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I had a 12 L7 on 750 rms and it got loud. I had Kicker speakers for many years. The L7 was not in the right box for tight accurate bass though, just a SPL box. I have now switched to a 15 Fi BL. It is my first sub over a 12. I have it on 1000 rms in a 4 cube box @ 32 Hz in the back of a SUV. It by far is louder than the L7 and by far more accurate. I can play metal to rap to country and all sound damn good. The L7 did not handle thermal stress well. The BL I can play full tilt for as long as I can stand and it still doesn't get barely warm.

I had 2 10"s of those. They were in a sealed box. They lasted two years. The sound was good, hit the lows pretty good and loud, just not real accurate it seemed. I liked them, but after getting a Fi sub, I will never go back to mainstream speakers.

I have a 05 Mercury Mariner and just got my 15 BL in with 1000 watt amp on the sub. I have no dimming after the big 3 and a 1000 amp battery in the front. It is incredibly loud and sounds good from country to rock to rap to bass cds.

I used 8 AWG with my BL and 1000 watts.

I am very pleased with my Fi BL. It is built so much better than anything that I've owned before.

My 15 BL is fully loaded and I couldn't be more happier with it. It gets very loud with 1000 watts. It hits very tight bass on rock and will hit lows in bass cds with authority as well. My front door panels move quite some distance on the bass cds.

Welcome!

Welcome from Western NC

Welcome from Asheville

I ordered a BL15 today with all the options and a green dust cap. I'm going to order 1/0 wire as mine are 4 gauge right now. I have a ZX1000.1 for the sub. I have a guy that's going to help with building a custom fiberglass ported box. I have a '05 Mercury Mariner. Other than the bigger power/ground wire to 1/0 should I add a battery in the back? The other amp for the front Focal components is a ZR240.

What kind of battery do you recommend? And does the one under the hood need upgrading too? If so what kind there?

I have a Kicker ZX1000.1 that says 1275 watts at 2 ohms. I had 2 Pioneer SPL subs that fried on this amp. I'm pretty sure the subs were damaged when my Kicker DX700 blew. So the new amp would cut out at higher volumes. I measured the ohm load and it would read 1.2-1.4 ohms. I am looking at switching to a Fi 15BL sub in a vented box around 4 cubic feet at 33Hz. Should I get the 1 ohm DVC and wire it in series? I noticed that on the Fi website the value of Re at 1.4 ohms...I've never seen this value and just don't want to get a sub that will cut out not having enough resistance for that amp. Any suggestions?

Thanks!