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This is an interesting subwoofer. When I first recieved it, I thought to myself, why are low end frequencies so weak?! At the time the sub was enclosed in a sealed 1.25 cu ft box. I later had to take the sub out of the car after an accident (luckily it wasnt damaged), and had it laying around at home. I later got my hands on a great sub-box modeling software (winISD) and started playing around with settings. Made a custom 6cu ft box with the vented port tuned at 25hz, and man is it different. This sub has become a complete beast. At 30hz I went from from 106db all the way to 120db. 40hz is now 118db compared to 110db. I am convinced JL audio now has one the best subs around. BTW this is being power by a Samson studio amp outputing 600rms (peaks at 650ish) at 2ohms. So if you already have the sub, get a bigger box guys, HUGE diffence. Sorry about the long review, just wanted to share my experience with everyone. If I had to do it all over again, I think I wouldve done the 13w7 instead, sometimes I really wanna crank it up and start dropping pictures off the wall but the sub isnt powerful enough for that :P

I'm a music lover, and i'm always upgrading my sustem in the house and
my car, and I have not seen such a powerful subwoofer like the JL 12w6v.
It shakes evrything in your car. I have it conneted to a jl amp 250w, and
I tell you what! you don't need more than that for a car. Over all
it's super good.
Rn. From NYC

I've got 1 in the back of my SUV. Sealed enclosure powered by a Phoenix Gold 600x1 amp and a 1 farad Phoenix Gold capacitor. Sounds AWESOME!!! Very tight and controlled from 100hz to waaaay waaaay low. JL Audio makes the best subs. 1 of these is all you need!

have a couple sealed in my '07 mazda 6 getting only 325w a piece. absolutely the most accurate bass i've ever had and this is my 6 or 7th set up. Also, if need be they get incredibly loud while sounding amazing. Highly recommend!!

This is an amazing sub that will leave your neighbors, your neighbor's neighbors and anyone within listening distance in traffic wondering where the explosion is. It will simply jump out of it's box and slap people in the head with ground pounding bass. Quality manufactured and built to bring that high quality thump to your trunk, the W6 is a subwoofer is designed to operate perfectly at 500 watts and will simply melt your ears off at 1000 watts! Enjoy!