possible to run a 10/12" l5 on a 400.1?

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

thinking of getting a 10 or 12" l5 from hifisound, only 80.00 + shipping. it would be under powered if i had the 12. but with the 10 id be pretty nominal. would it be a little better than my 2 12" Comps? its a kicker kx400.1amp - wanna see which out performs the other. if the l5 is better, ill be selling my 12" comps and box, extremly cheap on here. probly a 100.00 + shipping

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[One Bad MOFO 10+ year member]

thinking of getting a 10 or 12" l5 from hifisound, only 80.00 + shipping. it would be under powered if i had the 12. but with the 10 id be pretty nominal. would it be a little better than my 2 12" Comps? its a kicker kx400.1amp - wanna see which out performs the other. if the l5 is better, ill be selling my 12" comps and box, extremly cheap on here. probly a 100.00 + shipping

i read the title and thought you were talking about an ab 400.1 and i was like yea its possible... if you like burning voice coil smell //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

no lol.. its a kx400.1 -- i heard nominally the 10" L5 (03 black cone) would do well with my amp. the 12 on the other hand would be 150-200 watts under powered. maybe ill get 2 10" L5's, another kx400.1, and run them each on theyre own amp. i belive this would be upgrade from what im running. and a cheap one at that. 100.00 for the amp, 80.00 a peice for the subs. and a box. what... maybe 250 total? not bad.. and it would be nice and loud.

 

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

well... 260 before shipping.

 

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

300 for 2 L5's, and an amp. i belive id be at a good 800-1000 watts by then. very nice upgrade from my 400w setup i have now

 

[dragonrage 10+ year member]

I'd rather go for one bigger sub than two smaller subs. Then you can add another big sub later if you want.

 

[g0t-milk 10+ year member]

yea but 2 l5's getting 450 watts a peice isnt bad at all. i upgrade slowly. i dont wanna jump from my 400w setup to a 2000w setup, i do it a few hundred watts at a time. i like seeing how all types of setups sound, because i might not need a big sub and big amp. i might enjoy my 10" l5s on two kx400.1's

 

[DaveDSMer 10+ year member]

even if you underpower it a bit until you upgrade, as long as you dont clip the amp, you won't damage the sub.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

a 400.1 will power an L5 10" nicely