Amp to get most from RE SE12?

[creyc 10+ year member]

I'm helping a friend with his SE12 setup. We built a ported box for it and he's running with a directed 750d, which does 400@2 ohms, which is what the sub is.

From the calculations I determined it can output 28V safely (no load) from a 50Hz sine wave at 2 ohms. Gain is around 1/4 for this, source is iPod through Clarion EQ.

The gain is very low, but its clean. When we bump up the gain the SE12 really bumps, but also sounds like it might be clipping a little. (around half gain) I can tell this sub wants a lot more power. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

So what would be a good amp for this driver? This one does 400@2, so my guess is something around 1000@2 would be needed to really show an improvement. 2ohm is all we can do with one SE12.

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[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Kicker 750.1. Birthsheets usually show 900+ watts. Mine is 931:up2somet: Although I dont know if that sub will like it...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

Cool, some on ebay for cheap too!

What else would work well?

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

the most i seen a se12 take is 1437watts and it was in 1.25cubes sealed now being that yours is ported i would do no more than 800 watts

80

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

Yea, 1.8 ported to 32.

I've got a broken Directed 1100D on the way, which does 750 @ 2 ohms. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif well..once its fixed.

So I suppose 800 @ 2 is the goal then...

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

How about a Phoenix Gold Xenon X600.1? Rated for 600 but supposed to put out closer to 800 from the sheets.