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stingercaraudio 
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Posted: May 30, 2004 at 3:38 PM / IP Logged  

whuts up yall? Got a quick question.

 6-15" Kicker CompVRs         vs.          1-18" SoloX

Whut setup will win the battle? This is for spl of course qand we don't really need much sq. the CompVRs will get 750 watts rms each and the SoloX will get 4500 watts rms. Comps in 3 cu. ft. enclosures and the Solox in a 10 cu. ft. plus port. Let me know whut you think and we will build this bad boy in about a week or two!!!

Thanks for the input

Jeremy

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That is a tough one. I can see the 18 being extremely loud in the right box, built correctly. Although 6 15s in ported boxes, built correctly, will be loud as hell as well. I would personally do the 15s just because it looks better then a big ass box for one speaker. It would come down to box design and available space.
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I would do the 15's too, because that would be one pretty sight.  With that power you described, the 15's would win with the advantage of cone area.  Whatever you choose, please post pics of the install!
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two votes for 6 15" CompVRs and 0 for the SoloX, interesting... It's going into an explorer so either way it will be loud, it has no choice!! I am down to do either setup, I just wanna hear from others to get a better idea of which one will be louder. So far so good, I am very happy with the comments and will listen to all of them for more info. Keep em coming and we will see whut system is next.

Thanks again

Jeremy

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Oh yeah, forgot to ask something.... It is a question that is impossible to answer exact, but whut do you think those systems COULD hit (being realistic)?? I know that the SoloX is a loud monster but whut do you think?

The info has changed as far as power. I have 2 Viper D2500.1s that will be strapped. 5000 rms and 5400 dynamic. These amps should power either system pretty good.

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Is this a driveable car, and what amperage will the alt make?
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I got 2 300A alt's in right now, after ripping out the air conditioning. I will drive it, but not too much.

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There's no replacement for displacement. As cool as the Solo X is I dont see this as much of a competion. I have personally experienced 2 solo X's in a Blazer off of 4000 watts RMS in 2 seperate 8 cubic foot boxes made into a wall. It was loud but I was expecting more. When you run 90" of subs compared to18" of subs the 90"s are gonna move more air. This is a no Brainer man, do the 15's, your gonna slam.
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I'm thinkin the same thing as you guys. More cone area = more bass. I just don't know whut the Solo X can offer in a 10 cu. ft. enclosure(plus port). One sub with 5000+ watts has to be impressive. I kinda expect the 6 15s to slam, but I gotta imagine that 1 18" Solo X would be pretty impressive too with that power being fed to it. If you hear something this loud you would almost expect to see multiple subs, but you'd have to be impressed with just one sub behind all that noise, you know? I'm just sayin'..........yeah 6 15s..........anybody else got a comment or anything to say bout this???  Let me know whut you think.

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stingercaraudio wrote:
.... a question that is impossible to answer exact, but whut do you think those systems COULD hit (being realistic)??   I have 2 Viper D2500.1s that will be strapped. 5000 rms and 5400 dynamic.

I would take a stab at 142 db SPL.  Figuring like this:  start with 116 db with 1000 watts, you need 10 times that to gain 10 more db.  But it's 5 times that, so now that makes it 121 db.  Add 6 db for cone area of the subs, and 15 db for cabin gain.  For a total of 142.  I got the starting number from this document from Pioneer.  The cabin gain is just a guess.  And I don't know if I figured the extra db for the 15's correctly, but I believe they should have at least a 6 db advantage over the one 18".

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