PHOENIX GOLD OCTANE-R 15.......ARE THEY ANY GOOD?

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:35 pm

i just ran across a decent deal on some of these and im trying to find out if these speakers are even worth buying....if any of the sub gurus here could shed some light on these that would be great....i know they arent titaniums but im hoping they share some of the same mechanical aspects....thanks in advance...

Mackenzie · Post by **Mackenzie** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:12 pm

I have owned both the titaniums, and the octanes... In overall loudness, the octanes in my install were just as loud as the titaniums.. They didnt extend as low, or sound quite as good, but they still sounded nice. One problem to note, the octane subs had a bad rep for the tinsel leads coming off at the terminals.. Mine did, and I easily fixed it, but it was annoying in that aspect.. Pretty decent sub though. They get loud for sure.. Its a shame pg does not make 15s anymore...

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:51 pm

Mackenzie wrote:I have owned both the titaniums, and the octanes... In overall loudness, the octanes in my install were just as loud as the titaniums.. They didnt extend as low, or sound quite as good, but they still sounded nice. One problem to note, the octane subs had a bad rep for the tinsel leads coming off at the terminals.. Mine did, and I easily fixed it, but it was annoying in that aspect.. Pretty decent sub though. They get loud for sure.. Its a shame pg does not make 15s anymore...

thanks for the info man....the real shame is that pg dont make 18's anymore

i figure 2-3 with 1200 watts should give me some decent thump....did u run yours sealed or ported.

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:53 pm

what 18 did pg make?

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:00 pm

titaniums....came in 18's for a little while they even sold dirt cheap when they got phased out....i wish i hadnt just watch them sit and fade away....

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:03 pm

wow, thats some trivia right there. why did you do that! jeez!

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:16 pm

man at the time i was all about comp vr 18's or round solo 15's....i didnt look twice at a titanium....now that they arent around im interested again....i sure wish i could find a clean set of those or some vr 18's....now those are some real beast hands down....

Post by **stipud** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:47 pm

theburb wrote:titaniums....came in 18's for a little while they even sold dirt cheap when they got phased out....i wish i hadnt just watch them sit and fade away....

They never made a Ti sub (or any retail PG sub for that matter) bigger than 15.

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:20 pm

stipud wrote:
theburb wrote:titaniums....came in 18's for a little while they even sold dirt cheap when they got phased out....i wish i hadnt just watch them sit and fade away....
They never made a Ti sub (or any retail PG sub for that matter) bigger than 15.

you sure about that....its been a long time and i know i forget a few things here and there....but i know when the ti came out it was a big deal that it could be had as an 18 and that was the major selling point...it was never pushed because of some mech errors or loss of market....maybe only 50-100 made....maybe one of the pg guys can chime in...but i could have sworn that i had passed on a few of these covered in dust.

rlockwood · Post by **rlockwood** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:18 pm

perhaps prototyped, but there was never an 18" titanium speaker, nor any other phoenix gold 18" subwoofer..

I'd even be surprised if it was prototyped in 18", as all sorts of titanium prototypes passed through my car, and I never even heard mention of an 18"

but its not impossible..

the titanium 15"s went about how you said, being offered in limited quantity and then sold off cheaply at F&F sales..

Mackenzie · Post by **Mackenzie** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:45 pm

theburb wrote:
Mackenzie wrote:I have owned both the titaniums, and the octanes... In overall loudness, the octanes in my install were just as loud as the titaniums.. They didnt extend as low, or sound quite as good, but they still sounded nice. One problem to note, the octane subs had a bad rep for the tinsel leads coming off at the terminals.. Mine did, and I easily fixed it, but it was annoying in that aspect.. Pretty decent sub though. They get loud for sure.. Its a shame pg does not make 15s anymore...

i figure 2-3 with 1200 watts should give me some decent thump....did u run yours sealed or ported.

Sealed? What does that word mean

I ran 2 of them, a few years back in 8 cubes ported..

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:46 pm

rlockwood wrote:perhaps prototyped, but there was never an 18" titanium speaker, nor any other phoenix gold 18" subwoofer..

I'd even be surprised if it was prototyped in 18", as all sorts of titanium prototypes passed through my car, and I never even heard mention of an 18"

but its not impossible..

the titanium 15"s went about how you said, being offered in limited quantity and then sold off cheaply at F&F sales..

who had the white honda with all the ti 15's in it...

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:52 pm

Mackenzie wrote: Sealed? What does that word mean I ran 2 of them, a few years back in 8 cubes ported..

lol...i never went ported in my car before, i have always been old school sealed....but i been rocking port in my burb and stuff like that...so its a toss up because i know a car will never tunnel like an suv....but i think with 3 15's i can make do