help me fine tune my system.

[twistedmind 10+ year member]

Okay first things this is a daily personal pleasure system, I will not be competing with it. And if I did it would be for the install not for the loudness, I might consider a SQ comp but thats it.

As my plans currently stand this is what I have already purchased

Alpine cda-9886

Polk Momo mmc 6500

elemental designs nine.2

2 rolls raammat

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This is where I am not sure what I want to do.

My main objective is for it to sound good and get decently loud while not distorting.

I had originaly planned on a sundown 3000d

and two digital designs 3512's

then I decided why not try out Fi, so I decided sundown 3000d and 2 Fi Q 12's W/ BP power option

then I got to thinking do I really need two subs? If I don't which one brand of sub should I go with?

so no im torn between the above two choices and these two choices which is pretty much either one dd 3512 or one fi q 12 w BP and a sundown 1500D

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This is all going to go into a 2000 ford f150 REGULAR cab short bed.

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My main question is how much of a output lose am I looking at if I went from 2 subs to one sub and cut my power in half?

Im really thinking about doing this just for the fact that I can save almost 1000 dollars by not doubling up my substage.

Any insight, thoughts, opinion etc etc are welcome.

Also is it true that as a general rule of thumb you lose approximatly 10 db from mounting your driver in a sealed enclousure as opposed to ported?

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[Etac 10+ year member]

dont forget the Q is more of a SQ sub while the DD's are defently more spl related... i think eitehr way it will be loud enough tho if you are not planning on competeing..

 

[twistedmind 10+ year member]

dont forget the Q is more of a SQ sub while the DD's are defently more spl related... i think eitehr way it will be loud enough tho if you are not planning on competeing..

which is why I was leaning towards the Q, im sick of all the kicker fan boys running around with muddy and sloppy base thinking they got hot shit when to me it sounds like utter and total garbage.

Im hopeing to

A educate them on non mainstream brands

b teach them that sounding good and being decently loud is better than just loud

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

and a 1500D would power 2 regular Q's just fine, unless you're set on the BP option and a 3000D....