I am currently up in the air over a couple different setups and was wondering what everyone's input would be on these. I am set on using 12' Kicker Comp 05CVR122 2 ohm 400W RMS speakers but the rest can be changed. So far I have only purchased one of those speakers. I have pretty much figured out what fits in my budget and these are my options. I am planning this in a 2.4 cubic foot custom enclosure for 3rd gen f-bodies.

Option 1: single 05CVR122 in a ported box wired for 4 ohms powered off a Rockford Fosgate Punch P4002 bridged to 400w @ 4ohms RMS, perfectly matching power for the single speaker.

Option 2: dual 05CVR122s at 2ohms in a sealed box powered by a Profile AP2000 putting out 480W per channel at 2 ohms.

Option 3 would be single sealed 05CVR122 using the Fosgate setup and Option 4 would be a dual vented setup off the profile.

These are color coded to the Win ISD graph I made up based off a 2.4 cubic foot enclosure tuned to 26hz on the ported boxes.



Edit: added a new image... the old one was too small to read.

Looking at this graph based on the space I have available I am leaning toward the single ported with the higher quality amp. I'm not looking to make something super loud to wake up the neighborhood but something that I can enjoy listening to. I listen to all kinds of music and the frequency range is rather important to me even if it starts approaching sub-sonic. I am just concerned that once I get the single sub in it might not be loud enough for me.

 

Well, Ive pretty much decided on the single sub in a ported box.

 

i saw you listed the profile ap2000 i ordered that amp last weekend it is coming in tomaro... i cant wait lmk how you like yours. it will be replacing my sony 1200 watt 2 channel amp that did 500 watts rms bridged @ 4 ohms the profile will do 980 watts rms bridged @ 4 ohms. i also replaced my single infinity kappa perfect 10 with 2 05model kicker cvrs. ill probably send them about 350-400 watts rms a piece.

 

Well, I ended up ordering a Kenwood KAC7202 which will push 460W RMS @ 4ohms bridged to my single 12 in the ported box setup for the best SQ setup. Will probably have to play around with the gain a bit but thats 460W at 14.4v and I'm not running a cap or anything so it might be ok depending on how accurate the amp rating is. Now I'm just looking into alarms... I had a nice pioneer HU and over 200 CDs stolen out of my escort a few years back on the only night I ever accidentally left the CDs and faceplate in the car. I wont take any risks this time.