"is the ryval series from PG decent for the money?"
well as the years have gone by for phoenix gold they have gotten cheaper in how they build their stuff...the stuff from the phoenix tantrum line and back amp wise was good (although I do know the tantrum 1200.1 had failure issues) but the stuff after that took a decent decline...the sub lines from phoenix gold were good from back in the day but most lines werent majorly spl focused but had decent sound quality...ive heard the octanes and they did sound like a pretty good sub and I read that the rsd subs were also a decent built sub but far as the ryval im not sure and id proceed with caution on that sub line based on the direction phoenix gold has been heading...what is it that is $36