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<blockquote data-quote="jdc753" data-source="post: 2411028" data-attributes="member: 572078"><p>SVC= Single Voice Coil</p><p></p><p>DVC= Dual Voice Coil</p><p></p><p>One question according to the <a href="http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=16" target="_blank">JL site</a> there are 2 versions of the 12w1v2 in either 4ohm or 8ohm both SVC. I'm guessing you have a 4ohm and in that case if you got 2 more of them for a 3 sub setup you would be looking at the first case scenario with 3 SVC subs wired up to be a 1.34 ohm load. So you would be looking for a amp that would be 1ohm stable and put out about 450w RMS and a box with at the least 3.75 cubic feet of volume before sub displacement according to the JL recomended sealed volume of 1.25 per sub. I don't know too much about the good stuff these days but Hifonics seems to get good reviews and they are light on the wallet, so maybe get the 2 subs and this <a href="http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13988" target="_blank">Hifonics Warrior Merlin</a> it puts out 450w @ 1ohm.</p><p></p><p>Thats my 2 cents hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdc753, post: 2411028, member: 572078"] SVC= Single Voice Coil DVC= Dual Voice Coil One question according to the [URL="http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=16"]JL site[/URL] there are 2 versions of the 12w1v2 in either 4ohm or 8ohm both SVC. I'm guessing you have a 4ohm and in that case if you got 2 more of them for a 3 sub setup you would be looking at the first case scenario with 3 SVC subs wired up to be a 1.34 ohm load. So you would be looking for a amp that would be 1ohm stable and put out about 450w RMS and a box with at the least 3.75 cubic feet of volume before sub displacement according to the JL recomended sealed volume of 1.25 per sub. I don't know too much about the good stuff these days but Hifonics seems to get good reviews and they are light on the wallet, so maybe get the 2 subs and this [URL="http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13988"]Hifonics Warrior Merlin[/URL] it puts out 450w @ 1ohm. Thats my 2 cents hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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