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<blockquote data-quote="SlugButter" data-source="post: 8751951" data-attributes="member: 678073"><p>I’ve always ran 8s since the DD 1508 came out. I have a couple of 10s lying around to build for a competition also if I ever get a wild hair. I can probably get around 144 DB on the 1200 watts rms I have available. I’ve always had a goal to get maximum performance from manageable wattage levels. Best I’ve done is 144.6 DB on 700 watts RMS. I did 145.2 once, but that was on 1400 watts rms, double the box size and an extra sub. I call that a failed use of space and dollars in a daily driver for a .6 dB gain. What I like to build for people are manageable daily driver systems for dollars and power that can still go into a bass race sometimes. Once a person starts trying to reach up towards 146 DB in my experience, it gets expensive. The cost is exponential for diminishing returns at that point. Horse power in a motor works the same way once you get to a certain horse power and torque levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SlugButter, post: 8751951, member: 678073"] I’ve always ran 8s since the DD 1508 came out. I have a couple of 10s lying around to build for a competition also if I ever get a wild hair. I can probably get around 144 DB on the 1200 watts rms I have available. I’ve always had a goal to get maximum performance from manageable wattage levels. Best I’ve done is 144.6 DB on 700 watts RMS. I did 145.2 once, but that was on 1400 watts rms, double the box size and an extra sub. I call that a failed use of space and dollars in a daily driver for a .6 dB gain. What I like to build for people are manageable daily driver systems for dollars and power that can still go into a bass race sometimes. Once a person starts trying to reach up towards 146 DB in my experience, it gets expensive. The cost is exponential for diminishing returns at that point. Horse power in a motor works the same way once you get to a certain horse power and torque levels. [/QUOTE]

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