BP Power?

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

What does it mean to have "BP Power" on a Fi sub?

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

its a cooling feature i believe and its givs you more wattage. i have it on my fi

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

its a cooling feature i believe and its givs you more wattage. i have it on my fi

Cool thanks. Would that be something you'd really only need if you were pushing it like in a competition? Would a daily driver benefit from it?

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Cool thanks. Would that be something you'd really only need if you were pushing it like in a competition? Would a daily driver benefit from it?

i have it on my daily driver. it adds about 500w in my case so i got a sub that i can throw 50% more wattage at for $40 more

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

u dont have to get it but if u want to get a bigger amp down the road u can push more rms to them . i did not go with it cuz i was running out of monies. if u can come up with the money do it. from what i heard the more options u get for your subs it might take longer for u to get them. that what i heard

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

u dont have to get it but if u want to get a bigger amp down the road u can push more rms to them . i did not go with it cuz i was running out of monies. if u can come up with the money do it. from what i heard the more options u get for your subs it might take longer for u to get them. that what i heard

I was planning on getting a 2000wRMS amp, each sub is 1000wRMS, so if I did get that option would the subs be starved for power? Like, if you had one with and one without BP would they play the same volume at 1000wRMS, just the BP could accept more wattage and get louder? Thanks

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Ok well I found the official message on the Fi website:

We just added the "BP Power" option to both the SSD and Q series subwoofers. This new option adds a machined aluminum compression plug to the pole which helps channel all of the air under the dustcap around the coil for better cooling. To aid with this increased airflow we also add 6 axial cooling channels in the top plate. Along with increased thermal capacity comes the addition of an extra spider and a changed spider pack.

All of these new features increase power handling from 200-500 Watts depending on the application.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

umm what subs u going with from Fi? i got the ssds there 800 rms each they say with the options its a few hundred more rms. Al so what amp u gona run?

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

get the aq 2200d and call it a day.

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

I was eyeballing 2 15" Fi Qs. I was looking at AQ, specifically that 2200d, do their amps hold up pretty good?

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

yea and they do more then 2200. and if u got the power for it it will do well over 2200. i was gona buy that amp but i ran out of monies. its all about your volts its rated at 14.4 2200 +

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

Ok cool thanks for the help