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<blockquote data-quote="cam5860" data-source="post: 6844521" data-attributes="member: 566408"><p>When I buy a sub I am looking for two things. xmax and cone area. I want the most cone area I can get without the surround taking up space and the most xmax possible. I like good output myself. Image dynamics gives you the best of both worlds. That&#039;s why they are my pick. Output in a subwoofer is just like horsepower in a engine. You want to bore a motor out 60 over to get the max piston surface area for more compression. And second you want the longest stroke possible for more horsepower. It&#039;s the samething with a subwoofer because they both compress air. Surface area and xmax is all you need to look at if you want output. Sensitivity is no big deal. You just need more power to reach the same output. High number means less power, lower number means more power needed. But it don&#039;t effect output long as you got the extra power to push the sub. The only time sensitivity comes into play is on full range speakers. If you are running them off a deck with low power. You want a 93 sensitivity so that they are efficient on low power.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cam5860, post: 6844521, member: 566408"] When I buy a sub I am looking for two things. xmax and cone area. I want the most cone area I can get without the surround taking up space and the most xmax possible. I like good output myself. Image dynamics gives you the best of both worlds. That's why they are my pick. Output in a subwoofer is just like horsepower in a engine. You want to bore a motor out 60 over to get the max piston surface area for more compression. And second you want the longest stroke possible for more horsepower. It's the samething with a subwoofer because they both compress air. Surface area and xmax is all you need to look at if you want output. Sensitivity is no big deal. You just need more power to reach the same output. High number means less power, lower number means more power needed. But it don't effect output long as you got the extra power to push the sub. The only time sensitivity comes into play is on full range speakers. If you are running them off a deck with low power. You want a 93 sensitivity so that they are efficient on low power. [/QUOTE]

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