Kicker vs. JL

[fearturtle03 10+ year member]

I had a few questions about new subs... I currently have a pair of JL10W0's in my car now powered by a Kenwood KAC-729S Amp. The subs and amp as you can tell are old(about 6 or so years), but work fine. I am looking into getting new subs but am limited on money right now. I know JL's are great in quality bass, but would something like a single 10 solobaric L5 give me more bass/ the same if not better quality than my JL's?

Also right now Kenwood amp is 2 channel. Does anyone know the powerrating on this amp and what it would be if bridged into 1 channel as well as the OHM's at that point?

Thanks Alot

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[militaryboy91 10+ year member]

I believe that the kenwood amp is somewhere in the vicinity of 220watts x 2. I know that its only stable to 2 ohms and you should see in the area of 450 x 1. I don't have the spec in front of me, but on an amp that old its gonna be kind of hard to tell. I'm just going off of what the specs have been on similar kenwood amps in the past.

 

[militaryboy91 10+ year member]

For a sub, I think that JL sounds better than kicker overall, but one solobaric L5 should sound alot better than the 10w0's that you now have.

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

RMS Power 100 Watts x 2@4ohms

Peak Power 150 Watts x 2@2ohms

Bridged RMS @ 4ohms 300x1

 

[fearturtle03 10+ year member]

If i decieded to get the solo L5 it has an RMS of about 450watts...Would my bridged kenwood at 300 do it justice, or would getting a new amp be worth the extra money.

Also would I have to get a 4-OHM sub if i decieded to bridge the kenwood into 1 channel

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

if you get the L5, port it or get the preloaded boxes, with the woofer, ready to go

 

[trow100 10+ year member]

go to crutchfield.com and get 2 l5's!!!!! for the price of one. i know you only have the power for one but you could always sell the other one, even $100 on ebay or somethin so you just got a l5 with fac warranty for $100.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-3kmjFwaRRPP/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=520&I=2065S10L52

 

[trow100 10+ year member]

o and did i mention free shipping on the l5's