NEW Set Up W7 on Turtleback ???

[Oldvsnew843]

I’m currently running a W7 12 Anniversary Edition on Fosgate 1000.5. I just came into 3 more W7s and 2 Punch 500m (Turtleback) … can the Turtleback handle the subs????

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[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

can the Turtleback handle the subs????

Although the W7s are very efficient, giving it half of it's rated power will not make them shine. The 500m will feed it roughly 375w RMS @ 3ohms, so that is half of it's rated power. I found that old school 1000-1500 watts RMS @ 2ohms amps, work great with a single 12W7. Now, if they are 10W7s, those 500m will work fine.

 

[Oldvsnew843]

Although the W7s are very efficient, giving it half of it's rated power will not make them shine. The 500m will feed it roughly 375w RMS @ 3ohms, so that is half of it's rated power. I found that old school 1000-1500 watts RMS @ 2ohms amps, work great with a single 12W7. Now, if they are 10W7s, those 500m will work fine.

I definitely understand. I was thinking the same but I know the old school Punch have “extended” power. Im running 4 W712s so I need to figure out what amps I need because I know one wouldn’t be sufficient for 4 subs at that capacity.

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

I need to figure out what amps I need b

Alot of W7 fans use three subs for a final 1ohm load, so they can use any 1ohm stable amp that is not as expensive as the JL Audio amps. A 2000w @ 1ohm amp would be great on 3 12W7s.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I’m currently running a W7 12 Anniversary Edition on Fosgate 1000.5. I just came into 3 more W7s and 2 Punch 500m (Turtleback) … can the Turtleback handle the subs????

So you have 4 identical W7s? DO you have sufficient airspace for them?

Honestly I think you'd do better trying to flog those old school RF amps to a collector and buying something modern to run your W7s with a bit closer to the 1000W a pop they want and you'll probably want some electrical upgrades along the way either.

Is that the 25 to life RF amp you have? How do you like it?