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HsOffRoad · 07-08-2009, 10:12 PM

Depends on the sound you are looking for, and how much trunk you are willing to give up. In the smaller enclosure, they will handle more power, and sound "warmer" (boomier) on the higher bass notes, but not as loud on the really low stuff. The larger enclosure will be tighter and less boomy up top, with more pronounced low end, but you won't be able to feed them as much power without them bottoming out.

Everything's a trade off. Putting them in 1.0 cube each (net) will yield a QTC around 0.9, which will be a bit boomy, but good for hip hop music. To get the QTC down to around 0.7, the box would have to be enormous (around 3.75 cubes net per driver), which wouldn't even fit in your trunk.

The change between 0.75 cubes net per and 1.0 cubes net per is only around 1 Db on the graph, so if you're tight on trunk space, the smaller enclosure would work just fine. However, if you put them in 1.5 cubes net per driver, they do flatten out considerably and you gain about 3Db below 30Hz (if you like the really low stuff).

Power wise, I'm a power junkie. I put big amps behind everything. Heck, the amp for my front stage is rated to put out almost 500W RMS. I assume you will be running both of them off of a single mono woofer amp at 2 ohms?.... If thats the case, I personally would look for an amp that makes around 1000W RMS at 2 ohms. Having the extra power on hand is really nice, if your budget allows for it. But like Funk said, you can certainly get by with less power and have them work just fine, if you are tight on cash.

Hans

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HsOffRoad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Media, PA Posts: 1,917 Hans Scherer	Depends on the sound you are looking for, and how much trunk you are willing to give up. In the smaller enclosure, they will handle more power, and sound "warmer" (boomier) on the higher bass notes, but not as loud on the really low stuff. The larger enclosure will be tighter and less boomy up top, with more pronounced low end, but you won't be able to feed them as much power without them bottoming out. Everything's a trade off. Putting them in 1.0 cube each (net) will yield a QTC around 0.9, which will be a bit boomy, but good for hip hop music. To get the QTC down to around 0.7, the box would have to be enormous (around 3.75 cubes net per driver), which wouldn't even fit in your trunk. The change between 0.75 cubes net per and 1.0 cubes net per is only around 1 Db on the graph, so if you're tight on trunk space, the smaller enclosure would work just fine. However, if you put them in 1.5 cubes net per driver, they do flatten out considerably and you gain about 3Db below 30Hz (if you like the really low stuff). Power wise, I'm a power junkie. I put big amps behind everything. Heck, the amp for my front stage is rated to put out almost 500W RMS. I assume you will be running both of them off of a single mono woofer amp at 2 ohms?.... If thats the case, I personally would look for an amp that makes around 1000W RMS at 2 ohms. Having the extra power on hand is really nice, if your budget allows for it. But like Funk said, you can certainly get by with less power and have them work just fine, if you are tight on cash. Hans Last edited by HsOffRoad; 07-08-2009 at 10:25 PM.