Fi Q 12" coming soon...

[wkollmeyer 1]

I just ordered my 12" Fi Q (w/ bp option) and i could never be more excited for it to come. I'm upgrading from a JL Audio 13TW5, mainly for loudness issues. I have a couple questions however...

1. Will the Q be much louder than the JL? The JL is running 500watts @ 4 now off a Kenwood 9104D amp. The Q will run off the same amp for now, getting 900watts at 2ohms. I'm upgrading cause the JL is shallow, only 13mm excursion and barely moves any air... And I loveeeee SQ subs, but also want pretty loud...

2. Now before you bash on me and tell me I should have gotten a BL instead, I must state that i drive a scion tc, with an open hatch area, which is where the sub will be sitting. I plan on putting it in a 1.2 cuft sealed enclosure, and will it be loud being that the trunk is open to the cabin?

3. The famous "break-in" period. Is it real? Is it not real? We need to clear that up. I don't want to be blowing my Q on the first week it comes because i was playing rap or w.e. too loud.

4. Is the Kenwood 9104D a good amp? Yay or Nay? for now, its all i got, so would upgrading it this summer really make a difference? Will this amp "clip" the sub at all?

5. My wiring/electrical issue: I run 4g amp wire setup. Stock battery. Is that gonna give enough power to my Q?

I know the basics when it comes to car audio, just not that nitty gritty schit.

[wkollmeyer 1]

Here is a response I found at yahoo answers:

"Well I can tell you from 25 years of knowledge on the matter of "breaking in subs" that this particular myth was started in L.A. many years back.

Here's WHY it's a myth.

The cone moves freely (vertically), the coils are wound to a tube and attached to the cone, the surround is plenty flexible, the frame and spider mesh will flex no matter what. There is nothing else about the speaker that requires to be broken in.

I will say the T/S parameters do change over time (slightly) due to use, so re-tuning some settings may be required.

I work for a commercial audio company that installs very large speaker systems in arenas, venues and sound stages and we don't "break in" anything.

Source(s):

A.A.S. degree in Electronics/Industrial Electronics with 25 years in the mobile audio/consumer electronics field"

Does that sound like a smart person?