New toy

[bmrbob 10+ year member]

Hey, I just ordered this sub new from ebay. What do you think of it? I'm going to be putting 750rms topps to it and running it in a 1.5 cu.ft. box tuned to 30 hz. I also purchased this thing so I can return it within 30 days if I don't like it.

http://www.mycarjams.com/car_audio/hazel/detail/SPLW10

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[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

under powering it?

 

[QuikSilverRS91 10+ year member]

Looks like something I would buy at the Mexican Swap Meet down in the next town...

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

hey look its a pawn shop sub woot woot. Dual 1 ohm voice coil ? haha **** that stinks so what kinda amp u using to power ther BEAST of a sub.

 

[bmrbob 10+ year member]

Audiobahn A8000T. I'm will return it and get my money back for a different sub I don't like how it sounds. I can do this within 30 days of the purchase.

 

[Xekutr 10+ year member]

Xmax: 0.4"????

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

its okay... xmax isnt everything...

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Xmax: 0.4"????

.4" = 11mm if thats what your talking about. I noticed you only have 7 posts u might have the units confused.

and as mentioned before xmax doesnt mean everything. Some of the loudest woofers dont have that much xmax

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

Not the best drivers in the world but it will do the job. Better for the money? Yeah, probably, but who cares, it's already bought. Listen to it, refine your tastes or work on box skills. It's far more impressive to be able to utilize a driver to its fullest potential than spend a wad of cash and be loud.

Xmax means = very little for an SPL based driver. Remember that kids.

Take a gander at Digital Designs published Xmax numbers. The lesser of Xmag and Xsus is not the end all and be all of T/S parameters.

 

[bmrbob 10+ year member]

What about clarity. Will this sub be alright when it comes to sq too?

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

That's dependant on your box and what you have as a reference. It won't sound great, but you can make it sound decent with enough planning.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Xmax means = very little for an SPL based driver. Remember that kids.

From what I hear the xmax will determine more the low end frequencies and its ability to sound good in a sealed box. This somewhat makes sense since most spl drivers that have very little xmax need to be in a ported box in order to be loud or clean. This is just what ive heard over the thousands of threads that ive seen though. I might be wrong //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Audiobahn A8000T. I'm will return it and get my money back for a different sub I don't like how it sounds. I can do this within 30 days of the purchase.

Since you are using that amp, and the sub is DVC 1 ohm, then you will only be able to wire it to a 2 ohms, because that amp is not .5 ohm stable. So in actuality, you will only be giving the sub around 400w RMS.

 

[bmrbob 10+ year member]

Uhhh...The amp puts out 800rms at 2 ohms.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Uhhh...The amp puts out 800rms at 2 ohms.

Good luck trying to get that much power