Been into sound systems for a few years now and I finally got a nice mustang worth some good sound. As a lot of you know mustangs have no trunk. I'd like to think of myself as a basshead but I never like to kill all brights with shear bass. I've read a good bit of forums here and there and I like the sounds of jl's big bad w7. It hits hard yet keeps excellent sq. So of course trying to do things right this time I wanted to incorperate some jl into my bump. Well I cut a corner and bought a kicker 1200.1 for a great price. Now is when I wonder if it can run a w7's 1.5 ohms without putting the amp into protection mode. I've heard and seen amp and sub impeadance mismatches and the shot amp afterwards. Can this combination be done? Or should I simply buy the l7's meant for it? What will sound the best?(looking for VERY hard hitting yet great sq. Not loudness so much as back and chest throbbing) No high school parking lot ported sheite.hehe
actually that amp would be good for that sub......the 8-12 W7 is a 3 ohm load sub.....it would be seeing the power level it needed. and with that amp throwing anouther 10w7 in the mix would be good as by the specs of the amp....it would be powering each sub at the right power level. i have heard a set of 10w7's in a small sealed box in a mustang...it was a 01. it was clean sounding!! and it got loud very easy!!
yeah....the kx1200.1 puts out roughly 1400w at 1 ohm, 700w at 2 ohm, so at 1.5 ohm, it would more than likely be putting out the right amount of power for that w7
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As long as my amp doesn't go into power mode I can play the sub at lower volumes until I can dish out the money for the second w7. One last time, impedences not matching, not a problem for the amp?
nope.......i am running a 12W7 on a zapco amp that puts out 1100 at 2 ohm and 800 at 4 ohm....at 3 ohm i am guessing around 900-1000 is going to the sub!