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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 2692747" data-attributes="member: 550915">Look dude, you&#039;re tying to impose your values on me.&nbsp; I know what I like.&nbsp; I don&#039;t need a ton of output.&nbsp; In fact a single 10W7 on a 500/1 would probably be enough output for me.If you understood some basics of psychoacoustics, you would know that louder sounds subjectively better to the vast majority of people.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean that its more accurate at higher volume just that mentally the louder setup is typically preferred.&nbsp; This is the basic reason that most people say that certain speakers &quot;come alive&quot; or &quot;open up&quot; when you put a ton of power to them.The typical complaint about the sound of the W7 is that it sounds &quot;fat&quot; and lacks &quot;snap.&quot;&nbsp; The attribute of a sub setup that gives a system those two traits are distortion and exaggerated upper bass response.&nbsp; The W7 well installed exhibits neither and also has the capability to produce a lot of really low freq energy.An IB install is going to achieve two things.&nbsp; One it will provide the flattest response and best damping.&nbsp; Two the relatively large enclosure size is going to help the sub in the efficiency department.I fully understand the idea of a high excursion SQ driver.&nbsp; The extra excursion with a flattened Bl curve is to keep the distortion low.&nbsp; The extra excursion is to keep the suspension in the linear range further reducing distortion at higher output levels than a normal sub can manage with the same distortion level.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean that all the suspension travel is meant to be used in an SQ application.&nbsp; It would seem to me that you consider sound quantity part of the sound quality.&nbsp; I don&#039;t.&nbsp; I don&#039;t consider unused excursion capability as wasted, I see it as a margin of headroom in the distortion department.150dB from a 10 is not amazing.&nbsp; Good but not amazing.&nbsp; If you&#039;re dropping money on a W7 as an SPL dirver, be prepared to lose at a serious comp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 2692747, member: 550915"] Look dude, you're tying to impose your values on me. I know what I like. I don't need a ton of output. In fact a single 10W7 on a 500/1 would probably be enough output for me. If you understood some basics of psychoacoustics, you would know that louder sounds subjectively better to the vast majority of people. That doesn't mean that its more accurate at higher volume just that mentally the louder setup is typically preferred. This is the basic reason that most people say that certain speakers "come alive" or "open up" when you put a ton of power to them. The typical complaint about the sound of the W7 is that it sounds "fat" and lacks "snap." The attribute of a sub setup that gives a system those two traits are distortion and exaggerated upper bass response. The W7 well installed exhibits neither and also has the capability to produce a lot of really low freq energy. An IB install is going to achieve two things. One it will provide the flattest response and best damping. Two the relatively large enclosure size is going to help the sub in the efficiency department. I fully understand the idea of a high excursion SQ driver. The extra excursion with a flattened Bl curve is to keep the distortion low. The extra excursion is to keep the suspension in the linear range further reducing distortion at higher output levels than a normal sub can manage with the same distortion level. That doesn't mean that all the suspension travel is meant to be used in an SQ application. It would seem to me that you consider sound quantity part of the sound quality. I don't. I don't consider unused excursion capability as wasted, I see it as a margin of headroom in the distortion department. 150dB from a 10 is not amazing. Good but not amazing. If you're dropping money on a W7 as an SPL dirver, be prepared to lose at a serious comp. [/QUOTE]

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