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Offline thuffman03

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How much power?
« on: December 28, 2009, 08:09:38 PM »
How much power output does it take to get a Sunfire 300~2 to have to put out to get the meter lights to dim?

I don't know but I had both of mine dimming just now play some Laurie Mayer Black Lining. :o
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 08:16:39 PM »
We can throw a meter on them at the breaker panel and find out. :o
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2009, 08:27:48 PM »
All I have to say is WOW!  My system is kicking some @ss!  I would have to say it passed the Laurie Mayer test.

My neighbor is away tonight and I decieded to really crank it up.  I am loving Sunfire amps!
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2009, 08:52:17 PM »
Wow MAN!! You might want to have a engineer take a look at the strctural integrity of your home after tonight!!
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2009, 09:38:23 PM »
The house was vibrating pretty good.  Windows, doors and my stove were all moving to the groove! ;D
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2009, 10:06:12 PM »
your neighbours are probably going to have to straiten their pictures tomorrow huh!
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2009, 11:16:18 PM »
I just got a pair of JL 13.5 W-7s today and hooked each one up to a Silver7-t monoblock, you want to talk about rocking the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We had to watch to move things back on the shelves before they fell off.  Those 36" beams in Cabin 12 next year WILL NOT have a speck of dust on them after the first night.
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2009, 11:48:32 PM »
Hey T. I think you went over the edge :D
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 12:03:11 AM »
Quote from: DaveS on December 28, 2009, 11:16:18 PM
I just got a pair of JL 13.5 W-7s today and hooked each one up to a Silver7-t monoblock, you want to talk about rocking the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We had to watch to move things back on the shelves before they fell off.  Those 36" beams in Cabin 12 next year WILL NOT have a speck of dust on them after the first night.

How big is the cabinet the JL's are in ?, and is it vented or sealed?  I was thinking of building one.
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2009, 09:24:07 AM »
Quote from: falcon377 on December 28, 2009, 11:48:32 PM
Hey T. I think you went over the edge :D

I went over the edge a long time ago.
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2009, 01:25:27 PM »
If you go to JL`s website they have all kinds of info for building the subbox for each model of sub.  

Mine came in a box that is two boxes in one, ported, and ment to fit in a suv.  They will be taken out and new boxes made (one for each) and put into my sterio system using one of my Lightstars using and active crossover that starts around 80 Hz going down to whatever I can find.  These damn things go so low you can see the speaker moving like crazy but you don`t hear a thing, but you feel your belly is moving inside.

I think ToyMaker said the sealed box for a 13.5 was only 1.75 cubic ft and for ported was about 2.23 cubic ft
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2009, 09:34:57 PM »
Thank you DaveS
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2009, 12:33:53 PM »
Quote from: thuffman03 on December 28, 2009, 08:09:38 PM
How much power output does it take to get a Sunfire 300~2 to have to put out to get the meter lights to dim?

I don't know but I had both of mine dimming just now play some Laurie Mayer Black Lining. :o

Incredible Tom. Just Incredible.

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Re: How much power?
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2010, 06:14:56 PM »
Quote from: thuffman03 on December 28, 2009, 08:27:48 PM

I am loving Sunfire amps!


Tom,

Can I PLEASE have my Sunfire 300 x2 back, I promise to be a good boy. :P :P

Brian
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Re: How much power?
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2010, 02:35:16 PM »
Quote from: BrianT on January 21, 2010, 06:14:56 PM
Quote from: thuffman03 on December 28, 2009, 08:27:48 PM

I am loving Sunfire amps!


Tom,

Can I PLEASE have my Sunfire 300 x2 back, I promise to be a good boy. :P :P

Brian

I know you miss your Sunfire 300~2.  You can visit it at CF this year.  BTW, don't you have a Sunfire 400x5 and a set of Bob Carver custom KT88 tube amps?  Wow...with those amps that you have and you are missing the Sunfire 300~2.  Must be a good amp! 8)
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