axis or fi btl?

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

another stupid question but which sub would overall be louder on recommended rms? i have an axis and my friend has a tc3000. he would like to upgrade to a btl to try to smoke my sub. oh and both the subs are 15s. i think btls are a little more efficient?

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[terra 5,000+ posts]

btl is more geared to get loud

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

intriguing

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

but then again idk if 2k is enough to really get a btl moving...

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

i heard tc3000s and axis's etc have really bad efficiency.

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

i heard tc3000s and axis's etc have really bad efficiency.

Who'd you hear that garbage from? Jake ballard of Roadquake audio is using 4 Axis 15's in his LS. He now has the worlds loudest 4dr sedan.

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

i heard it from the audiojunkies guys. personally i love audiopulse. they sound smashing

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

And what did they prefer?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i heard tc3000s and axis's etc have really bad efficiency.

i heard it from the audiojunkies guys. personally i love audiopulse. they sound smashing

really? Never heard anything like that. Link to audiojunkies actually saying that? If anything i'd say the 5400 would be inefficient

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

Don't you own a Axis?

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

um my friend talked to the audiojunkies guys personally on the phone. they recommended fi subs over audiopulse. yes i have a axis 15 but its not hooked up right now because im getting my aq2200d fixed. my friends tc3000 absolutely slaps his truck silly with 1700 watts

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

efficiency has a lot to do with the enclosure too.

 

[808skindiver 10+ year member]

yea my friend called up audiojunkies to ask them what type of enclosure would be the most efficient for a tc3000 and they said those subs aren't efficient anyway because they take too much power for them to start flexing. personally those subs look pretty floppy.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i think as far as loudness goes the BTL would outdo the 3hp subs. However, going up to the 4hp would produce a different result //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

yea my friend called up audiojunkies to ask them what type of enclosure would be the most efficient for a tc3000 and they said those subs aren't efficient anyway because they take too much power for them to start flexing. personally those subs look pretty floppy.

No it's just awkward to port them because they need a lot of port area and require a small box.