Unknown Power

[Lampard]

Hi there guys!

So my dad gave me his speaker box with two subs in it, it has been sitting in the shed for about 4 years.

I was wondering how much power the subs had, but I looked on the outside and there was no sign of it. I thought of finding it on the inside, so I opened it up and had a look but had no luck.

Was wondering how can I go about finding out the power of the subs?

Thanks alot guys!

[Slidesector]

Buy the depth and size of magnets i would say 200 rms MAX

[Scoobydoo]

Without a model number, you're basically pissing into the wind

[ADIKT]

 Slidesector said:

Buy the depth and size of magnets i would say 200 rms MAX

Thatd even be pushing it

[Lampard]

So basically they are rubbish?

[ADIKT]

Im afraid so.. they would still go all rightish.. i wouldnt put to much power through them though...

[Slidesector]

Yeah max by far, lol sorry mate they wont really cut it. If they were in a hatch or a wagon they may work alrit for awhile

[ADIKT]

Theyd still be sweet if you wanted a little bit of bass and didnt want to over do it?

[Lampard]

Oh right hahha, I will give it a go. If I reckon it is crap, then I will buy a new sub. =]

Thanks guys haha, so how do you actually know if they are good or not without the information?

[Lampard]

 ADIKT said:

Theyd still be sweet if you wanted a little bit of bass and didnt want to over do it?

Yeah I dont want to create an earthquake, you know? hahha. I'll see though. =D

[Joker]

because there is no info basically

anything worth playing with has a brand etc

[spark_38]

Measure the speaker resistance with a multi-meter. If they are 8-ohms, or thereabouts they will be house speakers! And not really practical for car use.

I'd consider 100W RMS power handling. Some 6.5" component speakers have larger magnets & voice coils.

[Lampard]

That is a bit disappointing haha.

[newsuba]

 Slidesector said:

Buy the depth and size of magnets i would say 200 rms MAX

Those magnets are puny !

Even 2w looks too much.

Basically what Paul said...

[Kiwi_Fozze]

i started with house speakers in the back of a honda, hooked up to present a 4 ohm load to a crappy headunit. My point is, you need to start somewhere. Given the depth of the speakers, you could possibly box them indevidually, in custom built boxes so they sit behind the drivers and passengers seat. Easy to move when you have passengers, and audable when cruising by yourself. Yeah, they may be old, and small, but my god, they are better than nothing, and FREE!!!

Do you have a pass through section in the rear seat? Allowing you to access your boot? If you do, i'd open that, chuck them in the boot, bolt them down and call it a starting point...

[Lampard]

 kwi_fozze said:

i started with house speakers in the back of a honda, hooked up to present a 4 ohm load to a crappy headunit. My point is, you need to start somewhere. Given the depth of the speakers, you could possibly box them indevidually, in custom built boxes so they sit behind the drivers and passengers seat. Easy to move when you have passengers, and audable when cruising by yourself. Yeah, they may be old, and small, but my god, they are better than nothing, and FREE!!!

Do you have a pass through section in the rear seat? Allowing you to access your boot? If you do, i'd open that, chuck them in the boot, bolt them down and call it a starting point...

Oh haha. Yeah you do start somewhere, and then you learn. =P

That sounds really good! Thanks for the advice. =]

[Pappu1]

just put whatever amp u can find and low pass them on

crank it to just below they start clipping

lol

enjoy

save up for better units in the meantime

i say some bass is better than no bass lol

i once has crappy warehouse subs lol reactor paper ones. was ok for just some sounds and bass and worked ok till i got some more decent units

so yea - just use them for the interim basis and u never know - they might be fine for ur liking ..and if not at least they are better than having nothing...

[boon]

 pappu said:

just put whatever amp u can find and low pass them on

crank it to just below they start clipping

lol

enjoy

save up for better units in the meantime

i say some bass is better than no bass lol

i once has crappy warehouse subs lol reactor paper ones. was ok for just some sounds and bass and worked ok till i got some more decent units

so yea - just use them for the interim basis and u never know - they might be fine for ur liking ..and if not at least they are better than having nothing...

My DD 9515s have paper cones. So do my friend's RE MT18's... just saying.

No bass is better than ugly, ugly bass.

[johnny5]

actually paper cones can give better performance in some cases as boon has pointed out my soundstream rubicons are paper as well so where my DLS 12s where as the cheaPER brands use polycarbonate and the like on cheaper models think sony and low end fusion power out with whatever you have even over power em if your able to better to run more power than not enough might surprise yourself with the end result free s*** equals good s*** 9 times out of 10 if you blow em no big loss

[Lampard]

 pappu said:

just put whatever amp u can find and low pass them on

crank it to just below they start clipping

lol

enjoy

save up for better units in the meantime

i say some bass is better than no bass lol

i once has crappy warehouse subs lol reactor paper ones. was ok for just some sounds and bass and worked ok till i got some more decent units

so yea - just use them for the interim basis and u never know - they might be fine for ur liking ..and if not at least they are better than having nothing...

Thank you bro! The phones in the photo are Reactor's haha. I'm saving at the moment hahha. =P

Thanks alot to everyone else your comments are much appreciated. ^^

[Pappu1]

 johnny5 said:

actually paper cones can give better performance in some cases as boon has pointed out my soundstream rubicons are paper as well so where my DLS 12s where as the cheaPER brands use polycarbonate and the like on cheaper models think sony and low end fusion power out with whatever you have even over power em if your able to better to run more power than not enough might surprise yourself with the end result free s*** equals good s*** 9 times out of 10 if you blow em no big loss

oh not saying paper is bad

just saying reactor is bad

i bet the paper they use is low quality stuff too

anyway, i still say some bass is better than no bass while saving up for better bass lol

if that makes sense

more like motivation to get ssaving harder with the crappy bass lol

[newsuba]

 boon']

[quote name='pappu said:

just put whatever amp u can find and low pass them on

crank it to just below they start clipping

lol

enjoy

save up for better units in the meantime

i say some bass is better than no bass lol

i once has crappy warehouse subs lol reactor paper ones. was ok for just some sounds and bass and worked ok till i got some more decent units

so yea - just use them for the interim basis and u never know - they might be fine for ur liking ..and if not at least they are better than having nothing...

/quote]

My DD 9515s have paper cones. So do my friend's RE MT18's... just saying.

No bass is better than ugly, ugly bass.

Amen to that !

[Pappu1]

 newsuba']

[quote name='pappu said:

just put whatever amp u can find and low pass them on

crank it to just below they start clipping

lol

enjoy

save up for better units in the meantime

i say some bass is better than no bass lol

i once has crappy warehouse subs lol reactor paper ones. was ok for just some sounds and bass and worked ok till i got some more decent units

so yea - just use them for the interim basis and u never know - they might be fine for ur liking ..and if not at least they are better than having nothing...

/quote]

My DD 9515s have paper cones. So do my friend's RE MT18's... just saying.

No bass is better than ugly, ugly bass.

Amen to that !

lets hope its not too ugly then eh

i wud say take austin powers teeth ugly over fat bastard ugly lol

[johnny5]

yea go the teeth ugly