i am kind of a newbie and i was think of getting an 18 ssd fully load with a 1800 watt kenwood amp wired to 1 ohm @ roughly 1000 watts RMS. in a 6 cu. Ft. box tuned to 26 hz. do you think it would be louder then 3 cheap 12's

very debatable i'm sure, but if your box/install is correct, I would go with quality over quantity any day.

pushin 1k watts i would probably go with either the Q or BL over the SSD though.

The 18" SSD would be fine if you get it fully loaded. I'd tune quite a bit higher than 26hz though..

What Kenwood amp are you wanting to use?

sounds like he listed 1800 peak. probably the kac 910d or what ever the 900rms amp is. its not a bad amp, my bro has one on a 15 l7. id run it at 2 ohms... unless your completely sure it will run at 1ohm...

He is probably talking about this one.

But idk about 1ohm, no site selling it has specs for 1ohm, just 900rms @2ohm

if u dont have adequate space 2 12's might even be louder.

depends on install is my honest opinion. buddys 3 eclipse Ti 12s don't hit or sound as good as my single 15 Bl and they should should better in all honesty.

yes i am talking about the KAC-9104D here are the specs from kenwood.com

i doubt it can do rated power maybe like 800w. and with 6cu to work with an 18 is a little big id look into two decent 12's in 4 cu

i'd think the 18 would do better, but i'm a lil biased

get it in a big efficient box with losso port to compensate for the low power and i think it will do better. roughly the same cone so thats close, the deciding factor is space. if you can build 6-7cuft net then go 15 but if you have 4-5cuf to work with then go 12s

-Drew

well i found a different amp. do you guys think this would push around 1000 watts RMS @ 1 ohm?

MA Audio HK1998

1200 Watt 1 Channel Amplifier

1 X 500W RMS @ 4-ohm Mono

1 X 600W RMS @ 2-ohm mono

1 X 1200W RMS @ 1-ohm Mono

Thermal, Short & Overload Protection Circuitry

Platinum Plated Screw Type RCA Jacks

Double Sided Black Epoxy PCB Board

Variable High Pass & Low Pass Filters

Platinum Plated Block Terminals

Fully Regulated Power Supply

Stainless Steel Finish Heat sink

0-18dB Variable Bass Boost

Quiet Fan Cooling System

Full Mosfet Circuitry

2 Ohm Stereo Stable

THD: <0.05%

Signal to Noise: >90dB

Edited December 9, 200816 yr by burbank bass crew

Ever considered a SAE1200d man? nasty little amp for the money.

or a refurb sundown 1000D, comes with a 1 year warranty from db-r.

http://www.db-r.com/sell/store/index.php?productID=147

the sae1000d gets my vote

when i wanted an SAE 1000D from dB-r they were always sold out

The Kenwood amp is not stable at 1 ohm...Its capable, but it is not stable. You can put it at two ohms and get roughly 900 rms at of it but it works as long as your not going for SQ, a different amp is suggested