Sony XS-L1230

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 8.00 votes

Price Paid:  $80.00 from wlamart

Strengths:
i like how is sound good bass in the right box and the right amp

Weaknesses:
i have pop the center cap off after the frist yr i had it

Summary:
my buddy want out and mtx ever thing for over $1500 and my $80 doller sub $40 sub box that i made and $350 v12 amp bet his by far..... GOOD OLD SONY that all i ever buy there is no better... thank sony

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rca 12 1500watts rms just better low that it but there goone after one yr.

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.27 of 5, 11.00 votes

Price Paid:  $75.00 from Second hand

Strengths:
Astetix baby! Plastic base cone (not cardboard junk). Price is right.

Weaknesses:
Not competition level. Want some better subs for the money? Check E series Alpines.

Summary:
I'm pretty impressed if you can blow these subs in ten minutes with the correct configuration... you must be a real rocket scientist. Anyway great subs for the cash. You can always upgrade later, but for the price cousious sub sounder, nothing is more econo.

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Alpine, MTX, Kickers, JL, Pioneer, pretty much anything big on the market I've run. JL's my fav!

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 12.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Strengths:
Good paper weights

Weaknesses:
Everything

Summary:
I hooked my friends xplods up to my 800watt Rockford fosgate amp, and they blew after 10 mins....cheap.....

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Infinity,RF,Kicker,Abahn

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
4.56 of 5, 9.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from sony

Year / Model Reviewed:
 various

Strengths:
it was cheap...and warranty was helpful

Weaknesses:
not so loud...poor sq...unreliable

Summary:
Sony simply does not put alot of effort into there car audio products. I have yet to have a sony product in a car that lasts more than a year. To tell you truth no sony product in a car that i have owned has proformed the way i ever imagined it to. I just recently bought a sony 1000 watt amp and i just sent it back for repair under warranty.(that is a plus) I constantly had problems with it shutting off and it finally gave out and will not turn on. A buddy of mine has 2 aluminum cone sony subs and they are constantly blowing. The sound from the amp was not all that great...the subs that my buddy had were not all that great sounding either. I bought this amp because it WAS cheap($150). Sony car audio is definitly nothing to brag about and NOT EVEN NEAR COMPETITION quality... Mabye i just got a bad apple or something but every sony explode product I have ever owned has done just that. and to the guy a few back, systems never sound good with the top down......some people...

Similar Products Used:
rockford fosgate, soundstream, juggernaut(woo woo), mmats,pioneer and audiobahn

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 10.00 votes

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Best Buy

Strengths:
great, great low and high bass. very very clear with a sony amp. Hurts ears!! :)

Weaknesses:
none

Summary:
i got one 12" xs- L1235 for christmas and a sony 760 watt amp with a bandpass box. damn these fricking subs hit so hard. i am puching 380watts x 1 channel at 4 ohms and damn. but i just blew my sub because i played my trance music too loud, but thanks for best buy's 4 year warranty i got a brand new upgraded sony 12" xs-L1236 and that *ucking sub is sooooo damn loud

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