Help and Advice please

[alvitae 10+ year member]

They mean nothing because a "peak" is like when you first turn on your amp. For a millisecond it will surge and have that peak. It is just a trick to make you think that something is better than what it really is. A marketing ploy.

 

[seagull 10+ year member]

what about the second half of my question lol

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Amps are adjustable. So you can run a higher wattage amp on lower wattage subs. But if you are any thing like me it is never enough and you will turn stuff up till it blows //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Myself I wouldn't have a problem running 1k watts into a 750 watts sub. But box size and tuning also factor in how much a sub can handle.

 

[seagull 10+ year member]

well the box isn't huge, but it's not small either, do you think that 12" can handle that amp?

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

-ohm is the resistance, doesn't really affect sound, just affects what amp the speaker will work well with

Sccccreeeeeech pull the brake and stop here.

Ohms is highly reflective of how a system sounds. Infact I won't run a system unless I run it @ 8 ohms on the subs. The lower you go in ohms the choppier a system sounds. For persons like myself that like smooth bass transition with warm sound, 8 ohms is the only way to fly.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

well the box isn't huge, but it's not small either, do you think that 12" can handle that amp?

post links to the sub and amp.

And if you get them take them to a local shop and have them set the amp up for you The gains and subsonic filter etc.

 

[seagull 10+ year member]

Sccccreeeeeech pull the brake and stop here.
Ohms is highly reflective of how a system sounds. Infact I won't run a system unless I run it @ 8 ohms on the subs. The lower you go in ohms the choppier a system sounds. For persons like myself that like smooth bass transition with warm sound, 8 ohms is the only way to fly.

then i would need a bigger amp?

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

Doesn't sound to me like you'll be doing any SQ so I wouldn't bother with the info.

 

[undeadxsunshine 10+ year member]

Sccccreeeeeech pull the brake and stop here.
Ohms is highly reflective of how a system sounds. Infact I won't run a system unless I run it @ 8 ohms on the subs. The lower you go in ohms the choppier a system sounds. For persons like myself that like smooth bass transition with warm sound, 8 ohms is the only way to fly.

Thank you for the correction. That makes sense, just never heard anyone say it.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

The bad thing for you is that to get 750 watts at 8 ohms it will cost you a bundle. If that is the route you want to go then google an amp that does 1500 at 4 ohms and that will put you about right for the wattage you are wanting to run.

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

Yeah he's not really going for SQ and he'll be getting a ton of corner loading reflection in a firebird so he might as well stay @ low ohms. What's "best" is what's best for that system and that car and that individual, otherwise there is no such thing.

 

[seagull 10+ year member]

Doesn't sound to me like you'll be doing any SQ so I wouldn't bother with the info.

SQ?

corner loading reflection?

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

sq = sound quality.

Some say that it is really hard to get both straight up spl (loud) and sq. It's either one or the other.

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

SQ?

SQ is really misunderstood and more times than not substituted for audiophile mistakenly. Basically everybody wants "good sound", but a small percentage really care enough or have enough money to try to do an SQ system, an even smaller percentage do an audiophile system primarily due to any decent one starting at about $10k.

My SQ system in my car is nowhere near audiophile, but it's geared towards music and not equipment so it's SQ. Mcintosh amps, Eclipse AVN head, Quart DVC tens, Audio Control processing, Focal mids. SQ is a poor mans audiophile. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif SQ can be had for $1500-ish buying used.