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I have a 500/1 JL amp: 10w7 or 12w7 (underpowered)
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<blockquote data-quote="frankiebones" data-source="post: 2419398" data-attributes="member: 567452"><p>thanks, but i think i might have misphrased my question. my concern is not blowing either the 10 or the 12. if i got the 10, i would obviously be a little more careful with gain setting bc the wattage is dead on, but my thinking was that, in general, giving subwoofers, wooferts, tweets, etc. the wattage that will make them come alive would be a better move.</p><p></p><p>so i have a constant 500W from like 11.5 to 14.4V and from 1.5 to 4 ohms with my 500/1. if the optimum SQ is achieved with a 10w7 when pushing it w/ 500W, and the optimum SQ for the 12w7 is only achieved by giving it 750W (i guess by using a 1000/1 with the gains set low), is the extra cone area gonna make up for the fact that it will be underpowered, and, i guess, less dynamic and lively?</p><p></p><p>i dont plan on getting a new sub amp any time soon, and it just seemed to me that what diff. there would be bw a 10 and a 12 would be outweighed by the fact that with a 10, the driver would be getting exactly the juice it needs to perform optimally?</p><p></p><p>then again, compared to you guys, i dont know what the f*ck i'm talking about, so all these seemingly commonsensical assumptions i am making could be wrong...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frankiebones, post: 2419398, member: 567452"] thanks, but i think i might have misphrased my question. my concern is not blowing either the 10 or the 12. if i got the 10, i would obviously be a little more careful with gain setting bc the wattage is dead on, but my thinking was that, in general, giving subwoofers, wooferts, tweets, etc. the wattage that will make them come alive would be a better move. so i have a constant 500W from like 11.5 to 14.4V and from 1.5 to 4 ohms with my 500/1. if the optimum SQ is achieved with a 10w7 when pushing it w/ 500W, and the optimum SQ for the 12w7 is only achieved by giving it 750W (i guess by using a 1000/1 with the gains set low), is the extra cone area gonna make up for the fact that it will be underpowered, and, i guess, less dynamic and lively? i dont plan on getting a new sub amp any time soon, and it just seemed to me that what diff. there would be bw a 10 and a 12 would be outweighed by the fact that with a 10, the driver would be getting exactly the juice it needs to perform optimally? then again, compared to you guys, i dont know what the f*ck i'm talking about, so all these seemingly commonsensical assumptions i am making could be wrong... [/QUOTE]
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