{"id":983,"date":"2012-05-01T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T02:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=983"},"modified":"2012-05-01T14:33:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T02:33:03","slug":"jbl-gto1214-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/jbl-gto1214-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"JBL GTO1214 Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecaraudio.co.nz\/JBL_GTO1214\" target=\"_blank\">JBL GTO1214<\/a><\/strong> is a really nice sounding 12&#8243;\u00a0sub-woofer but that is to be expected from a company that has been making speakers for over 60+ years.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0GTO1214<\/strong> has a nice mix of the sound that you would expect from 10&#8243; and 15&#8243; subs, so it is not a bad option if you like the punch of a 10&#8243; and also the low tones from a 15&#8243; sub.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-986\" title=\"JBL_GTO1214_002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has a single voice coil and is a 4 ohm sub-woofer.\u00a0 The RMS rating is 350w and can handle 1400w at peak.\u00a0 The sensitivity rating on the <strong>GTO1214<\/strong> is 90 dB making it a little bit higher sensitivity than the 88dB of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecaraudio.co.nz\/JBL_GTO1014\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JBL<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>GTO1014<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-987\" title=\"JBL_GTO1214_003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in all I think this sub-woofer would be a nice addition to any car audio system that you may have.\u00a0 If you need a dual voice coil version of this sub tho, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecaraudio.co.nz\/JBL_GTO1214D_\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JBL<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>GTO1214D<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_0041.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-994\" title=\"JBL_GTO1214_004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_0041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_0041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/JBL_GTO1214_0041-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>JBL GTO1214 Features and Specs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>12\u2033 Single 4 ohm Grand Touring Die-Cast Series Sub-woofer<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Power Handling: RMS: 350 watts \u2013 Peak: 1400 watts<\/li>\n<li>Impedance: Single 4 ohms<\/li>\n<li>Polypropylene cone woofer<\/li>\n<li>Rubber surround<\/li>\n<li>Tinsel wire protector<\/li>\n<li>Die-cast\u00a0aluminium\u00a0basket<\/li>\n<li>2\u2033 Single 4 ohms voice coil<\/li>\n<li>Frequency response: 23-400 Hz<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity: 90 dB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also used four of these subs in a SPL (Sound Pressure Level) setup in <strong>ABTEC1<\/strong> and got an amazing 150.5dB on 54Hz! On more info on this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/jbl-12%E2%80%B3-subwoofers-pull-150-5db\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The JBL GTO1214 is a really nice sounding 12&#8243;\u00a0sub-woofer but that is to be expected from a company that has been making speakers for over 60+ years. 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