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<blockquote data-quote="Doxquzme" data-source="post: 8859144" data-attributes="member: 689267"><p>What he said... Any damping of over 80 is fine, 200 is really good, so 1000 is like my 80lb home audio amp! Unless you are using certified Hi-res components throughout, you are wasting a lot of money on specifications you won't be able to realize. I am all in for SQ builds and am a fan of running class A, A/B for mids and tweets til the cows come home. Right now I have a Focal FPS 2300RX to my front comps and an Audio Control 400.3, bridged to the rear coaxial drivers for fill. I am running a class D "(Korean) DS18 Hooligan HO3 to the two Focal 13" polyglass subs (and soon to be all fed by an Audio Control 8/10 DSP) and am overjoyed with the performance (which gets unbearable loud if I want it to)! I no longer see any reason to go with class A/B for sub amplification and am slowly warming on class D for everything. That JL is a great amplifier. Another option would be to pick up a DS18 EXL 2500.1 and an Audio Control or Audison DSP unit for about the same or less than you would pay for either the JL or the Helix. In the end, I think you would find that high-quality wattage is not nearly the cost it used to be, and having a great (clean class D) sub amp and a DSP controlling everything is a much better solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doxquzme, post: 8859144, member: 689267"] What he said... Any damping of over 80 is fine, 200 is really good, so 1000 is like my 80lb home audio amp! Unless you are using certified Hi-res components throughout, you are wasting a lot of money on specifications you won't be able to realize. I am all in for SQ builds and am a fan of running class A, A/B for mids and tweets til the cows come home. Right now I have a Focal FPS 2300RX to my front comps and an Audio Control 400.3, bridged to the rear coaxial drivers for fill. I am running a class D "(Korean) DS18 Hooligan HO3 to the two Focal 13" polyglass subs (and soon to be all fed by an Audio Control 8/10 DSP) and am overjoyed with the performance (which gets unbearable loud if I want it to)! I no longer see any reason to go with class A/B for sub amplification and am slowly warming on class D for everything. That JL is a great amplifier. Another option would be to pick up a DS18 EXL 2500.1 and an Audio Control or Audison DSP unit for about the same or less than you would pay for either the JL or the Helix. In the end, I think you would find that high-quality wattage is not nearly the cost it used to be, and having a great (clean class D) sub amp and a DSP controlling everything is a much better solution. [/QUOTE]
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