Shiva box volume

Donn Unregistered guest	Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 01:29 GMT I have pretty much unlimited trunk space, how big of a box? 300 watts RMS or 500 watts RMS
Anonymous	Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 03:42 GMT Well, I'd go sealed, the Shiva is intended to drop really low, and a ported box will hinder that, with that said, go 1.5cu ft per sub. the 650 is a thermal rating, a Shiva will generally happy with 300-400 RMS, it'll reach max excursion with that. The efficiency of the driver on that sub is crazy.
chas d Silver Member Username: Newb Post Number: 143 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 07:49 GMT i agree. i currently have one in a sealed 1.0 cu ft box which is a bit small. i have about 350w going to it which is enough to make ur ears ring.
brianj Bronze Member Username: Reseaudio Post Number: 45 Registered: Apr-04	Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:36 GMT would 3 shivas and my jbl 1200.1 amp work well with these subs? at 1.3 ohms it should give each sub 400 watts correct?
its_bacon12 Silver Member Username: Its_bacon12 Post Number: 563 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:49 GMT yep, slap each one in a 1.5-1.75 cubic foot sealed box and you will be more than happy