Is the new JLW6v2 sounds better than W7s?!?! Opinions!

[nofriends46 10+ year member]

True! Alot of people are unpowering their subs, thats why they save up and get another amp. But if you running a 300watt amp to a JL W7 than thats a joke.

 

[kmu 10+ year member]

Just for the record... W6v2 are 4ohm DVC...so you cannot play them @ 4ohm just a 2 ohm or a 8 ohm load..

 

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

JLd4's u run them at either 1ohm or 4ohm

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by nofriends46 True! Alot of people are unpowering their subs, thats why they save up and get another amp. But if you running a 300watt amp to a JL W7 than thats a joke.

Why is that a joke? If you want some of the best SQ without mind shattering SPL 300W is perfect for a daily driver. It would be perfect for SQ comps. For some reason or another people have it in their mind that because there is a thermal limit rating on a sub, that they have to power it so that you're right on that rating.

*sigh*

I've done several installs with 300W running to a 600W RMS+ driver and I haven't heard a complaint, nor have I heard anyone who's heard it call it a "joke".

 

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

funny you just said that....

my friend has a pheonix gold xmax 12 rms is 500 watts..

he's powering it w/an xtant amp w/250watts goin to it....

he's not sastified.....

and its a shame when u know someone w/a jlw0 who's sub sounds better and louder!

so i think its better to get as close to rms if not over it as possible!

its better for a sub to be overpowered than under!!

another case was me and my 5channel amp powering a jlw3......

i had 150 watts goin to it when the rms was 250 watts...

after i was able to get to the rms i understood why companies set rms.... b/c its recommended..... and if u don't follow at least follow that, you won't see how well it can perform... so i think he is right about calling it a J O K E !

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don't get mad either!

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by limitkid7 funny you just said that....

 

my friend has a pheonix gold xmax 12 rms is 500 watts..

 

he's powering it w/an xtant amp w/250watts goin to it....

 

he's not sastified.....

 

and its a shame when u know someone w/a jlw0 who's sub sounds better and louder!

 

Why is that a shame? The JLW0 is a good speaker.

Originally posted by limitkid7 so i think its better to get as close to rms if not over it as possible!

its better for a sub to be overpowered than under!!

 

If you think this then you have been sadly misinformed my friend. You should read up on the facts before you go and start spreading myths.

Originally posted by limitkid7 another case was me and my 5channel amp powering a jlw3......

 

i had 150 watts goin to it when the rms was 250 watts...

after i was able to get to the rms i understood why companies set rms.... b/c its recommended..... and if u don't follow at least follow that, you won't see how well it can perform... so i think he is right about calling it a J O K E !

 

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don't get mad either!

That RMS rating is only a thermal limit of the voice coil in one situation. Port your sub and the RMS value goes down. Bandpass and the RMS value goes down. Increase the size of the sealed box and the RMS goes down. Don't worry about me getting upset, other people's ignorance makes me laugh.

 

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

w0 is a good speaker but i wouldn't put it on the same level as a pheonix gold xmax 12

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Power does not dictate what a speaker sounds like. The W0 (or any other speaker for that matter) will sound the same at 10W or 1000W, the ONLY thing that changes is the output. Period.

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

i wouldnt put anything on the level of a PG sub....

taht would be disrespecting the other driver....

 

[nofriends46 10+ year member]

ok ok...get the point!!! how do you wire a 12" W7 to a 1ohm, 2ohm, amp? single 12", someone said you cannot! thats why they get 13.5" since they are dual....