10" or 12" Q ?

[carguy83 0]

Hello all,

So I have been browsing around for a smaller sub(s) to take over the bass duties in my setup. I currently have a 15" Sound Splinter RL-p (that I REALLY love), but I want to regain some of my trunk space back. My buddy was going to sell me a pair of his SS RL-i 8s but decided he'll keep it for his new vehicle he recently bought.

Anyhow, I have been looking at the Fi Q for a few days now reading reviews and such. I'm debating between the 12" and the 10" vesion. I'm just worried the 10 won't have sufficient output. I'm going sealed regardless of it being the 10 or the 12. Power wise, I have up to 1kw on tap from my Arc 1500-XXK.

So to those of you who own the Q 10, how do you like the output on it?

[///M5 2,833]

who cares what other people think, the real question is what are you willing to have. Why not just seal up the Rlp and see how it works for you. For $20 worth of mdf you would have a much better baseline to go from. Personally a single sealed 8 is enough for me, but I don't like anything exaggerated at all considering you have rear speakers I doubt that is the case with you though.

[carguy83 0]

who cares what other people think, the real question is what are you willing to have. Why not just seal up the Rlp and see how it works for you. For $20 worth of mdf you would have a much better baseline to go from. Personally a single sealed 8 is enough for me, but I don't like anything exaggerated at all considering you have rear speakers I doubt that is the case with you though.

i did have the RLp sealed up before. it still took up too much room for my liking.

yeah i have rear speakers in the rear doors for my passengers.

[///M5 2,833]

A 10 will have half the cone area of the 15, if you weren't happy with the 15 sealed expect to be really disappointed with the 10.

[carguy83 0]

A 10 will have half the cone area of the 15, if you weren't happy with the 15 sealed expect to be really disappointed with the 10.

nah don't get me wrong, i love the output of the rlp sealed. it'll shake my entire car.

but i want to downsize a bit to get some trunk space back. i had a brahma 10 mk2 back in the day, and that thing slammed. i kind of regret selling it.

[///M5 2,833]

The Q should be comparable to the Brahma in output, if that worked for you I wouldn't worry about it as the difference between the two will be easily altered depending on the enclosure.

[carguy83 0]

cool, thats good to know. the Q looks like a very capable driver. looking forward on trying it out.