hey guys...im thinkin of gettin one 12" JL W6v2. I was just wondering what u guys think about it and if its worth it. How will it be if i bump 350x1? or should i do 450 x1?
let me know what u guys think

 

A buddy of mine just bought 2 12 inch W3V2's...They bump really nice...He bought a 500/1 jl audio amp for it and it sounds nice..Depending on what you have to spend the 350 would be sufficient..Otherwise go with the 450...I believe they can hold up to 500watt max...

 

Those are good speakers. They love power. The more the better. You ought to get a JBL BP600.1. They are good amps and cheap.

 

Isnt 600 a little too much?

 

But 350 si too little. If you are only going to push it with 350w, then get a 12w3v2 and save some money. Always better to have too much power than too little.

 

ya i decided not to get 350...how about 450?

 

No thats perfect from my experience. A friend of mine even had a RF 800.2 hooked to two W3s and didn't damage them. This guy BUMPS his system all day and they held up until he upgraded. With only 600 watts and thw W6s you won't have a problem.

 

I have about 400 watts(Alpine MRV-420) "3rd most expensive amp Alpine makes" going to my 2 JL 12WO. I mean nothing to brag about but they bump hard for a fairly decent amount of money I spent on the amp. I think if I put the W3s or W6s or W7s my trunk would tear away from the car .

 

your sig says you have a JBP amp

 

I have two of the W3V2s with a ZR 240..which is severley underpowering them...but they still stomp...JL makes awesome subs period...

 

I have a JBL BP300.1 and I love it. It pushes my Kicker CompVR very well. For the price, I don't think there is anything that can touch it. My only complaint is that it does not have a remote gain. I am not saying that there are not better amps out there, but I know for a fact that the BP600.1 will push most speakers very well.

To address another issue, it is better on the speakers to have a 600 watt amp like the BP600 and turn the gain down than to have a 450watt amp that you have to have the gain way up to push them. The higher the gain, the higher the potential for distortion and clipping.

 

ok my question is will the RF 451s (450 watts RMS x 1 bridged output at 4 ohms) will do? I like Rockford fosgate amps because they DO have the remote to control the bass.
Does rockford make 500x1 amps?

 

That amp should be fine.

 

I was just addressing your JB"L" typo in your sig

 

LOL. Where is spell check when you need it? Didn't you know that JBP is JBL's custom amp line? j/k Thanks for pointing it out.

 

I did some research and now i think i might be getting a JBL 600.1
The problem is that i think it is 600x1 at 2 ohms and 300x1 at 4 ohms. Now...i have already bought a 12" W6v2, and it says 4 OHMS ONLY. So if i DO get the JBL amp, it will just bump 300 rms....which isnt too much.
What should i do? or is the W6v2 can even be stable at 2 ohms?

 

Lucky for you that the BP600.1 is 2OHM stable. Isn't the W6 a Dual Voice Coil? If so, run the Voice Coils in parallel and you should get full power.

 

You will have no problem with a new W6. I have been an installer for 12 years, and these are the best subs you can buy without breaking the bank. I also have a 99, and the best way to set this up would be to build a box that fires through the ski hole, with a slot loaded port above the sub, coming into the cabin. Don't waste your money on one of those rockford fosgate amps. Stay with JL for power. The JL amps have a lot more control, (subsonic filter), to run a ported box right. If you get a qualified installer to do the install, you will have no problem running the JL1000/1 if you wanted to. But at least run the sub with the JL500/1. It is only as good as it is installed.

 

what if you dont want more power but more SQ? how will that JL compare up to lets say ARC audio?

 

i'm not sure if pumpin' 600 is too much, but i pumped my old pair of JL12w6 with 600 and it did fine. they were wired in parallel too

 

yeah im looking for the JBL BP600.1...i think ill run it with this amp

 

i got the jl 12 w3 v2... they sound real nice, but they are power hungry, i would run at least 600 watts to 2 12w6

 

I've heard that running JL subs with JL amps is the way to go, but that's just what I heard. What I know for a fact is that you should never run an amp at it's maximum level. It's always important to have an amp that can handle the sub, not a sub that can handle the amp. You should have an amp that you would be happy turning up only 3/4 of the way. My amp is powerful enough to blow my sub, and I think of this as a good thing, because I know that I won't be over-driving my amp. Suggest you do the same thing. Arc makes awesome amps, I would recommend them fully. Let us know what you go with and how much you end up paying.