10" Dayton subs

[doox00 10+ year member]

I am thinking of purchasing a pair of 10" Dayton's from Parts Express. I have a 500 watt mono Alpine sub amp at 2 ohm to power them. I see they have the HO version but since I do not have 500 watts rms for each sub I was going to go with these Dayton Audio RSS265HF-4 10" Reference HF Subwoofer 4 Ohm.

Is the amp I have enough to power 2 10"s? Which box type is recommended for these subs, ported or sealed? I Prefer a smaller box but want to have decent volume available when I want it. I used to run an IDQ 12" single sub with this amp and I first built a sealed box, it sounded good but was not nearly enough volume. I then built a nice ported box and was a big improvement, used it for a couple years that way.

Also what are the advantages of the HO ones verse the non HO besides able to handle more power.. they just get louder overall?

thanks all

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[VWBobby 10+ year member]

The standard ones would be better in your application. They take less power to get moving and would be more SQ oriented. 500W is fine for 2 SQ oriented 10 or 12's even.

Either a properly designed sealed or ported box would do nicely. A ported box would have slightly more output depending on where you tune it, sealed has a more smooth response curve on a graph.....especially if tuned low.

Download and use WinISD to model the sub in different types of boxes to see what I'm talking about.

 

[doox00 10+ year member]

I ended up ordering two of the HO models as I just purchased a 1000 watt alpine mono amp and will sell my alpine 500 watt mono.. I think I will build a sealed box for it to start and see how that sounds.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I ended up ordering two of the HO models as I just purchased a 1000 watt alpine mono amp and will sell my alpine 500 watt mono.. I think I will build a sealed box for it to start and see how that sounds.

They only need .7 ported so Id just go ported the first time...