Install Finished Up

[cougarballa2k5 0]

My Planet Audio T2250D came today, and its purdy. Got it installed and wangin :-D. These babies are pretty damn loud.

I have to upgrade my wiring for sure. I've got near 200amps of current draw through 15foot of 4 guage wire, that is chit down to 8 guage wire for another foot to the amp. Ground is all 8 guage. Big 3 hasn't been done yet. 130 amp alt.

I figure once I get all the electrical done, I can crank it a tad more, get even louder.

As it is now, its NICE. The box is not near braced enough. I'm planning a new box.

5.5 Cubes NET @ 32hz w/ 100in^2 port area and threaded rod bracing.

IMO, 30 - 35in^2 port area isn't enough when talking about the kind of power some of us are throwing at these woofers.

[req 0]

so wheres them pictures at?

[cougarballa2k5 0]

hahaha, I'll try to get some. My installs are never glamorous. I'm the bare MDF, amp just lying in there kind of guy.

[60ndown 0]

My Planet Audio T2250D came today, and its purdy.  Got it installed and wangin :-D.  These babies are pretty damn loud. 

I have to upgrade my wiring for sure.  I've got near 200amps of current draw through 15foot of 4 guage wire, that is chit down to 8 guage wire for another foot to the amp.  Ground is all 8 guage.  Big 3 hasn't been done yet.  130 amp alt.

I figure once I get all the electrical done, I can crank it a tad more, get even louder.

As it is now, its NICE.  The box is not near braced enough.  I'm planning a new box.

5.5 Cubes NET @ 32hz w/ 100in^2 port area and threaded rod bracing.

IMO, 30 - 35in^2 port area isn't enough when talking about the kind of power some of us are throwing at these woofers.

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i have a class d xennon amp 600 wrms, when i upgraded from 8 to 4 guage it made a huge difference? sounded like about TWICE the power! my bet is when you get that 'ghetto' wireing job sorted you will be shocked and very very happy

[SoundSplinter 1]

IMO, 30 - 35in^2 port area isn't enough when talking about the kind of power some of us are throwing at these woofers.

35 square inches of port area per driver is a minimum recommendation for the RL-p15's.

I will make that more clear when I put up the new pages for the Premium series products.

Now..

Lookin' forward to hearin' what you think as the days roll on

[cougarballa2k5 0]

Update on my thoughts later on. Maybe some pics :-D. Poor poor windsheild

EDIT - Yeh I know its per driver, but I didn't realize you meant it as a minimum. Actually I did, I just didn't think about it :-p. Anyways, up to 500 RMS I'd say 35in^2 is fine. But I'm definately in need of more like 50in^2 per driver.

[cougarballa2k5 0]

Well, my box is not structurally as sound as it should be. Its built great, but these RL-ps are a definate need for bracing. I'm going to use threaded rod in my future box.

In the low extremities (30hz and down) I get a strange humping noise, not sexual humping, but HUMP. I beleive the port is unloading something nasty due to the insufficient port area.

I've got a few buzz areas that are annoying, but easily fixed.

All in all, I love it. The setup is very musical, no nasty peaks -- if a song is meant to have loud bass, it'll have loud bass.

On certain songs (Girl Gimme That for example) my throat is tickled and my eyes try to close. When I say tickled, I mean I have coughing fits.

I know loud, I love loud, this is loud ladies and germs. Even has room for improvement.

I cannot wait to replace them with RL-s drivers.

Bring it.

[Supa_c 1]

Play below tuning and the sub will unload.

Unloading= no no

[mrray13 30]

too much unloading= no warranty.....lol...

hehe..but glad ur liking them!

those rl-s's are going to be nasty!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[jellyfish420 0]

i'm glad they're doing you good. i kinda wish i would of kept them

and fix that ghetto wiring

[cougarballa2k5 0]

Well it isn't ghetto, its just not designed for this amount of current draw. The wiring is just fine for most systems people would install in a vehicle