Sub Torture Test
#1
09-11-2006, 10:04 AM
Sub Torture Test
Okay, maybe I have too much free time on my hands, but at least I am sharing the results of my boredom with others.
I have an Eclipse CD5000, JL 500/1, JL 300/4, JL 10W7, and clarion highs in the Ranger, and absolutely love the setup. It should be around for quite a while before I decide to upgrade again. The W7 is rated for 500 Watts nominal, warrantied to 1000 watts continuous.
I was surfing the net the other night, and somehow ended up on JC Whitney's website in the car audio section. I came across a Pile 10" square sub rated to 600 watts RMS and 1200 max. Cost: $49.00 plus shipping.
In short I couldn't pass this up. So it should be waiting for me to pick up from the parents house when I get home. I am working offshore, and I have time to play on my time off, and spend the occasional small amount of cash on senseless entertainment.
I have my buddies stereo shop getting a Kicker Solobaric 10" box ready to drop this thing into and plan to give it a torture test on the 500/1 with bass notes I know the W7 can handle to see how long it takes to make the magic smoke come out of the sub. I will shoot video of the test, as the shop wants to play it in thier DVD player display to show why buying a quality speaker with a lesser watt rating can be a better choice over a "really good deal" on a lesser brand, higher power rated speaker.
It's been quite a while since I updated my own webpage, but this will give me a reason to do it and post the video there to let everyone see.
Who knows, this things may survive it and surprise me, and worst case scenario, I have a cheap high power sub laying around afterwards. If so, it goes in the bass guitar amp cabinet.
I have an Eclipse CD5000, JL 500/1, JL 300/4, JL 10W7, and clarion highs in the Ranger, and absolutely love the setup. It should be around for quite a while before I decide to upgrade again. The W7 is rated for 500 Watts nominal, warrantied to 1000 watts continuous.
I was surfing the net the other night, and somehow ended up on JC Whitney's website in the car audio section. I came across a Pile 10" square sub rated to 600 watts RMS and 1200 max. Cost: $49.00 plus shipping.
In short I couldn't pass this up. So it should be waiting for me to pick up from the parents house when I get home. I am working offshore, and I have time to play on my time off, and spend the occasional small amount of cash on senseless entertainment.
I have my buddies stereo shop getting a Kicker Solobaric 10" box ready to drop this thing into and plan to give it a torture test on the 500/1 with bass notes I know the W7 can handle to see how long it takes to make the magic smoke come out of the sub. I will shoot video of the test, as the shop wants to play it in thier DVD player display to show why buying a quality speaker with a lesser watt rating can be a better choice over a "really good deal" on a lesser brand, higher power rated speaker.
It's been quite a while since I updated my own webpage, but this will give me a reason to do it and post the video there to let everyone see.
Who knows, this things may survive it and surprise me, and worst case scenario, I have a cheap high power sub laying around afterwards. If so, it goes in the bass guitar amp cabinet.
#2
09-11-2006, 04:37 PM
