Skar ev10 Power?

[Wabatuckian]

Hello,

I bought one of these several weeks ago.

It's rated at 400w/150w RMS.

It's hooked up to an old Legacy 300w peak. I can't find the RMS on that Legacy anywhere.

I'm pretty sure it was measured at 4 ohms per channel, and I have it running at 2 ohms per channel.

The EV 10 seems to be slightly underpowered. It has a tight suspension, a ton of excursion, and the amp will clip before the sub bottoms out.

Do you think that I should try a slightly more powerful amplifier?

Back when I was doing this before in the 90s, free air/infinite baffle subs had less excursion and suspension than this Skar does.

Whatcha think?

Regards,

Josh

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[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

it's only a 2" coil sub with 8mm xmax i would put more than 300rms to it with gain real low., only rated for 150w., the vd woulda been much better for cheap..

 

[Wabatuckian]

it's only a 2" coil sub with 8mm xmax i would put more than 300rms to it with gain real low., only rated for 150w., the vd woulda been much better for cheap..

Hello,

I had to have a shallow sub. I'm thinking about getting another with higher power handling, but I need to reinforce the mounting first. RF has a decent one, it looks like.

Regards,

Josh

 

[BOOMINGRANDPA 5,000+ posts]

Hello,
I had to have a shallow sub. I'm thinking about getting another with higher power handling, but I need to reinforce the mounting first. RF has a decent one, it looks like.

Regards,

Josh

if u get more power and can't get sundown sd or can't fit a dayton, may as well save $ get the skar vd., know a guy had one for 3 yrs..