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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 4940613" data-attributes="member: 550915">Power isn&#039;t everything, or even the most important thing.&nbsp; First, he has 2 15s.&nbsp; That&#039;s a lot of cone area.&nbsp; Cone area is important in getting loud.&nbsp; It&#039;s installed in a hatchback.&nbsp; The car&#039;s acoustics are important in getting loud.For a daily driven system where there is some room to play with, it&#039;s usually easier to get loud with more cone area an less amp power than the other way around.&nbsp; When you start adding lots of power you quickly reach the point of diminishing returns where you have to add a ridiculous amount of power to get just the tiniest increase in output.&nbsp; Adding cone area makes a big difference every time.&nbsp; Doubling power theoretically adds 3dB, but power compression (caused by voicecoil heating, reaching suspension limits, etc...) keeps you from getting most of this, especially as the power starts getting up there.&nbsp; Doubling cone area also nets you 3dB and with careful cone arrangement and the reduction in power compression afforded by dividing the power among more drivers the gain can be more than that.Since doubling power gets you 3dB it makes since that the most gains are made at lower power.&nbsp; Your friend is only running 300w but that is a power doubling of over 8x and a gain of over 24dB compared to 1w.&nbsp; To see the difference between 1 and 300w watts again you&#039;d have to increase power to over 76,000 watts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 4940613, member: 550915"] Power isn't everything, or even the most important thing. First, he has 2 15s. That's a lot of cone area. Cone area is important in getting loud. It's installed in a hatchback. The car's acoustics are important in getting loud. For a daily driven system where there is some room to play with, it's usually easier to get loud with more cone area an less amp power than the other way around. When you start adding lots of power you quickly reach the point of diminishing returns where you have to add a ridiculous amount of power to get just the tiniest increase in output. Adding cone area makes a big difference every time. Doubling power theoretically adds 3dB, but power compression (caused by voicecoil heating, reaching suspension limits, etc...) keeps you from getting most of this, especially as the power starts getting up there. Doubling cone area also nets you 3dB and with careful cone arrangement and the reduction in power compression afforded by dividing the power among more drivers the gain can be more than that. Since doubling power gets you 3dB it makes since that the most gains are made at lower power. Your friend is only running 300w but that is a power doubling of over 8x and a gain of over 24dB compared to 1w. To see the difference between 1 and 300w watts again you'd have to increase power to over 76,000 watts. [/QUOTE]

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