will this be enough power?

[texan4x4 10+ year member]

hey guys i was woundering if my 1200.1 jbl amp will be enough to power 2 15 inch Kicker L7's? or should i keep saving, i will evently buy another jbl but now i dont have the money.

Thanks for the help

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[KoBan715 10+ year member]

The one JBL would do fine.

 

[F150Matt 10+ year member]

but you'd see a big difference with 2

 

[abercrombie2582 10+ year member]

yeah, and two would blow those ln7s pretty quickly if you have the gains set too high!!!

 

[texan4x4 10+ year member]

i dought i would blow my l7s with 2 jbl 1200.1, remember these are the 15's

they max at 2000 a peace

 

[texan4x4 10+ year member]

hey guys thanx for the help i guess ill go ahead and run the 2 15's with just one jbl for the time being.

THANX ALL

 

[streetrod]

you should be running at least 1000watts to each of thos subs. if you run too little power you will blow them easer then if you had to much power.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

im not even going to touch that last post other than to say disregard it....not true....so long as the gains are set properly

 

[picklekx 10+ year member]

Originally posted by streetrod you should be running at least 1000watts to each of thos subs. if you run too little power you will blow them easer then if you had to much power.

that has absolutely no truth at all.

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

yeah how many people have tried to say that before and it has no truth in it at all. now i would say that if you ran 2 1200.1's to 2 L7's you might blow em but you might not. a buddy of mine has 2 L7 12"s running off 4 800 watt kicker amps so he's running 1600 a piece to his subs and they are fine.

adam

 

[streetrod]

I,f you guys new how to read what I said was you will blow them easier if you are running too little power to them. And as far as bumpin_blazer goes the max watts on L712s is 1200 first edition an 1400 second edition, so he is pretty stupid for running that much power. And the gain should never be set to max on any amp.

 

[rco8786 10+ year member]

lol believe me we all read it just fine..

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

it's all about if you know your stuff and apparently he does considering he's had those subs in there for about 5 months a piece and they are doing just fine.

adam

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Originally posted by streetrod I,f you guys new how to read what I said was you will blow them easier if you are running too little power to them. And as far as bumpin_blazer goes the max watts on L712s is 1200 first edition an 1400 second edition, so he is pretty stupid for running that much power. And the gain should never be set to max on any amp.

so what your saying is that if you send a sub below its rms power your more likely to blow it than sending it its rms power??? cause if you are your wrong....if the gains are set properly it wouldnt matter if you sent a L7 4watts or 1000watts or whatever the rms is....anyways....im not really wanting to start this argument again...peace,

 

[nismo 10+ year member]

just to make a point...hook up the tiniest little amp you can find to one of the 15's. say its 20x2...bridges to 80 watts. crank the gain on it, and play it for a while. it wont move much at all, and even tho its distorting REALLY bad, it will smoke the amp well before it could do ANY damage to the sub. too much power is what kills subs.

i personally have run over 700 watts into a jl 12w3 long term, with no ill effects, BUT i paid attention to what it sounded like, and was careful with my gains. you just gotta be careful, and make sure to set your gains with an o'scope (or something similar) instead of with your ears.

eric