Old School Soundstream SPL 10 Subwoofers

[@wal2]

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[@SoundStream101]

The SPL 12's were my first set I owned back in 1996, I had them in my Monte Carlo LS pair up with a reference 700s man they slammed especially in such a big trunk. The Golden Era of car audio.

[@djsho2k2]

Had the same set up in a neon. Loud AF. Then I switched the 700 for a Class A 5.0. Was just a touch louder and even cleaner bass. Had the original Picasso on two sets of SPL60s. I miss the 90s.

[@rs6497]

Had a similar setup , except spl 12s with a reference 500 … 5.0 mustang it was amazing …

[@RecordnRtist]

I would say that the golden era of car audio is now. So easy to make noise now for cheap it doesn't make sense. This old head went broke installing Pyramid incorrectly using Radio Shack/Home Depot wire on JC Whitney drivers that I got tired of chasing a dream that failed decades ago. KISS

[@bozanimal5576]

You know what I get out of this channel? Nostalgia. A reminder not only of simpler times but to see how many other people shared a passion for car audio in the 90's, and a validation - or disqualification - of certain products being high or low quality. I can't do much with the information itself, but it's good to reminisce, and that'll do. That'll do, Big D. That'll do.🔈🔉🔊

[@RecordnRtist]

Brother, we could not afford the magazines and that's why they went out of business. My wife and I were just commenting on the "BOOM box" violations that were passed in my area back in the day! lol

[@AllboroLCD]

Learnin me up on this brands history really threw me back by what I discovered! Soundstream is the FIRST US based brand to develop professional digital recording gear as well as being responsible for the first digital recordings, pre-dating the advent of the CD! Top it all off, Soundstream amps from early on were designed by the GREAT Nelson Pass! His current Pass Labs/First Watt home HiFi amps cost top dollar, yet he also posts his circuit designs for free, sells DIY amp kits, and will assist you personally in building them via his message board. The man is a superhero of audio!

[@wal2]

Oh yes and Pass designed the first D series and MC car amps as well!

[@AllboroLCD]

@@wal2 You dont see too much of that kinda thing in car audio with big name engineers like Pass, you can really consider those amps straight up gems! I'm def gonna grab up one of the 2ch models when I see one come up at the right price.

[@henryhernandez250]

The golden era of car stereo.

[@awboat]

The best stereo I ever had was a Soundstream 644 running a set of Diamond Audio Hex 6.5s and 2 Soundstream SS12s, the Velvet Hammers, with a Sony910 headunit. In my 1990 CRX. To this day it still sets the standard for my stereo.

[@volvo09]

I like the old pulp cone woofers. 👍

[@planeav8tor]

I was just out of college when I brought my 95 Z24. I had Rockford in prior cars. I installed an Alpine cd deck, and Soundstream 405 5 ch Amp and Oz Audio components. My subs were 2 15" SPLs in 3.2 cu ft sealed enclosure I made. Best subs I owned. I couldn't believe how good they sounded in a small enclosure.

[@robertborba7821]

OMG THE CONTINUUM !!!!! 😳Super impressive amp!! I have a Rubicon 805 and it is very impressive running the whole system with 2 Exacts 10 inch subs. ( Yes I kept them all these years!! ) Can't wait to see the test on that amp! 😎 Anything SPL sounded absolutely great !! Love the videos !

[@CandBLawnCare]

I also had a continuum. I was running an Orion xtr 15 with it in my ford escort gt. Man those were the days.

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Aaron48219]

@@CandBLawnCare Nice. Had 4 12in JL 12w1-8's on a Phoenix Gold ZX350v.1 @ 2ohm mono in my Escort GT. The v.1 wasn't current limited like the v.2 (which is why the v.2 was 2ohm mono rated). Because of this, the power leads on the amps board unsoldered themselves three times before I finally replaced it. 😂 It didn't blow up though. Those were definitely the days.

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Good times. Gosh man.

[@TheSFFV]

My jaw dropped when you pulled out that chrome/polished Soundsream amp. Man o' man that is a NICE addition to the old school amps.

[@Jboost412]

Eyyy wow that soundstream amp at the end was so rare talk about oldie but goodie right there!!

[@kevszman]

I ran 4 SPL Mules in my Thunderbird and man they were loud. Loved them

[@troshaffer4921]

The Continuum🤤 Thats the one right there, never have been able to grab or see one in person. Absolutely beautiful

[@robertwwmckinley3380]

i had the SPL160 in 95 running off a Fosgate Punch 500M power. such a beast back then.

[@wal2]

Man I used to drool over the SPL160's. Those were truly epic subs back then

[@biffisgreat]

Had the 250m² running 3 jl 12s mono @2.66, stupid for what it was

[@jessecline4226]

Still bumping some old Blue Thunders from MTX in my work truck and they can still bump ok for their age.

[@wal2]

Love the Blue Thunder subs!

[@MoparStephen]

I love the old MTX gear. Still running a Thunder 2300 amp, and I have a set of 12" Road Thunder Pros as my home theater subs. Been in constant use since I think 98 or so.

[@kjbad1]

I got my start with Soundstream, those SPL10s and that shot of the Continuum take me back to the mid 90s for sure! I used to have 4 SPL10s on the "High Current" setting of a Reference 705, I never could get the SPL 65s for my doors but you could hear me coming!

[@jeffh278]

Takes me back to the good ol days. Man we used to jam

[@MrDopey32]

I've said this before, Big D. I really miss the car audio back in the early 90's!! I think what had brought me to your channel 4-5 years ago was Steve Meade and man, I don't regret one thing about it😊 So many memories flash back when you do the old school audio videos that it'll bring a smile to my face❤ I deeply appreciate your time and your channel !! I've never been disappointed with anything you've shown us, bassheads! Thank you for all that you do, brother!! P.s, I can't wait to see you test that beauty from the end of the video!

[@joecool7165]

Yes, please hook up other speaker as well as test amplifier. I love what you do thank you.

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@AshyLarryTM]

My buddy had a single SPL 10 on a small Reference amp in a Volvo 240 right around 94-95. It sounded awesome for what it was.

[@volvo09]

I had quite a few Volvo 240's in the past. My first "system" I threw some 10's in my hi fi speakers and tossed those in the back of an 85 240 with a 5 speed. The large cabinets made it bang pretty good, everyone always loved it. It was no proper bandpass box or anything, but it worked good, especially for the lower power amp I was running at the time.

[@wal2]

👌😊👍

[@jdmintegradp]

Soundstream was the best of the best in the year's of 1995 to 1999. I adore the soundstream class a 10.0 , I've heard that pushing 3 of those spl but 12's. My uncle won 1st place with that soundstream reference "cheater" class a 10.0 amplifier, pushing 1000 watt's in a little hatchback sponsored by the store who sold him the equipment, sound mart in Spokane WA 1999. Awesome times that I cherish and will never forget. I wish they were as good as they used to be, unfortunately they've fallen from that mountain top.

[@wv3915]

Hehe. Love it. I stil have my continuüm behind glass, proud with a light on it in my living room. On The sub Chanel there where 4 pcs SPL12’s lording it on 0,5 Ohm in a bandpass. On The rear Chanel 2 SPL10’s. I won contents with it at The 90’s. Max output was 161,9db. I get still goosebumps when I think about it !! Good old days. ❤❤❤

[@jakebeetham1]

Amazing subwoofer, incredible that both are still in mint condition! Well preserved! The 90s were a great time for audio equipment. Sound quality was amazing but so was power overall for the time with some Class AB amps maxing out at 400-800+ watts. These days the sound quality of most amplifiers home or car isnt nearly as good as the 80s and 90s Class AB amps. They do still make Class AB amps based on those vintage amps but the original amps from back in the day are better for sure in sound quality. They sure dont make audio equipment like they used to...

[@jonesbrewer4398]

I had a Soundstream Reference 200 and 300 when they first hit the stores back in the day. I had the Reference 300 bridged on a Soundstream Reference SS12R subwoofer that was known as the velvet hammer. I ended up trading both amps and the velvet hammer for the Reference 405, what an awesome amplifier it was but I should've kept the velvet hammer! Thanks for the trip back in time! Awesome video brother!

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@whitmorestrains]

Always wanted a Continuum. Made due with the ref405. Loved that amp!

[@wal2]

Man I was impressed with the 405, had much more beef on the sub channel than I expected. I'll test it soon.

[@whitmorestrains]

@@wal2 I had it on 2 8w6s and it’s all that they wanted!

[@danielknepper6884]

The Continuum was basically a 705. Except polished of course

[@whitmorestrains]

@@danielknepper6884 Yes, but she sure was purdy!

[@CandBLawnCare]

I had a Contiuum. It was Purdy. Had to keep polishing it. Haha. Had it running an Orion xtr 15 in my ford escort gt. It slammed. Thems were the days.

[@jeronronnunkoffunk4691]

I remember when these came out , I was in my senior year of highschool, always liked them had a chance to hear em them in an audio stores promo vehicle. This was with some of the old original sound stream reference amps. Always wanted some Loved it. Great stuff man love this channel keep up great work.

[@rattlejuggalo13]

I had a Reference 405 back in 2014. I LOVED it. Was loud enough that I had to disconnect 1 subwoofer. Then, SADLY, one day it stopped working

[@justinwozniak2585]

Back then i had some soundstream ss12 subs. By far my favorites i have ever owned.

[@scottbradley7631]

The Soundstream SPL 160-15 was my favorite sub of the late 90s.

[@Wolverines1]

I use one of these SPL 10's in my truck system, powered by a D100II. After all these years it just keeps pounding away.

[@victorlambertt4662]

Thank you sir for putting a smile on my face because I was really off in to car audio 😊

[@adampaffrath4299]

Man og soundstream is so sick never had the cash for it as a kid but def need to find some for my Collection. That ten was bumping in that little prefab and was clean. ! Please second video of those two 10s slapping! Maybe throw them in that mtx bandpass! Def need more and longer videos of stuff like this ! You the man big dummy 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Bobbystilz43]

Nice! Had an SPL 170 15” ported running off a Punch 225.2. Soundstream made some great stuff back in the day.

[@D3M3NT3Dstrang3r]

Never Fortunate enough to own one, but I absolutely loved that style of SoundStream amp. Wish they were still as good :(

[@iselaramirez7512]

Llegue a ver una 15 spl soundstream en aquellos tiempos donde soundstream era soundstream y como olvidar las legendarias t2 tarantula soundstream

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

bringing back the memories of childhood, thank you

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@magnumcipher4971]

That amp at the end appears to be a Soundstream amp called The Continuum, a high end 5 channel from the late 90's. I had one back in the gap. Nice amp. Didn't make crazy power but sounded and looked quite well.

[@spongebobbies]

Kendrick Lamar removed the copy rights from “ not like us “ so KZbins can use his song ! Would awesome to hear old sound systems play new sounds !

[@clearme2]

I have a pair of USA 10 made by Soundstream. Clean lil dvcs Loved this video

[@arnoldsalazar5851]

Had a friend with 2 SPL 10’s in a Volkswagen scirocco back in the day, that thing absolutely slammed.

[@BCHonea]

I had a 700sx running two spl 10’s. Then upgraded to two exact 10’s. Both were amazing and clean

[@wal2]

I think that model was the one Soundstream had so many quality issues with. Hope you had one without the issues.

[@BCHonea]

@@wal2 my exacts were perfect. They did make the early subs with sub grade copper ga. On the voice coils but corrected it quickly

[@bassman9544]

i got that pdf with that manual for all the old subs. im so happy to have that.

[@wal2]

I scanned that for the Registry and happy to share with the community

[@ponokanaka]

I remember this back in the day. The shops here had this, and later the Mule. Edit: I ran the Soundstream USA 12's for a good while.

[@djclabbe88]

The SPL160 was some awesome subs! :) My brother had 2pcs, driven on some Soundstream Reference amp (I think? The chromed one). It was LOUD! But sounded amazing.

[@vanwhalen4573]

I'm still running a pair of old Made in the USA Vega 124's and they are louder and beefier than my new Kicker Competition Gold 12's. This was my favorite era in car audio!

[@wal2]

Awesome 👏

[@Franco03160]

Yes, more subs and amps tested

[@루시드-g2r]

와...새제품을 보게되다니 영광입니다

[@Jboost412]

Wow those bring back memories those use to Uber popular along with the kicker comp K and my favorite from that era was the Ppi flat subs…..the sensitivity on subs from the 90s was what made them get down on what would be considered extremely low power by today’s standards but it didn’t take 2000 watts per sub to get them moving 75 rms to each sub had your car sounding pretty good….ive tried telling that to people in audio nowadays and get the craziest looks…..great video!!

[@csj9619]

yessir, when the norm for a pair of subs was 200-300 rms and still got loud.

[@MrRjc916]

These are nice I got two spl 12 at the moment

[@KhawChing]

90's Soundstream is my favorite along with Orion, Boston Acoustics and Audio Art. There were other good brands too, but those 4 top my list some for different reasons. Like Audio Art for amps but Boston for speakers/subs. Soundtream was both amps and speakers/subs. I think the SPL line might have been what evolved in to the Granite line? I had a couple of the Granite 10's. Wish I still had them. They were in a 82 Trans Am I had back then.

[@quile]

I still have 3 exact 10s and phoenix gold 600.2 titanium amp in my garage. Pretty much brand new. Never got around to install them.

[@gregkrueger331]

I had a pair of SPL12’s that combined nicely with my 83 chevy g20 conversion van, that was 95/96 during my senior year in HS. Of course when i pulled them out and sold the van, my dog thought there was a bone buried under each cone because he flippin DESTROYED those suckers. Unfortunately I knew nothing about doing recones or if that was even a thing back then.

[@volvo09]

Nice! I love conversion vans. That must have been a sweet high school car.

[@gregkrueger331]

@@volvo09 yeah Ive got some great memories with that van. I bought it completely rust free, under 100k miles and blue shag carpet covering the interior. It was great for those mid day romps with the girlfriend or loading the whole crew up to hit a party. Man that was fun.

[@volvo09]

@@gregkrueger331 i was envisioning shag carpet in my head, hell yeah! The wagon was fun with the girlfriend too. At one point I took the subs out of the back because they were getting in the way too often 🤣

[@bigassfordsd]

a friend had a pair of spl15's reunning off of a Hifonics Atlantis X in a Dodge intrepid and the sounded good, and another had a pair of spl 12's running off of an Eartquake PA 2300 which slammed real hard back in the day.

[@chris9202011]

I had two Ref. 10’s in a Banpass Box with the Ref. 405 powering two sets of Ref. 6.5” separates and the box. 136db in an 1986 Chevy Cavalier Wagon 😎 lol

[@tedtan6449]

Been wanting this model.

[@notsure984]

Oh cool, this is when sound steam used to be a real company. Knew a guy who had 3 spl 12 in a sealed box. It was very impresive. And it sounded very quality.

[@wal2]

I’m sure the people who run it now are enthusiastic about car audio also, but there was something special about the ‘90s and car audio

[@notsure984]

@@wal2 yeah, it would be cool if they did a run of the old stuff, those were good sealed box woofers. Mayber just modernize the terminals and leave everything else the same.

[@jaz97]

I remember these well. Had a few friends own the 12s in mid 90s. I miss Soundstream, Xtant, PPI from that era. I just couldn't afford it at the time lol

[@wal2]

I saved up a whole summer to get an amp and it was going to be the Soundstream Reference 604 or 405. I changed my mind several times and ended up not getting either

[@jaz97]

@wal2 lol what did you get?

[@ivanlopez7294]

that was back when we soldered our wires to the terminals....

[@wal2]

Yessir!

[@SoundStream101]

These are actually 2nd generation, the 1st gen had the domed dust caps.

[@danielknepper6884]

I remember the soundstream TC 303 head units they were the head unit to have back in the day. If I remember right they were built by Philips for soundstream or something like that.

[@wal2]

Thanks for clarifying so they should be 96/97?

[@SoundStream101]

@@wal2 the flat does caps and silver painted baskets were 98ish along with the Mules. Preferably I like the blue powder coated baskets much much better they should have never changed it. I posted the pic of my 10s under your post in the Soundstream FB group. 👍😁

[@TheoneDragon51]

I was running SSR12 Sound Stream Reference 12s with a Boltar VII amp.

[@barelysarcastic73]

I suspect these are rebranded 1st gen Kicker Solobarics with a different dust cap/basket paint. If memory serves my correctly, the specs are incredibly close to the Kickers as is the basket/magnet/pole piece. Those were my favorite subs for many years. Had a pair on a PPI Art a600.2 in a foxbody Mustang that sounded phenomenal.

[@Jason_Voorhees.]

Crazy to see how they are than to now lol

[@kaineleeabel]

Chuck is the man!

[@raymo6795]

One of my best systems was a Soundstream Rubi 1002 driving an SPL 15 and a Rubi 604 driving MB Quart components in front and Quarts co ax in the rear of my 1992Honda Prelude SI....the charging system was not up to the 1600 watts class A/B...the lights would dim. So, I replaced the SS amps with the newly introduced JL500/5...it was very disappointing ...the good news, I kept the Soundstreams. They are in perfect condition and I will one day use them...The JL was sold with the Honda...Korean pos...I have not bought JL since

[@thehotrodstation3313]

This channel has made me get out my 30yr old Rockford Fosgate Power amp and Series 1 Subs. After the amp purchase Series 1's are all I could afford. Hahahaha

[@wal2]

Nostalgia is fun!

[@chaos4197]

The 405 is awesome, but that Contiuum looks amazing.

[@wal2]

It is literally in MINT condition! I will get both recapped and serviced

[@charlesnickell7257]

I would love to see you test all the Soundstream spl subs and the amplifier

[@TheSFFV]

Let's see some more tests!

[@stickboslightning]

Man that old boy was moving!

[@951258tike22]

I can't believe the excursion on those! I'd probably have crapped my pants if i hooked up a 30 year old woofer and it moved that much!! lol

[@wal2]

I thought the same!

[@joshholden8561]

These subs did quite a bit more than i expected in a tiny sealed box they just took wattage i think i ran about 300 rms to 2 12 inch and they was plenty for bass. I had a Phoenix gold amp hooked up to these back then my next subs was 2 12 in fosgate punch XLC .

[@krazykool7929]

Has the 405 been recapped? I have one of the last ones tgat Wade upgraded. I still havent used it after about 4-5 years. Would love to see you test it!

[@chrissmith6476]

Wish I had kept my exacts

[@bayramoglumurathan925]

Thanks.

[@misterhat5823]

When I worked at the stereo shop we did a huge install for a guy that had a bunch of SPL12 and those blue soundstream amps. Guy always paid in cash. Supposedly all the coke in this part of the state could be traced back to him in one way or another.

[@wal2]

Oh Lawd hammercy

[@MilGrip76]

Had an SPL160 off of a Reference 200 in the trunk of my 1993 Altima. Thought I was pretty boss 😅

[@10wjlaudio07]

Used to slap 4 on 2 auto tek mean machines. 🇺🇸 The good old days

[@mullinperformanceaudio5902]

It looked like it had a raised spider landing to run a larger diameter spider?

[@louiscapasso4452]

Big D yes please on two tens and a amp test video!

[@Andrew-fr3bp]

It was nice in the 90's when the sensitivity of subs were 90db or more, compared to the low 80db's today.

[@wal2]

Did you notice one of the ratings said at 2W instead of 1W?

[@mattm2684]

I had that amp running just my front stage midbass was mono but it sounded great. Sub channel more then 100 watts people thought the 8s in my doors were in a box in the back it was that loud . I always wanted the chrome amps i believe they are supposed to be class A

[@ruikazane5123]

We don't see amps that have all the connections on just one side much these days. Now what would be the next sub coming in, one of those BASS subs from Alpine?

[@carolsmaple4763]

I wish someday you get to amp dyno, a Craig Power Play 260. Amp model number V541 which was my first amp back in 1987.

[@Reefdevil]

Fun fact. The huge Toys R Us store in times square had a few of these hanging from the ceiling as a part of their audio system throughout the store. I don’t remember if they were 10s or 12s.

[@wal2]

😮

[@danielguin2135]

I have a set of NIB 10" Jackhammers. You ever tested them before?

[@blitzjon]

Hey, that shiny amp at the end looks familiar. 😎😉

[@wal2]

Literally the most generous donation EVER! Man I drooled over these in the magazines and catalogs back in the 90s. Thanks so much! Can’t wait to see how it performs 👌

[@CandBLawnCare]

I still have 2 of these in prestige condition. lol.

[@wal2]

👌😊👍

[@666nacirema666]

I still have an spl15 and most of 2 spl160s

[@bobbybyrkett7751]

Yea boi

[@jimbobdobbs1597]

Wow those need a nice dense enclosure and put in a car to hear, i bet that would sound so good on music. Not beats, but real music. Wouldn,'t want to bottom those old fogey's out

[@jdmintegradp]

Yeah hook them both up. Please and nest time use the reference 5.0 soundstream which is a 500 watt amp, I think you have one of those.

[@videobyallen]

Is it just me? Or did old school high efficiency subs just sound better?

[@wal2]

I don’t want to blow them but I’ll find a way to compare with the Savard HiQ 6.5 sub which is my current favorite sub

[@jessecline4226]

Test the beast!!!

[@joeJoe-pb3su]

Soundstream where genius 😊

[@rpr10ak]

I think this was the best period of amps and subs from Soundstream. Those Reference series amps were amazing. I wanted a Continuum so bad back then! But never had the money for one.

[@wal2]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who was absolutely drooling over this hear back in the day

[@bigcatauna]

I graduated high school in 95 then shipped out to army basic training

[@hankashworth1969]

Big d see if u can get ahold of Bostwick Spl sub

[@misterhat5823]

That magnet might be small, but with that low qts it doesn't need a bigger one.

[@biffisgreat]

95 really, damn I'm old #alpine #mbquart #jlaudio #PPI

[@misterhat5823]

Old jello, cuz it was loose and sloppy.