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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 6:39 PM / IP Logged

will a w7 still hit good withuot a jl amp

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM / IP Logged

Of course. Why wouldn't it?

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would it still sound as good or would i be better off using a jl 100/1

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 7:28 PM / IP Logged

That isn't really a complete question.

"Will a JL w7 sound as good on amp X as it does on a JL 1000/1?" is a complete question.

And I think the answer is - probably not. The JL1000/1 is among the most capable sub amplifiers on the market - period. So unless your JLw7 is being mated to a Zapco, McIntosh, or maybe higher quality stuff from Eclipse or the like - then I seriously doubt it will compare with what you could do with the JL1000/1.

Eitherway, for an amplifier to put out power that comes near what the JL1000/1 does - you'll have to spend AT LEAST ~$400 - 600 anyway.\

What amplifier do you want to hook your w7 to? What size w7 is it?

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Posted: February 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM / IP Logged

I love the fact that the JL does rated power between just a wide load range.

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Posted: February 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM / IP Logged

i have an clifornis profile 200 watt amp and the sub is 13.5 inches

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What? I don't think "Clifornis" is a brand. Try again.

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Posted: February 19, 2008 at 9:35 PM / IP Logged

You're powering a 13W7 with a '200 watt' Califonia Profile amp, more like 75-100watts RMS?! It probably barely moves!

Power is power. Now, how clean the power is is a different story. With that said, you're going to need somewhere in between 500-1000watts of REAL RMS power to get full output from that sub.

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JL is good quality but IMO overpriced. You can get just as clean power cheaper ways. Some brands I would look into are kicker zx1000.1 or a Sundown SAE-1000D both do rated power and very clean power as well

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mazzasec wrote:

I wouldn't use the sundown with any of the W7 subs. 3 ohms on that amp is not worth it nore enough power. .75 ohms would void the warranty.

The kicker 1000.1 not sure what it does at 3 ohms but wouldn't be worth it. Not sure if it can handle .75 ohms daily

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