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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 6994737" data-attributes="member: 560148">A shiva X can get very loud.&nbsp; It uses the same coil size as the DC LVL 4 and has similar BL.&nbsp; It also has a BL optimized motor so it&#039;ll keep a constant BL as the coil leaves the gap, good for both SQ and SPL.&nbsp; The only thing I&#039;d worry about with the shiva is that since it&#039;s a XBL^2 motor it will show basically no signs of distress before it breaks lol.&nbsp; They are completely clean when driven hard and won&#039;t really move past xmax so they are impossible to break mechanically, but can smoke thermally. Trick with the drivers is to only turn up the gains until the sub stops getting louder once you reach that point, even though the gain &quot;can&quot; go higher and it doesn&#039;t sound bad like most drivers will, your just taking unnecessary risks.Basically the DC is more idiot proof but will not sound as good.&nbsp; The Shiva is an amazing blend of SQ and SPL but you have to know how to not abuse a speaker.&nbsp; It&#039;ll take the 1000 it&#039;s rated for no issue though and I already said how to know when enough is enough.&nbsp; I gave my AA avalanche which uses&nbsp; asmaller coil about 1200 watts all the time and I only smoked it when I finally wanted too.&nbsp; (three minutes of white girl with gains maxed out, song was right at tuning so cone was stationary lol)Anyway between the FI Q and the shiva, again the shiva has a bit more BL as well as effeciency, it&#039;s basically a similar driver but better in pretty much every way.The AV12&#039;s would be another driver to look at.&nbsp; Lots of Bl considering the mms on it so it&#039;ll get loud and it is a good sq woofer too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 6994737, member: 560148"] A shiva X can get very loud. It uses the same coil size as the DC LVL 4 and has similar BL. It also has a BL optimized motor so it'll keep a constant BL as the coil leaves the gap, good for both SQ and SPL. The only thing I'd worry about with the shiva is that since it's a XBL^2 motor it will show basically no signs of distress before it breaks lol. They are completely clean when driven hard and won't really move past xmax so they are impossible to break mechanically, but can smoke thermally. Trick with the drivers is to only turn up the gains until the sub stops getting louder once you reach that point, even though the gain "can" go higher and it doesn't sound bad like most drivers will, your just taking unnecessary risks. Basically the DC is more idiot proof but will not sound as good. The Shiva is an amazing blend of SQ and SPL but you have to know how to not abuse a speaker. It'll take the 1000 it's rated for no issue though and I already said how to know when enough is enough. I gave my AA avalanche which uses asmaller coil about 1200 watts all the time and I only smoked it when I finally wanted too. (three minutes of white girl with gains maxed out, song was right at tuning so cone was stationary lol) Anyway between the FI Q and the shiva, again the shiva has a bit more BL as well as effeciency, it's basically a similar driver but better in pretty much every way. The AV12's would be another driver to look at. Lots of Bl considering the mms on it so it'll get loud and it is a good sq woofer too. [/QUOTE]

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