I have read the sticky and understand how to tune the sub to the certain rms. My question lies in what do you recomend as rms for this speaker. I have a ported box and running an infintiy 610a mono amp rated at 456rms 4ohm, the sub i am temporarly using )as it was given to me till i can afford a new replacement for my infinity that shorted out) is a rockford fosgate punch p112s8 rated at 150rms 8 ohms. I figured on tuning at the 150 8 ohm (35vlt ac) and well it hits so soft its not funny. I used the test tone from the sticky but was wondering if it would be ok to use a steady 45h test tone for tuning as this is around were the sub and box are designed to work. I used to tune by ear but really wanted to tune this way this time around.
thanks all for your help
thanks sndsgood, i dont listen to rap at all, all the music thats going to be played is classic, modern and industrial rock, country, and ocasianal techno. I may go back to by ear tune. the main reason im trying this is i had ear tuned my last sub. That was an infinity kappa, it blew a voice coil. I mean filled the car with smoke when it went bad. I had been using it for 4 months no adj on it before it blew. Then I was told by infinity it most of been clipping and thats why the voice coil failed. Faild so bad i couldnt move the speaker cone at all took months to air out the car from that smell.
ive tuned subs before by ear, but after i blew my subs last time, i had the stereo shop i bought them from tune them for me and they sound amazing, ik most places will tune them for you for a resonably price, if your worried about blowing them ,lol if not tune by ear
Stereo shops around here usually tune for free....
