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There's only so much power any woofer will take with that large of an airspace. You could make another wall behind the subs and cut that airspace down a bit and probably gain mechanical power handling, but you might lose that easy low end resonance. Those Fs of those subs is 15.6 hz or whatever, so the lower you play, the more they're gonna move, more than likely, generally speaking.
The whole idea of infinite baffle is low power, high efficiency, low extension, clean bass. This is now my 3rd "infinite baffle" setup, but my last woofers were JBL W15's and their coil design prevented them from being driven into mechanical failures.
These TC woofers sound amazing, I don't normally crank the volume and play Killshot. Hell, my sub level usually sits around -6, but I set my gains using a -3db tone at 0 sub level with the car on and at my max listening volume for my front stage. I just want to make sure that I set my gains at a safe mechanical point for when I want to play songs that are low and loud. I absolutely do not want to hurt these subs.
As far as power handling, I didn't pull my meter out to check what power they are getting on music yet, but the motors and cones are barely even warm to the touch even after a 30 minute drive to work in this central Florida heat. I have 3k on tap, so I'm definitely being careful.
Matt