jcarter1885

Depends on to many factors, the most I would send it in your case since you have to ask is unclipped clean rms power and no more than that.

Since the Pioneer is out of my price range I will just go with the new Alpine CDA-117, the replacement for the CDA-9886 with some of the CDA-9887 features.

Yeah that is a good amp for that sub, keep the gains set right and no clipping you should be fine. When I had those subs (or any subs) I would just open the trunk and turn them up waiting for over excursion or like the sub is working harder then it should. When your standing back there you will here the cone knocking (which is mechanical limit for that sub), another reason why you wont always get a burning smell if your over powering your sub. There are two ways to kill your sub making it reach its mechanical limit and thermal limit. The mechanical limit is when you mess up the former, suspension, etc but you most likely wont get a burning smell but a sucked in cone or when you push the cone in it scratches. The thermal limit is sending to much power to the voice coils and burning them up along other things, that is when you get the burning smell. What size box do you have the sub in, usually they want smaller than normal boxes if I remember.

x2, the only bad mounting positions for amps that I know of is upside down.

Whatever your sub is wired at, for example 2 ohms you will see 1000 watts regardless how many subs your running. With one sub, that one sub will get 1000 watts. With two subs, both will share that 1000 watts and each will receive 500 watts. The plastic will be the cone so you will only hear it from the cone area, not the box. To me that sub only gets so loud and after a while it will just move more while producing less sound, hard to explain but if it were in front of me I could tell you when to turn it down.

If I remember that sub has a plastic cone and you can hear signs of stressing when running it to hard or driving it passed its excursion limits. If you hear the plastic making a knocking noise then your reached its limits, if you keep turning it up and it doesnt getting louder and the sub seems to be moving more than sound being produced then your at its limits.

You better measure the coils and have that thing played for you to make sure it is in good condition then just looking at it. A sub can have a lot of damage to it that the untrained eye wont see.

Best place to look is on the For Sale section of this forum.

The only way to tell is to buy both and test them then give us a review and let us know, it will be install dependent.

No words but 2 thumbs up man, keep the pictures coming.

Ill doubt it since they are remaking them or if anybody would know the answer to this question besides FI, maybe you might want to email FI to get this answer.

I know that has to be depressing.

x2, me neither since it makes the wood weaker.

9" of snow where I live at in Arlington and 11.2" in DFW, on top of that it is still snowing outside. I wanna go play.

Chilli Cheese Hot Dogs, hmmmm they were delicious.

Yeah Im actually about to go there in a minute after I type this post, the forum is pretty slow and I got better help by calling them which went well. I just spoke to them this morning and came across the x69 and beginner horns for now, all the crossover and specs needed to set it up and im excited to hear it myself when the install is complete.

Just a preiview of what is to come , what song was that?

Makes me want to spend a little money on an alternative till I can save up for it, that is going to be a hefty penny but well worth it. That is beautiful, one of the best looking headunits ever to me next the JVC KD-AVX77El Kameleon.

What is your budget?

Devin Da Dude - Anythang

What frequency do you want it tuned at, you gotta pick one between 30-35? What type of music do you listen to?

Young Jeezy - The Underdawg

Young Jeezy - Prime Minister

Very nice and stealth .