Kim Linder Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 All Subs are rated in sealed Minimum air space boxes, The ratings are Max Ratings, when a sub is used in a ported box, or even the bigger the box even if it is sealed the further away you get from from the min air space requirement the lower your power rating will get. It's a tricky little thing called PHYSICS. Also has something to do with knowing what you are talking about. If you just pull any sub out of the carton and play it free air of course it will not handle the max rate. proper break in times and frequency rates also come into play. If you do not set your gain properly, if you have a ridiculous high bass boost going on ( you will cook your sub coils with electricity like a toaster oven.) im not just talking about KICKER - any subs you can look this stuff anywhere, or even read the manual. I have been beating the crap out of a solo x 10 for all these years with the same cone in it. It is crazy loud. I bought several cone replacements when I got this cause I knew how hard I would be on it but I have never had to replace it yet. this is 2014, I got this in 04. Pushing it with a KX2500.1 with an HC2400 Kinetic. in a vented box tuned to 40Hz. @ 2Ohm. amps birthsheet is 3250 @ 2 Ohms and I yun it dynamic @ 17Volts steady with 0 Gauge wires with No Caps. the rest of the suburban is run off an HC800 so there is no power drop. Just sayin. 1,500 or 2,500 watts?Couple of years ago, The Kicker Company surprised everyone with the power of Solo X (especially 10" and 12") when it first came out. They claimed that it can take as much as 2,500wrms. Until a year ago or so, all of the suddenly, the Kicker site now changed the information and stated that 10" and 12" can only take as much as 1,500wrms and not 2,500wrms. Even the beast of Solo X18" can only take 3,000wrms. It is interesting to note that Kicker.com is the ONLY website that states 10" and 12" are 1,500wrms (all other sites said 2,500wrms).Wait, before you say something like "Ha, I knew it. They can't even take so much power!", check also on L7 series. On Kicker site, it says that 10"L7 is only 450wrms (huh?! ) and not 600wrms! Either Kicker got it wrong or they've been tricking people for years. I have a pair of S10"L7 powered by KX1,200.1 (birthsheet says ~1,500wrms) and I pumped 'em really hard without a single problem (see pictures below).What does that mean for me?I had a thought about getting solo X 12" sometime in the future and I need to know the proper power, size of box, etc. If X12 can only take 1,500 watts, then forget it. I probably get me another pair of 10L7s (4 in total), powered by a ZX2500 in a big ported box. I am pretty sure that each sub can take a little more than 600wrms with proper installation/power and all that. What do you think?This picture below is my next plan (speakers on door probably will change overtime but...) Little truck, big bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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