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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8661076" data-attributes="member: 614752">[MEDIA=youtube]2ho5MerJXT0[/MEDIA]This guy was doing 151 even with the JL amps, gained up to 152 and some change switching out to some Sundown amps.  I think weak electrical prevented him from gaining more.   He did blow up these subs on 2000W each eventually.  W7 is rock solid on 1000-1200W, you&#039;ll melt the coils pretty fast after that.There was another guy running some w7s in an explorer a few years back up here that did quite well for his power/cone area.  &nbsp; &nbsp; I will say if you do care to compete, figure out what organization is active in your area, research what their classes are, and try to build within limitations.   You will absolutely NOT be competitive if you wind up doing something that puts you up against guys with wall builds or guys using 5X the power you have.  Really though if you don&#039;t mind the price tag you can sound good and get loud with W7s and you can absolutely put up respectable numbers. Lastly a lot of orgs have music average competition formats these days.  They&#039;re often much closer contests than peak SPL and require a bit of skill in song selection and your run.  For example you build a 146dB system which may be plenty loud for your daily driving, you would get into a class trying to get as close to 140.0 without going over on a 30 second average.  It&#039;s not so extreme that you risk breaking stuff and regardless of what gear anybody else runs what counts is just keeping the average at 140.0 without going over. Post up a build log as you go please.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8661076, member: 614752"] [MEDIA=youtube]2ho5MerJXT0[/MEDIA] This guy was doing 151 even with the JL amps, gained up to 152 and some change switching out to some Sundown amps. I think weak electrical prevented him from gaining more. He did blow up these subs on 2000W each eventually. W7 is rock solid on 1000-1200W, you'll melt the coils pretty fast after that. There was another guy running some w7s in an explorer a few years back up here that did quite well for his power/cone area. I will say if you do care to compete, figure out what organization is active in your area, research what their classes are, and try to build within limitations. You will absolutely NOT be competitive if you wind up doing something that puts you up against guys with wall builds or guys using 5X the power you have. Really though if you don't mind the price tag you can sound good and get loud with W7s and you can absolutely put up respectable numbers. Lastly a lot of orgs have music average competition formats these days. They're often much closer contests than peak SPL and require a bit of skill in song selection and your run. For example you build a 146dB system which may be plenty loud for your daily driving, you would get into a class trying to get as close to 140.0 without going over on a 30 second average. It's not so extreme that you risk breaking stuff and regardless of what gear anybody else runs what counts is just keeping the average at 140.0 without going over. Post up a build log as you go please. [/QUOTE]

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