[2] 12" kicker solobaric subs vs. [1] 13" jl w7 sub?

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

Ok what is louder spl wise, two 12" kicker solobaric subs powered by a PG tantrum1500d @2ohms or one 13" w7 sub powered by the same thing at the same ohms? And lets say that the install on both of these is a pretty good install.Which one is louder spl wise?

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[yamaha326 10+ year member]

kicker all the way.......................

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

I would go with the Kickers. Can't really beat kickers for the price, they are really good and farly cheap. Also the W7 would be running at 3 ohms and I don't think you would get full power out of the Tantrum at 3 ohms but I could be wrong, my knowlage on the tantrum is not as extent as it ust to be...

Jon

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

wewell lets just say that both off these subs are for freethen which one and lets say that the w7 is being powered at 1ohms and the so are the kickers?

 

[yamaha326 10+ year member]

the kickers still will be louder...........

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

really so the kickers would be louder but what about sq?

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

i woud like alot of answers from people that have heard both of these and im really shooting for louder spl.

 

[somekook 10+ year member]

ive heard both ported. two l7s will own in spl. i would take a w7 for sq i guess.... but then i would sell it and buy like 3 L7 fifteens

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

yea i kno lotta $$$

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

what do u think the best amp would be to power those two 12"s?

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

what do u think the best amp would be to power those two 12"s?

I am never going to get tired of telling people about these amps. Eclipse DA7122, 2000 watts at 2 ohms, 120 db s/n ratio, 1000 Damping. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/inlove.gif.6846f78f06b405429ef3a00129788a2a.gif

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

i think the W7 13's have just as much potential in spl as the kicker L7 12's... plus they will sound better. IF you want to pay the extra money for them that is.

 

[Warbleed 10+ year member]

Well, the L7s are definitely going to be louder for any given power level, and they'll definitely be capable of getting louder with that amp.

The 13w7 doesn't present a 2 ohm load in any wiring configuration, it would either be a 0.75 ohm load or a 3 ohm load, so you definitely would want to use an amp that can do maximum power at about 1 ohm, ideally.

For pure SQ I'd take the 13w7, but the L7s are going to be louder for any given power level, as I said...

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

define SQ for me please.......

 

[Boomboi01 10+ year member]

how much is that eclipse amp ?