Plain and simple, I'm looking for a little more bump. I'm not sure if it the sub itself, or the enclosure or a lack of power but something about this system is just not doing it for me. Here's the rundown of equipment:
BMW OEM hi-fi head unit
Zapco DC650.6
Zapco DC500.1
MB Quart QTD-25 tweeters in the OEM tweeter pods in the sail panels
a/d/s 344is mids in the OEM door locations
Morel ADMW9 midbasses installed in the OEM underseat woofer enclosures
Morel SC10-2 sub in a 0.63 ft^3 fiberglass enclosure corner mounted in my trunk.
I also have an Alumapro CAP5 installed between the battery and amps but that is not relevant to this conversation.
For a long time I've considered more power since 50W/ch and 100W/ch on the front stage seemed a bit low. 500W to the Morel SC10 also seemed like it might be a bit low. The front stage gets plenty loud and midbass can be satisfactory at times but the sub always seems to be a bit lacking.
More recently, Ive been considering maybe switching subs as I understand many have said the Morel tends to be a bit lower in the output area but the sound is unbelievably balanced which I agree with based on my experience. Now, changing enclosures is not an option since the enclosure is a custom molded enclosure mounted in the corner of my trunk. Internal volume is about 0.63 ft^3 and available depth is under 6" provided that the magnet width is not too huge. A wider magnet (larger diameter) may have issues and may require less depth. I've been considering the following as possible "upgrades".
Image Dynamics IDQ10 D4 V2 (notice this is the v2 because the v3 is too big in diameter to fit in the enclosure)
Arc Audio Arc 10
JL Audio 10W3 v3
ID10 v3
Any other suggestions to get more output? I am not opposed to a DIY driver either like a Peerless XLS or XXLS or even the Scanspeak woofers. I really don't want to revamp the whole system and redo all the amps but if that's what its going to take to get significantly more output then that's what I'll do.
BMW OEM hi-fi head unit
Zapco DC650.6
Zapco DC500.1
MB Quart QTD-25 tweeters in the OEM tweeter pods in the sail panels
a/d/s 344is mids in the OEM door locations
Morel ADMW9 midbasses installed in the OEM underseat woofer enclosures
Morel SC10-2 sub in a 0.63 ft^3 fiberglass enclosure corner mounted in my trunk.
I also have an Alumapro CAP5 installed between the battery and amps but that is not relevant to this conversation.
For a long time I've considered more power since 50W/ch and 100W/ch on the front stage seemed a bit low. 500W to the Morel SC10 also seemed like it might be a bit low. The front stage gets plenty loud and midbass can be satisfactory at times but the sub always seems to be a bit lacking.
More recently, Ive been considering maybe switching subs as I understand many have said the Morel tends to be a bit lower in the output area but the sound is unbelievably balanced which I agree with based on my experience. Now, changing enclosures is not an option since the enclosure is a custom molded enclosure mounted in the corner of my trunk. Internal volume is about 0.63 ft^3 and available depth is under 6" provided that the magnet width is not too huge. A wider magnet (larger diameter) may have issues and may require less depth. I've been considering the following as possible "upgrades".
Image Dynamics IDQ10 D4 V2 (notice this is the v2 because the v3 is too big in diameter to fit in the enclosure)
Arc Audio Arc 10
JL Audio 10W3 v3
ID10 v3
Any other suggestions to get more output? I am not opposed to a DIY driver either like a Peerless XLS or XXLS or even the Scanspeak woofers. I really don't want to revamp the whole system and redo all the amps but if that's what its going to take to get significantly more output then that's what I'll do.