jl audio 12w6v2 subs opinion

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

For those that had/have some of these subs, i know the specs say 400watts nominal ratings, but in the car audio mag. they vance/? did a review on this sub. on his setup he used a zapco c6k amp pushing 2000watts into the sub really didn't mention if he used one or two. anyways i have 3 of these babies, and of course using only ppi art amps(one of the best). using 2 subs, i was going to run an a1200.2 (1200watts/4 ohm/briged mono) for the 2 subs or use 2 a600.2 on each one. so i was wondering for those who had/have these subs, how much wattts were you able to feed into this sub.? and sound quality?

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[KnOkIn It 420 10+ year member]

They are about the only thing I would buy from JL,I have a buddy with a Autotek MX 500,I cant remember the specs,but it work very well.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

heh 250watts here

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

One of my customers had 2 12w6v2's sealed in his '03 F250 running on a BD2001 and they blew after a month...

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

diamond, what type of amp is a bd2001?

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

Rockford Fosgate

 

[puppie_chow 10+ year member]

Let's just put it this way...

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[JL_user99]

I have 1 single jl 12w6v2 running of of a jl 500/1 in a sealed 1.21 cu ft. box and it is more than enough spl with elite sq. i say if u wanna push it that much then run 3 of them but 500 watts pers w6 is enough. any more and it will over excurt and it wont sound good at higher wattages. Just port it if u want more spl

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

I have 1 single jl 12w6v2 running of of a jl 500/1 in a sealed 1.21 cu ft. box and it is more than enough spl with elite sq. i say if u wanna push it that much then run 3 of them but 500 watts pers w6 is enough. any more and it will over excurt and it wont sound good at higher wattages. Just port it if u want more spl

i was inquirying due to the fact that when they did the review on this sub, they feed it 2000wts, sure i agree with, why go beyond manuf. required specs...

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

when i worked at good guys i allwasy ran a jl 1000/1 on it. took it fine, wasnt to much louder with xtra 500 watss to it(due to shitty enclosure) but it took it fine

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

exactly, its quality not quantity, its the type of clean watts that is put into the speaker, but there are a few great amps that have both, and there lots of amps that are really crappy amps(imho), 1500w amp for lets say for couple bills, and probably a good portion of those watts are static, that is not what i consider a good amp, this one guy told me who was into great car audio hi-fi stereo, that a good quality amp it will cost 1 dollar per watt.

 

[ryanbssc29 10+ year member]

my friend has 2 12' W6s and he poweres his with a jl 1000 and his have don distortion and are just fine. Also I would say that the jl1000 is underrated so you would prob be getting somewhere around 1200w anyways

 

[iltoivfe 10+ year member]

i have 2 12 w6v2s and im about to power them with an orion 1200d courtesy of mikeyb.

 

[saltyreefguy 10+ year member]

well, hope you let us know how it sounds...

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

I had a set (3) of the first W6s that JL made.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I had them wired series/parallel for a 4ohm load. Running a Rockford Punch 200ix to them and they sounded off the hook. I know this isn't relevant to this thread but I just thought I'd share this with you guys since you seem to be fans of JL.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif