my little review of the 18" bl's...

[George 0]

2 18" bl's in 11.8 cubes @ 35 hz:

sq: sq is not the best, but certainly not even close to the worst. you have to remember i have owned 2 different gen magnums, and have listened to my friends xxx pretty extensively. the average user will be satisfied with the sq. the audiophile probably will not...but these woofers weren't designed to be the upper echelon for sq anyways, so im not really taking anything away from these woofers.

spl: pretty **** good if you ask me. are being ran off a kx2500.1 with a birthsheet of 2.9kw @ 2 ohms. wired @ 1 ohms with gains set to give roughly 3k. the certainly punch pretty good. i have had to drill my rear hatch glass hinges and put bolts through them because they restripped the threading much like my old sx's did. **** hinges are a POS from the factory so adding a relatively large system wont help fellow post 1998 explorer owners. i haven't listened to my friends xxx in a while and thought that these were not that much louder than his 1 15" xxx, especially since i couldnt turn it up all the way due to my amplifier issue. well after listening to his xxx both in his car and then in my car in place of my bl's and squaring away my amp issue...i heard what i expected and should hear with the huge advantage of cone area and extra power: a slaughter.

power handling: pretty **** good. they defiantly seem like they can take more than what im dishing out though. the move a good bit, but are not maxed out. i do have a decent box rise as well though, so please, lets not all say "oh chit these guys can take 1500w and barley move" which may or may not be the case. i mean they might, but people need to factor in what wattage their subs are TRULY seeing before making assumptions. id say an amp rated at a good 3.2kw or so per pair would be a good bet for most people as most will have a 200-250%+ impedance rise.

overall these woofers IMO are a steal for the price you can get them. they remind me of RE brand woofers before the price increase. main reason i went with FI was just due to the man associated with both companies, Scott. i trusted him after experiencing what RE was all about, and am more than happy.

to FI: just to let you know my friend listened to my subs in his explorer, off not too much power and guess what...he was so happy with them, he decided to get a pair of 18" bl's himself! so if you see an order that was processed for 2 18" bl's with cooling, it was my buddy lol!

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

[ImReady77 0]

good review!!! lol

[Fi Car Audio 64]

Thanks for the review

Please let us know how the sound changes after some break in time. Most people dont know that the BLs have more suspension than the MTs, so they do take a while to loosen up.

[George 0]

Thanks for the review

Please let us know how the sound changes after some break in time. Most people dont know that the BLs have more suspension than the MTs, so they do take a while to loosen up.

will do.

i love these things. great product.

as far as sq goes, i didnt mention for people to keep in mind...sq is subjective and highly dependent on the enclosure. so what might not sound audiophile quality sq-wise doesnt mean its necessarily the woofers.