Mofo 12

[98neon_r/t]

Hi all. I just signed up today and I have been goin through the forums. I am familiar with car audio and electronics and have a good background but I'm newer to subwoofers...well not new just not all that familiar, i know the basics. The reason I'm here is to see if you guys can help me find a cheap amp that will push my new sub. I'm ordering a Power Acoustik MOFO 12. The sub is 2400 watts and 1200rms. Another question is should I get an amp the pushes 1200 watts so I don't have the risk of blowing the subs? By cheap I'm lookin 100-225 bucks max....I do know not to get Pyle, Legacy or Pyramid.

Also, PA reccommends a ported box, IMO I don't like them so I want to go sealed. Does 2.25CUFT sound good?

Thanks

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[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

Im not familiar with PA subs but usually a manufacture recommends a type of box for a reason, you didnt say what voice coils you are getting but if you can wire it to 1 ohm check out the sundown 1000d, it does 1000w rms @ 1 ohm and you can get a used one for around 220 on the forums

If you do go sealed I think 2.25 would be to big too

 

[98neon_r/t]

Thanks, i seen that the fubar's in a sealed box are 2.25 and the mofo is just a little more powerful. The voice coil is dual 2ohm, so yea it'll go to 1

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

I wouldn't get that sub if the company doesn't recommend it to be used sealed.

 

[98neon_r/t]

If you do go sealed I think 2.25 would be to big too

Just looked at the site again. I was looking at the box size for a 15.

Will it really be that bad if I do go sealed?

 

[Decado2 10+ year member]

Don't seal that sub up, its a ported sub, follow the manufacturers specs and port it, if you want sealed, get something different.

A buddy of mine had a mofo in a ported box, it got very loud, didnt sound so good but it did the job he wanted it to!

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

If the manu suggests ported and doesn't even offer sealed cu ft, there is a reason. Pick a different sub. Look at ID Q or ID Max. I wouldn't go to their website, however, as I just tried and my explorer crashed and then my Symantec just warned me that Trojan.Asprox tried to infect my computer from the Image Dynamics website.

 

[98neon_r/t]

Ok thanks, let me look....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

Ok thanks, let me look....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Just google IDQ or IDMax and read about it from other websites //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Yeah Toast 10+ year member]

Local audio store owner was puting mofos in 2 cube boxes sealed and couldn't get them to last a few weeks. I had mine in a 2.5 cube ported for little more then year and a half. Still have them in storage just one makes a little noise from getting clipped to near death.

 

[98neon_r/t]

Ok thanks,

Let's say I wanted to make my own box. It needs to be tuned at 40hz how would I do that? I'm sure if I look into this forum I would find out but I'm kinda busy. A link would be great. It

* 2400 watts power handling

* 1200 Watts RMS

* 270 oz . magnet

* 3¡± BASV/Kapton Hybrid 18 AWG Voice Coil

* SPL 90 dB

* Fs: 36.7 Hz

* Vas: 0.73 cu.ft.

* Qms: 5.34 ? Qes: 0.36 ? Qts: 0.3363 What's this?

* Xmax: 0.7" And this?

* Sealed box: N/A

* Ported box: 2.4 cu..Ft.

* Tuning: 40 Hz

* Port size: 3¡± (dia)x 6.75¡± (length)

* # of ports: 2

* Mounting Depth: 6.75¡±