Expert Input On System Setup!!

So my 12" sub just blew, now I'm looking to upgrade, but I'm faced w/a dilemma as to which would be my "best" option. 1.Stay with my current amp(RF500A2-300wrmsX2) and add 2 12" subs with about 300wrms each(e.g.JL 12W6's) 2.Upgrade up to a 1000wrms amp and add a single 12" sub of about 1000wrms, I'm currently looking at the IDMaxs'. My concern is as to which would be a louder and better sounding setup. I want both SQ and SPL but leaning more towards SQ I'm looking for setup opinions so tell me what you think.

I'm just putting all this on the drawing board, so it's all open to opinions/thoughts right now. Your input would be greatly appreciated and of much help. Also this is all going into the back of a 2dr hatchback.

I just upgraded myself. Rockford Power 1000bd and 2 RFD2212's HX2's (2ohm DVC's). The amp is 1000RMS @ 2ohms, and the subs are 500RMS 1000Peak. I've got to tweak the filters a little more, but the SQ and SPL are a great match.Squirrel

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Ok, some guy is selling some new JL 12W6 subs at a good price and I'm thinking of buying them but I need to get some things cleared up here first. Will these handle 500wrms each adequately(I'm also upgrading to a 1000w amp)? Also these are the 6ohm version will that be an issue?? Anybody has some experiance as to how good they sound or not??

How's it going Squirrel? Nice to hear about your upgrade, I bet it sounds pretty good!!! How's the SPL, loud enough??? How much is your car shaking...you know, show it off a little! Can you give a ballpark estimate as to how many db's your hitting?

I don't think I'll be able to hear anymore pretty soon! Vibrations are like the San Andreas Fault in CA. I'm still designing a new custom enclosure. I want the sub enclosure to look similiar to this. Once I get around to actually building it, I'll put dampeners in to help minimize the vibrations. I will have to do the dash earlier though. My center dash console needs some bushings behind it to keep it from rattling at times! I love putting a water bottle in the cup holder, and making it dance! I don't mean just watching the water look like it's boiling, I mean watching the whole bottle dance! I'm not sure what the new db level is right now, I'm trying to find somewhere that can test it. I do know that my old setup (RF Power 500bd and 2 SVC RFP3412 HE's) was hitting about 142db. My new setup is twice the power, and DVC HX2 subs. I'm anticipating 150-160's easily? I think I'm gonna need a better battery now, and possibly having my alternator rewound to about 130 or 140. Gotta pay off the plastic first though! I don't think I've ever pulled this much juice before in my life!! From what I've found, the JL 12W6's are 300RMS unknown Peak. The 12W6V2's are 400RMS unknown Peak. From what I've read, the V2's are a better sub. I've never used a 6ohm sub before, so unfortunately I don't really have any input on that. The 12W6's would be a good match to your 500A2 as long as you can get the ohms to match, and get the 300x2 rating. You can go with a 1000 watt amp, and just turn the gains and bass down so you don't blow the 12W6's. I love my new setup, but I paid a pretty hefty price. I don't like getting things from non-authorized resellers because I wont get the Factory warrenty. And as hard as I push systems, I want guarenteed replacements! I got a hell of a good deal though (even though I could have paid half of what I did if I went through eBay), $500 for the 2 RFD2112 HX2's and $700 for the Power 1000bd.Squirrel

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the w6s will handle 500W without difficulties if you build your box right and know how to tune your system and set it up properly... as far as wanting a really solid combination of SQ and SPL, you were very wise in your choice of an IDMax 12...and you may even want to look at more power for that beast...I would even think you could get 1 IDMax 12 with 1000W louder than 2 w6v1 12s, if you are only feeding them 1000W...and if you are looking more for SQ, hands down, the IDMax will sound way better than the w6v1s... if the IDMax makes your amp budget a wee bit tight, the JBL 1200.1 would be an excellent match for that sub and is more than reasonable in price... and if u want to get crazy, do 2 of each...buy dual 4 ohm IDMaxs, and you could run both off of 1 amp for awhile and save up for the second amp, and since the 1200.1 does optimum power in both 2 and 1 ohm settings, you could run the pair at 1 ohm until you got the second amp and then run both at 2 ohm mono...

Hehehe, glad to hear that. I'm problaly going to go with what you did now, after hearing your review. The 1000w amp and 2 500w speakers anyway. I'm looking at diff. brands though. For amp I'm looking at the Usamps Usa1000x, the Xtant X1001, Zapco C2K-6.0X/AG1000, Mmats D100HC, JBL BP1200.1, MTX Thunder 1000D.....which amp should I choose????? Someone help me out here.

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