I'll just assume that this will turn into a big pissing contest, but I was looking for some honest opinions here.

I've owned alot of eD gear in the past, but am currently using a mach5 maw-12 sealed (not enough output sealed compared to my friends current 13kv2, both in 1.2cf. It seems to be lacking in upper bass but i havent had a chance to sit there and play with the parametric eq in my deck too much), but I've been considering switching back to a 13kv2 (i owned one about 2 years ago and loved it).

I will be doing a complete reinstall of my stereo sometime next month to clean up wiring from old installs and run things a little differently so I have room for some other upcomming goodies...

Current system:

Alpine 9815
eD EDI 6500 (active)
M5 MAW-12 sealed
MTX PRO400X5

I now have a matching pair of Alpine MRP-F240 and MRP-M350 in my possession that will be used instead of the MTX (i fell in love setting up the pair in my friends car -- yes yes I know its not big power but that's not what Im concerned about).

What I can't decide on is whether to keep the Mach5 sub and port it using the recommended enclosure and switch out my eD mids for the mach5 mids (I like things to match as best they can and am kinda looking for a change, but I don't really want to step down if that's what id be doing switching to mach5 for my speakers)

OR

Keep my eD components and reaquire a 13Kv2 to replace the maw-12... The 13Kv2 will be in 1.6@~32hz for a happy medium between eDs recommended boxes (same box I used two years ago).


Since I've never heard the MAW-12 ported and have never heard the Mach5Audio mids I'm looking for some honest opinions and thoughts on the two setups.

Thanks!