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[Eagle]

yeah im going to take kicker specs to the place here in town and have a box custom built

ehh, be careful of that.
Kicker's owners manual specs are as much propaganda as anything, especially the 'small' sizes.

1.75 ft3 is about the right size for a SEALED L7. For ported look at about 3 ft3 PER sub, no less, and tune it for 22-25hz, none of this 40hz tuning.

winISD is your friend.

If you are going to go ported, go CVX or other round sub. Square subs are VERY intolerant of improper spec enclosures or over excursion, and sadly they are so noisy it is hard to hear them bottoming out. That's why most people blow them up in short order.

I did a single L5 for my neighbor in a 1.63 cu ft sealed enclosure, with a 1200.1 dialed back to 400w. no dimming even on his weak Sentra alternator, and it actually plays VERY well in the 25hz range.

 

[blueflamed03]

Id ask them to do 6-6.5 cubes to 33-35hz when they build the box. Make sure you ask for a big port lol.

I just finished my friends box for his 12'' L7s..... 6.5 cubes (3.25 each) tuned to 33 hz using 4 4'' aeroports. IMHO sealed or big ported boxes tuned to the low 30s are the only way L7s sound remotely good. Sound quality just isn't their thing......

Shit slams by the way. He has 2kw going to them.


Kevin

I beg to differ, there's just too much history of them winning SQ awards to prove they can't sound good. Problem is, most don't know what SQ is. I wouldn't do over 2.50 MAX per woofer.

PS 2Kw is way past reccomended in larger ported boxes, so hopefully when/if he blows them he can't blme the drivers.

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ehh, be careful of that.
Kicker's owners manual specs are as much propaganda as anything, especially the 'small' sizes.

the do work in small sealed

If you are going to go ported, go CVX or other round sub. Square subs are VERY intolerant of improper spec enclosures or over excursion, and sadly they are so noisy it is hard to hear them bottoming out. That's why most people blow them up in short order.

any woofer is intolerable to overpowering or pushing past mechanical limits, shape means nadda. Plus, the L series have been known to hammer in ported applications, weird to see this post contradict. People blow any woofer, (see post above) by not listening to the manufactures reccomendation. One of the most used subs daily, and in competition......

 

[AV8ter]

PROVE to me that kicker l7s have won any sq awards at any reputable show.

We have his amp set back to 2kw from the 2.8-3kw it and his electrical system are capable of.

L7s are for loudness and I managed to get them to sound halfway decent.

They take more cubes than the conventional 12 due to their extra cone area.

I was about to come in here and bash kicker if the guy did not already pull the trigger on it but w/e. You pulled the "SQ award" bs so I had to rant....

And lol my ass off at the guy talking about tuning to 22-25hz. Tell me how long that port is going to be bud.....



Kevin

 

[blueflamed03]

PROVE to me that kicker l7s have won any sq awards at any reputable show.

We have his amp set back to 2kw from the 2.8-3kw it and his electrical system are capable of.

L7s are for loudness and I managed to get them to sound halfway decent.

They take more cubes than the conventional 12 due to their extra cone area.

I was about to come in here and bash kicker if the guy did not already pull the trigger on it but w/e. You pulled the "SQ award" bs so I had to rant....

And lol my ass off at the guy talking about tuning to 22-25hz. Tell me how long that port is going to be bud.....



Kevin

Proof. Ok, Google Kicker Competition Group, Gary Biggs, Mark Eldridge, Mary Nash, Cory Himel, Rob Rice, Frank Rogoue,etc,etc.
3-4 of the 4 best known SQ cars in the Grand Master for IASCA were Kicker cars. Reputable show, you mean like IASCA World Finals, USACi World Finals, I know, been going to them since the late 80's.

No matter what the electrical is, in a ported box any woofer looses power capabilities.
owners manual for reference, ported, 600 watts.
http://www.kicker.com/sites/default/files/SoloBaricL72008.pdf

your exceeding power limits, don't care what volatge.

all subs are for 'loudness', why they are called subwoofers.
Enclosure size has nothing to do with cone shape.
you can 'rant' away, but there is just too much history to prove otherwise, really.


20-25hz can be done, slot port and aeroport, sometimes the port can be outside the enclosure, or have multiple aeroports per chamber.

 

[coopiesb]

the amp i got is the one recommended for the subs and im getting a custom built box to kicker specs ive never heard anything bad about kicker and all the kicker systems ive heard loud as hell and for the $$$ cant go wrong......... cant go to wild on steiro need a supercharger or 6.0

 

[blueflamed03]

you'll be more than happy. Skip builds some high end stuff, and it'll turn out very nice man....

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

some people hate kicker like other hate jl...to each his own...afterall it is YOUR ride and YOUR ears, and YOUR money...get what sounds/feels best to you.

Pat

 

[coopiesb]

yeah my mom is on the way to audio connections right now!!! so i should know tommrow becuase its 3 in the morning here. yeah for the price and the sound kicker is hard to beat

 

[turboeclips]

L7 fo sho! I had a 12 in my ride for a little while and man did that thing hit hard. Wonder how 2 of them would have sounded...

no experience with the CVX, but the L7

 

[str8tchillin]

In my old car i had two L7s running off a 2500.1 and it was ok but nothing comnpared to my new system witch is two 15 FI Audio BTLs running off a sundown audio 4500 AMP... that thing kicks. If i were you i would run the Big 3 setup to help ur elect. system out.