicality. Good low end extension for a 10". Works well in a small box. Superb construction quality.

Weaknesses:
Price. It's expensive, but it's worth it.

Summary:
I'm powering it with 300W from a Soundstream Rubicon 604 amp, and it's installed in a 0.74 cubic ft sealed box (3/4" MDF) stuffed with half a pound of fiber fill.

This sub has superb construction quality. The woofer material is very stiff, the basket is cast metal, wire connectors are top notch, and the magnet is quite large. It came with T nuts which I highly recommend you use for any sealed box subwoofer. The T nuts ensure that you get a true airtight seal.

Bass clarity is superb and very tight. A very musical sub. Using a test CD, I got audible output down to 16 Hz. Definitely, the best sub that I've ever owned. Would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Similar Products Used:
JL 10W04, Soundstream SS-10R (close but no cigar), Orion XTR 12", AVI SS-250 (very musical but low power handling).

Price Paid:  $215.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000

Strengths:
VERY LOUD, SQ, NICE LOOKS

Weaknesses:
none

Summary:
The 27V is installed in a small sealed box cca 27 ltrs. and is being powered by an AUDISON MILLENIUM 4 4x45 W RMS amp connected to a Pioneer KEH-P7400 head unit (additional CD changer) and it works with POLYGLASS 165V (midbass in doors, tweeters-dashboard).
VERY LOUD FOR ITS SIZE AND POWER GIVEN. Over-all this is very good speaker.

Similar Products Used:
None