w7 hit good without a jl amp?
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Topic: w7 hit good without a jl amp?
Posted By: s_goodie
Subject: w7 hit good without a jl amp?
Date Posted: February 18, 2008 at 6:39 PM
will a w7 still hit good withuot a jl amp
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Stuey BABE
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Of course. Why wouldn't it? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: s_goodie
Date Posted: February 18, 2008 at 6:48 PM
would it still sound as good or would i be better off using a jl 100/1
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Stuey BABE
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: February 18, 2008 at 7:28 PM
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? ------------- "I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM
I love the fact that the JL does rated power between just a wide load range.
Posted By: s_goodie
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM
i have an clifornis profile 200 watt amp and the sub is 13.5 inches
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Stuey BABE
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 9:10 PM
What? I don't think "Clifornis" is a brand. Try again. ------------- "I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 9:35 PM
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. ------------- 2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
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Posted By: mazzasec
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 11:01 PM
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
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM
mazzasec wrote:
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
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
Posted By: s_goodie
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 12:12 AM
my bad i meant i have a 2000 watt california profile amp
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Stuey BABE
Posted By: mazzasec
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 12:18 AM
the w7 is 3ohms? and kicker overrates there amps i got a birth shirt on my zx1000 that came out to 1374 at2ohms so im pretty sure it would be pretty powerful at 3ohms
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM
my mad...I was thinking the Kickers put out full power at 1 ohm
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 1:16 AM
What is the model # of the amp? -Or, more specifically; what size fuse(s) are in the amp, and what class is it? Also, the enclosure plays a bigger role than brute power. What enclosure do you have it in? I would think the amp puts out close to 800-900watts, not too bad. California Profile amps aren't of the highest (or even higher) quality, but they are still great for the money -from what i've seen. ------------- 2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator
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Posted By: s_goodie
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
it is a california profile ap2000
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Stuey BABE
Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 3:29 PM
The AP2000 is a pretty powerful amp - strictly power-wise it would do a decent job on the 13w7. The problem is the sub is a dual 1.5 so at most you can only get a 3 ohm load on the amp. When bridged the Profile can safely drive a minimum of 4 ohms. Being a budget amp it probably wouldn't end well if you try to drive 3 ohms with it. If you don't get the JL amp, or something similar that will give you around 1000w at 3 ohms you're looking for a mono amp that does 1200-1500w at 2 ohms.
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