SPL with a single 8" Sub... More sound with less.

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

i havent read through the whole thread since it started, i just wanted to check. i wasnt really sure.

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Im sorry, its just frustrating as I shouldn't have to explain myself when a product is defective or doesn't meet the given requirements.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

So u didn't set gains properly, HAVE NO IDEA THE POWER GOING TO THE SUB, but the sub must be defective. Got it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

I am truly concerned for your equipment. You have an amp that has been clamped in access of 2700wrms @1ohm on a single 8 and have no idea the power going to it. You assume since it didn't have issues with a different sub wired to 4ohms its the new sub's fault that is wired at 1ohm.

Just wanted to point this stuff out. Bad practice leads to damaged equipment

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

An "SPL with an 8" thread and not one mention of the bass bucket. Where's the love?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

will got where i was going.

and bass bucket FTW,

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

An "SPL with an 8" thread and not one mention of the bass bucket. Where's the love?

That was an epic vid, repost that boi!

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

So u didn't set gains properly, HAVE NO IDEA THE POWER GOING TO THE SUB, but the sub must be defective. Got it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

So what your telling me is that a custom 8" sub on whatever power im giving it (because truthfully I dont know down to the tee what its getting exactly) should be quieter than a CVL on 450 watts before it reaches its mechanical limit... Because it certainly has never been louder.

Im concerned with your ability to read/comprehend.

Now unless im missing something when you double the power with the same cone area, you should typically see a slight increase in SPL, not a large decrease.

And you have no need to worry about my equipment. Its working 100% and I have not until this sub blown an amp or a sub in my 23 different installs for myself or many others for my friends. And no, I didnt use a DMM on those setups either...

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

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[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

So what your telling me is that a custom 8" sub on whatever power im giving it (because truthfully I dont know down to the tee what its getting exactly) should be quieter than a CVL on 450 watts before it reaches its mechanical limit... Because it certainly has never been louder.
Im concerned with your ability to read/comprehend.

It has been established you are improperly applying power to the sub, I read and comprehend that just fine. Why is not as loud could be a number of things. Did u make sure the sub is in phase. Did u check ohm load at the amp. Is the sub too close to a back wall. I have plenty of questions, but consdering u want to blame everything on the sub why even bring them up

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

It has been established you are improperly applying power to the sub, I read and comprehend that just fine. Why is not as loud could be a number of things. Did u make sure the sub is in phase. Did u check ohm load at the amp. Is the sub too close to a back wall. I have plenty of questions, but consdering u want to blame everything on the sub why even bring them up

Yes the sub is in phase, Wired to 1 ohm, checked that with a dmm, The sub is close to a back wall but so is the CVL when I install it so that doesnt explain the difference. Anything else I can answer for you?

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

That back wall does matter, and if u have a dmm to check ohm load why don't u take 2 minutes to set the gains right. Until I hear of properly set gains I can't sde with u at all nor take u seriously as an audio practitioner

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Yes the sub is in phase, Wired to 1 ohm, checked that with a dmm, The sub is close to a back wall but so is the CVL when I install it so that doesnt explain the difference. Anything else I can answer for you?

You do know that if the sub is out of phase it will still read a proper load, right?

BTW- only n00bs use dmm's.

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

You do know that if the sub is out of phase it will still read a proper load, right?
BTW- only n00bs use dmm's.

To check ohm load? Seems like a common practice...

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

That back wall does matter, and if u have a dmm to check ohm load why don't u take 2 minutes to set the gains right. Until I hear of properly set gains I can't sde with u at all nor take u seriously as an audio practitioner

I can't take you seriously. Talk about a nuthugger. Im sorry you are all bent outta shape man. Your not the one with the fucked up sub and some nuthugger asking you 400 questions and trying to come up with every possible reason its my fault. Im sure it was the alien that **** out magic coco butter that made the sub shitty, they must have abducted it in shipping. Im glad you had good results with yours, now this is what happened to mine. Step off.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

i'm not nuthugging, my point is if ur gonna bash a product at least make sure your install is not possibly the blame. i would do this to anyone regarding any product. Why? because i hate to see ignorance in car audio. you know you should set gains properly, yet clearly choose not to. Now that you are having an issue instead of making sure YOU didn't do something wrong you decide to blindly blame the product. That's childish. If such blunt speech is convicting (i.e. inciting strong emotion and response) maybe its because you know you have some things to try to make sure your install isn't the error but are too proud to admit it to yourself. If that's where u are, so be it. Good luck to you. But I feel bad for your equipment. I'll say it again, bad practice leads to damaged equipment. Happy bassin