Incriminator
10+ year member
Sub Designer
lol. sorry didnt mean to start any shit with ya. as you might know i was quite a big fan of my 20.1 before i sold it. good shit no doubt, and the company is legit.lol. sorry didnt mean to start any shit with ya. as you might know i was quite a big fan of my 20.1 before i sold it. good shit no doubt, and the company is legit.
but anyways, can i get some insight on this?:
but anyways, can i get some insight on this?:
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Originally Posted by IgnoreMe
when nick says "1500wrms"...is that just a thermal rating or mechanical as well?
im assuming if its an extremely conservative rating, hes talking about thermal and mechanical (ie, has some stiff *** spiders etc)?
Yes, that rating is thermal, but it will take a good bit of power! 1500 RMS is just what I think is a good warranty number, if the coil is burnt I know its abuse. Yes, it does have 3 stiff spiders on it, they are designed to not break in as much. We have one competitor do some testing for us, he has over 850-900 burps on his woofers 4000-4500 per DP and they are still almost a stiff as when they came out of the box.
yes i know, its mostly box dependant, but im wondering if you put a 15" in a standard 4 cube box @ 32 (just a general recommendation for most drivers by companies for that woofer size) could you get it to reach xmax with the 1500w rating. or are they somewhat like the BTL (from what ive read) that you need to design around efficiency if your trying to max the woofer out with its rated 2k watts due to its stiff suspension.
Well, once again 1500 watts is a warranty number. They can and do take more power, most of which is box dependant. I think the answer your looking for will come in time as people will get them and comes to opinions there self.
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Originally Posted by vasilios
Nick told me that the least amount of power youd want to drive one with is 800-1000 watts.
I asked him if my BX1500D Hifonics amp was adequate enough to drive a 15" DP in a Powered 4 Sound Snail Shell enclosure and he said it was.
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Originally Posted by IgnoreMe
but, now were stuck pondering...whats does "adequate" mean to him? lol
to me adequate means you can max out the sub with that power you have. i mean i can take a sub with a stiff suspension and not be able to get it moving very good, then swap a different sub with a softer suspension in the same enclosure and get it to bottom out. i like having control over the sub, without having to build a huge *** box to gain efficiency.
*yes, the freq played, is a big part of whether of not you will bottom out the sub. but im talkin about a daily application, where music varies, not a spl build where im burping not to far from tuning and not getting any movement
Well, basically my as a rule of thunb on average the least you want to go with our drivers is 60% of rated power! That wil get you moving! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
