I heard the 2011 JL 12w7 is dual voice coil?? Anyone know if this is true?

[Range Rover W7 10+ year member]

Please let me know. Thanks.

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[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Umm. There has been a dvc model of the W7 forever.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

only the 13"

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

only the 13"

Never noticed that. It's really stupid. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

yep if they came dul as 12's I would have 2 already

 

[Range Rover W7 10+ year member]

I heard from someone here in mpls who seems to actually know quite a bit and supposedly knows people at jl..... he claimed that the 2011 12w7 is dual voice coil..... and that he had access to them.... but I haven't been able to confirm that anywhere else.... I can't go with the 13w7 as my current custom enclosure isn't big enough, is a bit too large for my 10w7 and seems dead on for the 12w7..... but it would be much more appealing if it was dual vc...

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Ka-BOOM! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

Ka-BOOM! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

word!

 

[brmcm15 10+ year member]

dvc on a w7?

automatic 150 deebz right there..

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

dvc on a w7?
automatic 150 deebz right there..

151. get it right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

dvc on a w7?
automatic 150 deebz right there..

People use W7's for SPL???

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I'd be using for home theater

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Interesting. I remember when the W7 first came out, people complained about the coil options (odd impedance and lack of dvc on 10's or 12's). Manville Smith silenced the complaints by stating the coil options available are due to the fact that their rigorous testing found those to be the ideal coil sizes and impedances for the best SQ possible, and would never lower their standards by offering inferior coil options.

I guess JL Audio either stumbled upon a new technology that allowed them to build this dvc 12w7 and still keep that ideal mass, they gave up worrying about SQ on the W7, or they were lying back then and simply did what I suspected at the time... chose odd coil options to give people more incentive to also purchase their (then brand new) slash series amplifiers whose output remains constant throughout a relatively wide impedance range. Apparently JL thinks we all forgot what they told us all those years ago. I didn't forget.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

People use W7's for SPL???

I know a guy with 6 12w7's doing 152ish at the headrest.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

W7 reallllly cheap soft parts...