how loud can a rockford t1 15 get?

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Topic: how loud can a rockford t1 15 get?

Posted By: bumpinexploder
Subject: how loud can a rockford t1 15 get?
Date Posted: June 09, 2008 at 11:19 PM

i have kind of a quick question. i currrently have 4 kicker cvr 12s in a 40 HTZ box right now on a hifonics bxi2008d amp pushin around 1300 rms all together. problem is that i had to take out my back seat in my 94 exploder. i want the room back and i have stock electrical so i am down grading they system.

question is if i get a rockford t1 15" and have a good box from my shop built for it and put a cadence mono amp on it with about 700 rms. which is about the limit on the t1s. (says 600 but RF is underrated as im sure everyone knows) Will it get as loud or louder than my setup now? i took it to my shop and the owner has a isaci meter and i hit a 139.8 was my best. thats with no dynamat and stock alternator and red top. so will it be as loud??? also i like SPL so maybe someone has another suggestion on subs. i kinda wanted a RE audio but i have heard so many mixed reviews on them. maybe a small FI audio sub? im lookin for no more than about a 650 RMS amp so i wont ruin my alt. thanks guys!

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: June 09, 2008 at 11:36 PM

With only 40% of your original cone are and half of your original power, it is going to be hard to be as loud as it was before.

Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 7:12 AM

yea i know but id rather work hard to make a low power system be loud then spend alot of money on electrical upgrades. so do you think i could hit a 140 with just one 15?

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's

Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM

Just "regular" loud.... thats all. posted_image

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 11:35 AM

Speakers can get pretty loud, especially if you place them on top a pile of dynamite and blow them up. They are darn loud then, well over 160db.

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Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 12:10 PM

dynamite.. hmmmmm. ill look into that dyohn thanks. but without explosives can it hit around 140? i wanna build a loud system without draining my power supply. any suggestions on a good single driver would work :0

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 3:41 PM

bumpinexploder wrote:

dynamite.. hmmmmm. ill look into that dyohn thanks. but without explosives can it hit around 140?

Not likely. Why do you think you need to hit 140? Are you competing?

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 4:31 PM

He doesn't want to have to get a new screenname.

Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM

well i was hitting almost 140 with my setup now and that was perfect loud for me. could be louder but i like that much loud comin to the back of my head. so 140 is just an average. no im not changing my screen name. you know people call explorers exploders right? lol no need for dynamite, its just a nickname.

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's

Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 5:06 PM

sory double post. but also i was thinkin.... you guys would be better to learn me on this.givin the right enclosure and right amp on either setup. would 1 t1 15" be louder? or will 3 p1 15s be louder? since p1 only has 200 rms and 3 of them would be perfect. plus im going to invert them and i think they look cool inverted. especially 3! lol. which one could be louder though? thanks

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 6:03 PM

If you are sitting in your truck and listening to it, you are not "hitting 140." 140db will cause pain and severe hearing loss almost immediately. What makes you think you are producing 140db?

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Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 10, 2008 at 11:28 PM

the owner of our local shop has a isaci meter as i said earlier. i was at 139.8 thats how i know. and yes its insane loud but i can sit in it. not for long though. lol

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 11, 2008 at 8:36 AM

Well I certainly do not recommend running anywhere near those kinds of levels with people in the vehicle unless you are wearing good hearing protection. Or unless you want to be deaf.

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: June 11, 2008 at 10:06 AM

Huh?

Posted By: bumpinexploder
Date Posted: June 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM

i said i hit almost 140, not ride around with 140 all the time. just my max. but if i get a setup that hits almost the same db's then when i have people in the car it will be enough loud for me. not 140, just enough loud. lol but if i drive along time its probly not hittin over 120 probly just guessin. but anywaysi saw a picture of 3 12" p1s online inverted and i like that look. so i think im gonna go with the p1s probly because it will be good for my amp (INFINITY 611A) pushing 657 rms @ 2 ohm roughly

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Pioneer DEH-400UB
Kicker 150.2 mids/highs amp
MB Quart fsa 216 front stage
AudioPipe gd-6001 mono amp
AUDIOQUE SD 15S PREFAB BOX!
C&D Technologies Battery, 1500 CCA, 134 amp storage
149.5 DB's