XPe12D

[Technophat]

I am currently running the XT10 in an undersized (.25 cubic foot) sealed box placed under the passenger seat of a Geo Metro, and I am powering it with the XSeries 600.1 amplifier. The set up does a noticeable job of bass improvement, but I would not describe it as a dynamic improvement. At 4 ohms, the amplifier is rated at 200 Watts, and the gain is maximized with no sign of distortion. Being underpowered by 100 watts RMS, can I expect a dynamic difference with more power? Or would it be preferred to run a XPe12D off of the 600.1 and "wire it down" to a lower ohm rating? If so, how far can the XPe12D be wired down? The amplifier is 1 ohm stable.


~Patrick

[hergy916]

Going to the XPE is like the difference between night and day. You would be doubling the power and I'm guessing putting the sub in the back of a hathback. Have you tried just putting the X-Tec in the hatch area? It should be noticeably louder. If you get an XPE12D, it will load the amp down to 2 ohms and should really wake things up. I would recommend a different enclosure though. Probably something in the 1.25 to 1.5 cubic foot range if you want to make it sound as good as possible. You can run a smaller enclosure, but you will probably loose some of the low end extension that woofer is capable of.

[Technophat]

Thanx for the reply. The reason why it's under the seat is so it will be very difficult to remove lol I'll try your recommendations and post my results.