JL Audio W7 Options

[KB-2]

okay....so ive been thinking alot...and i really want to get Jl audio subs.

i want to get W7.

now im either gonan get

three 10's
or
two 12's

they will be w7's

and i have yet to decide what amp to get.

my only question is how hard will three 10's actully pound?

i want to be able to atleast pound a little....like so you cna hear me coming from a lil bit away.

i know the 12's will be much louder and pound more, but i really want to get that tight clean punchy bass


so any feedback would be great!

[AudioFreak]

AS for a 100AMP amplifier, you would have to be pushing between 10000 (yes ten thousand) and 160000 (one hundred and sixty thousand) watts of power to the subs, ummm you might need a cap :-p

WATTS/VOLTS = AMPS

let's see 10000/12 = 833 amps
and 160000/12 = 1333 amps Yikes!!!

If you reverse the formula AMPS X VOLTS = WATTS
100x12 = 1200 watts

In a perfect world amps are 100% efficient and waste no power. In our world they do waste power (thats where the heat comes from). Somewhere between 50 and 70% is what you can expect. So that 1200 watts on paper is gonna be somewhere between 600 and 840 watts in the real world.

Now as far as what subs to get and what amp. Any really good shop should let you demo a bunch of different subs first in the showroom till you pick out a few you really like and then throw them in your car to see how they will sound in your celi.

Everybody's ears are different and what sound's good to one person sounds horrible to another. You need to find what sounds right too YOU.

Also what kind of enclosure you use effects the sound. Ported boxes are louder but not as tight as a sealed. Bandpass gives you the volume and punch but only in a small freq range. It's a game of give and take. Again a good shop will be able to show you the options and work with you to find what you are looking for.