Boston Acoustics G5? Anybody have these?

 

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Username: Brynm

Prince Albert, SK Canada

Post Number: 175
Registered: Jul-05
Does anybody have these? are they good? and how much of a difference do the GTR (tunable radiators make?
 

Silver Member
Username: Brynm

Prince Albert, SK Canada

Post Number: 176
Registered: Jul-05
here's a few specs
SPS technology allows user to change impediance or rebuild sub if neccesary
3" peak to peak excursion
2 3/4 4 layer voice coil
Radial vent cooling
Sure set impedance selection
1 cubic foot sealed enclosure volume
450 watts RMS
4 ohm per voice coil impedance
94 db sensitivity
20 -350 hz frequency response
Dense copolymer woofer cone
7 3/8 mounting depth
3" linear excurtion
works with sealed or ported enclosure
 

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Username: Alex_f

Lawrenceburg, Ky Us

Post Number: 585
Registered: Nov-05
i heard 12" g2's in a audio shop and they were really good.then the worker there turned a 10"w7 up and it was way louder. but the g5 looked good
 

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Username: James1115

Wilton, Ct

Post Number: 4624
Registered: Dec-04
I love the g5 its a very acoustical sub:-) I was truely amazed at its capabilities.
 

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Username: Brynm

Prince Albert, SK Canada

Post Number: 185
Registered: Jul-05
James, Would you go with a G5 or a Brahma? Nobody up here has heard of them and I kind of like the idea of not having the same thing as everyone else. I'm looking for SQL and I can get them for reasonably close price wise
 

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Username: James1115

Wilton, Ct

Post Number: 4627
Registered: Dec-04
The g5 is a much more musical sub then the brahma, I would compare it to the w6v2 in SQ and will get loud as well, maybe not as loud as the brahma but very very close. It is a great sub:-)
 

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Username: Brynm

Prince Albert, SK Canada

Post Number: 187
Registered: Jul-05
that's the way I think I'm leaning It's the only one I can actually listen to and I think it's kind of cool that a user can replace the voice coil/cone assembly easily and fairly cheaply. I'm not crazy about buying sight unseen. Do you have any suggestions for an amp? The shop is recommending a Boston GT-22, but it's a little pricey at about $430 would something cheaper like a JBL gto1201.1 or orion 1200d be clean enough or do you have any other suggestions
 

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Username: James1115

Wilton, Ct

Post Number: 4631
Registered: Dec-04
the boston amp is a nice amp also but if you can't spring for it you can't. How many are you going to be running 2?
 

Silver Member
Username: Brynm

Prince Albert, SK Canada

Post Number: 188
Registered: Jul-05
Start out with one and see how it sounds. that's why I'm thinking of the Gto1201.1 More than enough power at 4ohms for one and at 2ohms for two
 

Gold Member
Username: James1115

Wilton, Ct

Post Number: 4632
Registered: Dec-04
that amp is too powerful for that sub. you want about 450/1 and 900 for 2
 

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Username: Insearchofbass

Post Number: 4339
Registered: Jun-04
phoenix gold xenon comes to mind like say a 400.1 156 bucks shipped i think on Ebay brand new.
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