10" sub Poll

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

i wouldnt go much over 1k with your stock electrical,but SMS is right,that 6-900 watts you will get at 1 ohm will be fine and the SQ wont suffer much at all,but remember you need to get a sub that "matches" the output of the amp you are using,as in power handling.for example....if you take a 400 watt sub and give it 900 watts from an amp it will sound like a$$ and you will blow the sub,you need to match the amp and sub,and after that you need to set the gains with a DMM

What is a DMM?

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

What is a DMM?

a digital multimeter

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

a digital multimeter

What do you do adjust it until the voltage drops?

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

What do you do adjust it until the voltage drops?

look at some clamps on this forum of the aspm they put out dirty power period. the dsc is your best option for under 1000 bucks and it runs cool at 1 ohm i have owned a dsc1000 and dsc2000 no problems amazing quality. on a fi ssd at 1000rms with big 3 you will be plenty fine. you dont want the audiopipe if you want effecient clean power.

the re audio is crap, the owners of psi and fi left re audio when they where bought out by us amps and they never been the same again. the incriminators are great but for 195 you can get an ssd for around the same price built to order for a sealed box thats small.

 

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What do you do adjust it until the voltage drops?

the only way to accurately tune an amp is with an oscilloscope

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

The lowest I will run is 2 ohm unless you can convince me that that amp will run ice cold at 1 ohm.

long are the days of class a/b amps running at 1 ohm bridged where you can cook an egg on them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. even though i love my orion hcca's. You dont have to worry about this as much anymore. like i said the mb quart dsc is the best 1k under 150 amp around period and runs cool.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

1) RE Audio SE X 10" D22) PSI Platform 1 Custom 10" D2

3) Incriminator Lethal Injection 10" D2

How to Adjust Amplifier Gains Using a Digital Multi-Meter - Knowledge Base

how to adjust an amp with a dmm "not as accurate as a oscilloscope".

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

How to Adjust Amplifier Gains Using a Digital Multi-Meter - Knowledge Base
how to adjust an amp with a dmm "not as accurate as a oscilloscope".

very true but most(including me) cant afford an o-scope so its as good as it gets lol

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

Would using a dsc1000 to power a fi q10 be underpowering it too much? i guess if i went with the dsc1000 i was wondering if the q10 would sound better than the ssd10.

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

Would using a dsc1000 to power a fi q10 be underpowering it too much? i guess if i went with the dsc1000 i was wondering if the q10 would sound better than the ssd10.

Also why does psi list double the xmax of everyone else? Do they really have that much excursion?

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Also why does psi list double the xmax of everyone else? Do they really have that much excursion?

they probably do have that much,does it say 52mm one way or is it 52mm peak-to-peak?im going to say thats peak-to-peak 52mm is 2.13" so i think its peak-to-peak

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

Xmax = 52mm total

Usable excursion = 2.5" total

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Xmax = 52mm totalUsable excursion = 2.5" total

well there you go you answered your own question lol,some companies use xmax as a total peak-to-peak and some use it as xmax one way,usually if its a high number its p2p,a low number is one way,not all companies specify one way or p2p though so they leave you the consumer to determine for yourself what they mean.

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

Oh. I don't know the difference from peak to peak and one way. Peak to peak is how much it flexes both ways?

 

[sjuddslvrss 10+ year member]

What do these options mean for the FI subs?

1) P Chamfer

2) Spider

3) I Heat Ring

4) Internal Lead

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Oh. I don't know the difference from peak to peak and one way. Peak to peak is how much it flexes both ways?

yes peak-to-peak is both ways the total excursion in mm ,now to convert that to inches is

mm divided by 25.4 = excursion in inches

1 inch is EXACTLY 25.4 mm