1000watts sub

Phil2008 · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:31

Can a new 1000watt car sub be any good for £160? Surely a decent 1000watt sub cost hundreds?

Zefan · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:32

Back of lorry?

Phil2008 · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:35

Zefan said:
Back of lorry?

no, Halfords

Zefan · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:35

speedy2004 said:
Halfords

Well that explains that then.

I actually have no clue about subs, ignore me

Phil2008 · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:39

It will be No Swearing, Big Kev sub then,,cos someone i know just bought one, but I guess it dosent really matter about quality, just along as it bangs well, thats all ppl are bothered about that buy subs for cars

Zefan · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:40

Sweaaaaary

Phil2008 · 22 Jul 2006 at 20:41

wonder what would come off best my 170watt z-680 sub or his 1000watt sub?

Logsi · 22 Jul 2006 at 21:07

speedy2004 said:
It will be **** sub then,,cos someone i know just bought one, but I guess it dosent really matter about quality, just along as it bangs well, thats all ppl are bothered about that buy subs for cars

Thats not true, check out Genesis car audio, its excellent.

And wattage doesnt matter anyway, so if he brags about it say you can get a sub that 200w thats louder

Dr.EM · 22 Jul 2006 at 21:12

Car power ratings are massively exaggerated. The supposed 1000W car sub will not handle 1000W genuine RMS power without going up in smoke very quickly. Car amplifiers are generally rated just the same though, so the 1000W sub with a supposed 1000W car amp should be fine, just don't expect it to be as powerful as it might seem (1000W real RMS into a decent sub will actually blow you away though).

ichabod crane · 22 Jul 2006 at 21:13

1000watts will be its PEAK rate, would probably be about 500-600 rms

willhub · 22 Jul 2006 at 22:26

speedy2004 said:
wonder what would come off best my 170watt z-680 sub or his 1000watt sub?

Almost 100% deffo the car sub by far

squiffy · 22 Jul 2006 at 22:56

Correct term should be "power handling"
"Wattage" is the amplifier output, and should be measured RMS with a given low THD %, ideally below .1%

jbloggs · 22 Jul 2006 at 23:27

1000 watts in a car = 1 deaf person!

Phil2008 · 23 Jul 2006 at 01:33

So my 175watt sub wouldnt be as loud as his cheap £160 sub, Would mine be more accurate and resopnsive tho?

squiffy · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:14

speedy2004 said:
So my 175watt sub wouldnt be as loud as his cheap £160 sub, Would mine be more accurate and resopnsive tho?

Watt has nothing to do with it. You need measurements of dB, at certain frequencies, distortion levels. ie the Sunfire 2500W cube subwoofer won't go as loud as my 525W subwoofer, nothing to do with amplifier power, but the design of the subwoofer itself. Sunfire is tiny sealed box, heavy long throw driver. Unefficient design. Mine is ported, very large volume, so quite efficient.

willhub · 23 Jul 2006 at 11:39

it would be intresting to know what say a z5500 sub spkr, or z680 sounds like in a much, much, much bigger box that is ported :\, i dont think anyone has done anyhting like that tho.

DRZ · 23 Jul 2006 at 12:56

willhub said:
it would be intresting to know what say a z5500 sub spkr, or z680 sounds like in a much, much, much bigger box that is ported :\, i dont think anyone has done anyhting like that tho.

If you can find the Thielle-Small parameters for the driver you can quite easily calculate the volume of a parted box for it.

Good luck finding the Thielle-Smalls for it though

willhub · 23 Jul 2006 at 13:40

do you think logitech would kindly hand them over?

squiffy · 23 Jul 2006 at 13:54

james.miller · 23 Jul 2006 at 18:21

ask them. you never know. cant hurt trying