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I heard the loudest single 10" sub today....

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by Fish Chris, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. Fish Chris

    Fish Chris Full Member

    that I've ever heard !

    It was owned by one of the employees at Paradyme Audio in Sacramento.

    Here's some of the details;
    The speaker was a 10" RF T2. The enclosure was 2 cu ft, and tuned to 45 hz, I believe he said. He was using a T500.1 amp (correct me if I'm wrong about any of these model #'s) but it was giving the 10" sub 500 wt rms.

    Funny thing was, it was in a thin, wedge box, behind the bench seat of a regular cab Chevy truck. The guy said it was so funny to pull up to a light slamming, and everybody would be looking around, like "WTF is that coming from ! ......looking right past his regular cab truck, thinking, their ain't no f'n way" ! But all I can say is.... "Way" !

    That thing was rediculous loud ! He didn't have the mids and highs powered up (with an external amp) just deck power yet, but so what. This was an SPL stereo anyway.

    Yes, I've sat in louder vehicles..... but they had 4 15"s or 6 12"s, and like 4000 wts or something stupid. But that 1, dinky little 10 was just unbelievable !

    Oh, and while the bass sounded a bit mono tone to me, it was very smooth, and easy to listen to. I never found myself wanting to cover my ears, or jump out and run away.... but it did rattle my teeth, and set off every car alarm within 200 feet :)

    FUN ! :)

    Peace,
    Fish
     
    Fish Chris, Aug 27, 2008
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  2. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    i too have a 10 in a 2.0 cuft box and gets on average 600-700 watts.

    it wont win any spl contests , but.......oh wait it has.lol
    rookie 1. idbl in my class.

    some people are surprised what it can do for a 10.
     
    pedro quiroga, Aug 27, 2008
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  3. aznboi3644

    aznboi3644 Full Member

    ok well a 10 inch sub in a 2 cu ft enclosure tuned to 45Hz is going to be peaky in any situation...should be loud.

    Impressive...but not that impressive to me IMO
     
    aznboi3644, Aug 28, 2008
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  4. kickerguy

    kickerguy Full Member

    so u mean i could have got a 10" sub and a 500watt amp in a 2cb and been as loud as my 15" sub and 1000watt amp in a 4cb box? that would have saved me some money
     
    kickerguy, Aug 28, 2008
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  5. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    that would be a no. cone area(15) and power(1000) = louder than the 10 with 500 watts. unless the box that the 15 is in sucks.

    i can average a 138.5 on the audio control mic and a 137.7 on the term lab.

    i did peak once at 140.1, but that may have been a fluke tho, or a really good day.
     
    pedro quiroga, Aug 29, 2008
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  6. kickerguy

    kickerguy Full Member

    last time i was on a mic we did a 151.3 with some usda white girl that was before the battery and power upgrades my frist ever setup did a 149.7 with was 2 kicker l7 12's off a kx 1200.1 im unsure of the box size i know it wasa kinda big..also dose the amount of dynmate help or hurt me on the mic
     
    kickerguy, Aug 29, 2008
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  7. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    the less your vehicle will flex = more at the mic i believe. i have alot of roof flex and my side windows do too. so if i can keep them in control i wont lose pressure and i my be able to pick up a few 10th's of a db.
     
    pedro quiroga, Aug 29, 2008
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  8. kickerguy

    kickerguy Full Member

    i have no flex other then my windows but I have 4-6 layers of dynomatt from floor to roof front to back and door to door I have ever inch of my **** is matted atlest 4 times
     
    kickerguy, Aug 29, 2008
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  9. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    dang thats a lot of deadening. so the truck is covered. what about the probe? you gonna do it too?


    oh my hatch and rear window move a lil too. so i have to adjust the latch so it latches tighter. for my side windows i plan on adding some extra window gasket so it sits tighter too.

    i'm hoping to post a higher score than my last show. this time i trying to do better on the term lab.
     
    pedro quiroga, Aug 29, 2008
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  10. kickerguy

    kickerguy Full Member

    im not sure on the probe yet I may just do it to keep the road nosie down but not all out like my truck..there is so much weight in matt on my roof it wants to blow the steel
     
    kickerguy, Aug 29, 2008
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