well well well,,,,,,,first of all,,, things have to be clarified here,,,,,1e taste is unique for every one ,,, so what can describe as tight bass for one could be muddy for another ,,, just like colors ,,,, smell ,,,,, etc etc
2e damping factor is highly degraded by speaker wire caliber and lenght ,,, for low inpedance amplifier ,,,,3e higher outpout impedance amp ( lower damping factor amps ) are less prone to that
now lets talk damping
my set up is the following
i have 2 proel double 15 inches subs rated at 800 watts each 4 ohms
i drive theses with one k2 crown for each
my speaker wire is 15 feet long 10awg
the k2 damping is rated at 3000 at 8 ohmsso using a damping factor calculator i made some test and came up with these numberswith the regular setup sated earlier i had 127 df because of the 4 ohms
i opened up the subs and made separate connection to each drive ( 8 ohms ) df when up to 150 approxdid not ear much difference , then i hook up the subs in series bringing the df to 453 approx
oh boy now i did get a noticeable difference in sound clarity and punch
witch drive me to change my next set up ,,
i will bring the k2 on the side of the subs and use 6awg of about 4 or 5 ft passing trhue the port hole to connect the drivesaccording to the df calculator this should bring me above 1400 df of real damping
after this test ill be in a real position to tell if the sound difference is really different from 453 to above 1000if it is the case the next step will be drilling the side of the subs , installing news wire terminals foe 2/0 awg wire (00)awg
then with the shortest length of wire possible ( around 3 ft max in and out ) this shall bring me at around 2700 of damping out of the 3000 rated by crown ..but i can already testify that just by changing the speaker impedance/ wire size and lenght , that sound did change a lot ,,,
so the real story about damping is this
unless your power amp is extremely close to the speaker , and the wire size is extremely large , you cannot benefit from the high damping factor rating from your amps
the higher the damping rating is , the lower the amp output impedance is ,, and this is extremely sensible to the speaker wire impedance,
amps with lower damping are less prone to this therefore the tend to lose less of there df rating .
here is a good post about it
http://www.bcae1.com/dampfact.htm
remember ,,,, speaker wire should always be the largest you can physically install or afford.
speaking of damping factor is futile if you run 18,16,14,12 awg wire
2e damping factor is highly degraded by speaker wire caliber and lenght ,,, for low inpedance amplifier ,,,,3e higher outpout impedance amp ( lower damping factor amps ) are less prone to that
now lets talk damping
my set up is the following
i have 2 proel double 15 inches subs rated at 800 watts each 4 ohms
i drive theses with one k2 crown for each
my speaker wire is 15 feet long 10awg
the k2 damping is rated at 3000 at 8 ohmsso using a damping factor calculator i made some test and came up with these numberswith the regular setup sated earlier i had 127 df because of the 4 ohms
i opened up the subs and made separate connection to each drive ( 8 ohms ) df when up to 150 approxdid not ear much difference , then i hook up the subs in series bringing the df to 453 approx
oh boy now i did get a noticeable difference in sound clarity and punch
witch drive me to change my next set up ,,
i will bring the k2 on the side of the subs and use 6awg of about 4 or 5 ft passing trhue the port hole to connect the drivesaccording to the df calculator this should bring me above 1400 df of real damping
after this test ill be in a real position to tell if the sound difference is really different from 453 to above 1000if it is the case the next step will be drilling the side of the subs , installing news wire terminals foe 2/0 awg wire (00)awg
then with the shortest length of wire possible ( around 3 ft max in and out ) this shall bring me at around 2700 of damping out of the 3000 rated by crown ..but i can already testify that just by changing the speaker impedance/ wire size and lenght , that sound did change a lot ,,,
so the real story about damping is this
unless your power amp is extremely close to the speaker , and the wire size is extremely large , you cannot benefit from the high damping factor rating from your amps
the higher the damping rating is , the lower the amp output impedance is ,, and this is extremely sensible to the speaker wire impedance,
amps with lower damping are less prone to this therefore the tend to lose less of there df rating .
here is a good post about it
http://www.bcae1.com/dampfact.htm
remember ,,,, speaker wire should always be the largest you can physically install or afford.
speaking of damping factor is futile if you run 18,16,14,12 awg wire