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jmelton86

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Posted: May 16, 2007 at 6:34 PM / IP Logged

jmelton86 wrote:

Oh, I had 2 KickerComp 10's downfired (they, according to the sag calculator, weren't 'sag worthy') getting 250wrms (they're rated @ 150wrms) and they held up for the 6 months I had them. -Just got a G5 and GTR 10" ;)

haemphyst wrote: huh... I wonder WHY they failed... Could it be, oh, because they WEREN'T SUITED FOR DOWNFIRING?!?! There's a reason people provide all of this help... so you don't HAVE to replace your woofers every 6 months... jeez, man, a woofer should last you tens of YEARS without failing...

*I didn't say they failed. I said they held up fine, overpowered, for the 6 months I was using them. I just got the G5 and GTR, that's why I took out the Comp 10's. Thanks, though.

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jonchos

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Posted: May 16, 2007 at 7:17 PM / IP Logged

haemphyst wrote:

sqsq wrote:

you can set up any sub to downward fire as long as there's enough room for the sub to reach its maximum excursion without hitting the floor

Ummm... yeah, NO! bad sqsq... BAD! No, you cannot use ANY woofer in a downfiring situation, and this specific driver is NOT suitable for downfiring. It is 10% "saggy", and it WILL bang the stops, (at least the front stop...) and possibly fail significantly sooner than it should. At a very minimum, it'll NOT run linearly, and sound worse than RF woofers already do/can...

jmelton86 wrote:

Oh, I had 2 KickerComp 10's downfired (they, according to the sag calculator, weren't 'sag worthy') getting 250wrms (they're rated @ 150wrms) and they held up for the 6 months I had them. -Just got a G5 and GTR 10" ;)

huh... I wonder WHY they failed... Could it be, oh, because they WEREN'T SUITED FOR DOWNFIRING?!?! There's a reason people provide all of this help... so you don't HAVE to replace your woofers every 6 months... jeez, man, a woofer should last you tens of YEARS without failing...

jonchos wrote:

jmelton86 wrote:

Oh, I had 2 KickerComp 10's downfired (they, according to the sag calculator, weren't 'sag worthy') getting 250wrms (they're rated @ 150wrms) and they held up for the 6 months I had them. -Just got a G5 and GTR 10" ;)

Yeah i do not know any of those variables for that formula, hahaha. I went to the site and i could not find them so...... Thank you anyway. I think is going to be fine.

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Wait a second... You chose that woofer because you didn't have space for a deeper woofer, but NOW you want to fire it down, and take up a HUGE footprint? Something doesn't make sense with this situation... Why don't you tell us EXACTLY what you have in mind, with car and everything, and maybe we can keep you from getting into a situation that you will not be happy with...

I am instaling it in a nissan frontier extended cab. I am trying to get as stealthy as posible. The box I am building will replace the bottom part seat of the rear jumper seat in the cab. Thats why I want it to downfire. I don't understand why some people used the formula to help me and say it's good for this firing position and you and others say no.

I did not start this threat to get in arguments about donwfiring, only to get help.

Thank you.

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