w0 vs w6 good deal?

[89montero 10+ year member]

I recently bought 2 JL 12w0 subs(older ones with "**** cone"), SVC 8ohm in a sealed JL power-wedge box and a fosgate power 360a2(wiring included). I paid $225. I think I might have overpaid a bit and am kinda disappointed with the performance, especially since my 89 montero has a lot of interior space. This is my first sub setup and I'm pretty new to car audio so i guess it's part of the deal.

Well I was cruising the classified and found 2 jl 12 W6 subs(older "**** cone") in a sealed box with a fosgate punch 500.2 amp and all wiring. Appears to be in top condition. All this for 250 OBO, that's a killer deal right?

So should I jump on this and sell my old stuff? I'm thinking I will swap boxes, sell the WOs and both amps and buy a quality mono amp with sufficient power.

My main question is will I notice a definite difference in bass quality/punch/volume in two w6s vs two w0s to make this all worth it?

Any input would be appreciated.

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[NoLimit 10+ year member]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

not sure about old w6's

but w6's sound very very nice

and they will get a shit load louder

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[dennisthamenace 10+ year member]

w6's would be a major upgrade //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

yes, the W6's are nice subs and will put the w0's to shame.

 

[lastcall 10+ year member]

i had 4 older 10w6's, and they wanged for 10's, now i have the newet w6's. you will tell a big difference

 

[89montero 10+ year member]

is this a good deal though? Does anyone have any experience with the old **** cone w6s? I have an email into the guy and would like to go take a look tomorrow.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

very good deal

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I have used the old W6 series and love them. If they really are in excellent shape and the amp is as well, that's a very good price.

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

WTF is a **** cone, you could just say its the older model //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You should upgrade, is there pics of the equip in the listing? I may be interested in the 500.2.

 

[NoLimit 10+ year member]

WTF is a **** cone, you could just say its the older model //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
You should upgrade, is there pics of the equip in the listing? I may be interested in the 500.2.

hormones sir

go for the w6's!

 

[BIGsherm7272]

my 13W6V2's pound, and sound great doing it. Build them a proper box, and they will shine.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

my 13W6V2's pound, and sound great doing it. Build them a proper box, and they will shine.

Not at all relevant to the discussion, but thanks anyway.

 

[BIGsherm7272]

oh, sorry, didnt see you were talking about the older models....

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

If the equipment is in good shape, it would be a good deal, however that equipment isn't matched up that well.

The old W6s were only available in dual 6 ohm voice coils. The reason is so that you could run 3 subs and wire them to 4 ohms or 1 ohm (therefore they would be compatible with most common class A/B 4 ohm mono bridged amps and Class D 1 ohm mono stable amps.

that amp is 2 ohm stereo stable/4 ohm monostable. If you run 1 sub per channel you would have a 3 ohm load which would be roughly 200 watts per channel (not bad but the more power the better) If your wire both subs in parallel and bridge the amp then you will have a 2 ohm load, which the amp wasn't recommended to do and might not like to run that configuration.

So you might want to speak to the seller to see how they had wired the setup, for clues as to how the equipment was treated.

 

[Spooby 10+ year member]

I'd do it if I were you. **** near anything is better than the W0.