Sensitivity doesn't meen much when it comes to subs. Don't worry about that rating, it can be measured in different ways so producers can fudge the numbers. It doesn't really matter when your running hundreds of watts anyways.
If your worried about how well a sub plays with a given amount of power, look at the rms ratings, and the sub's effeciency.
BL is the magnetic strength of the sub. A high BL doesn't meen a high efficiency.
Sensitivity can also be called reference efficiency, but don't confuse it with regular efficiency. A higher BL usually meens the sub has a higher relative efficiency, but that doesn't meen it's gonna be that much louder. BL is the flux density (B) in the gap, and the length of the voice coil in the gap.
sorry, i'll repost, i thought it was a stupid ?. haha, you look crazy lol
"and efficiency being the flux density?(BL)"
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My friend has a 400 Watt AMP pushing a typhoon sub and it makes the hole car shake and its a 10inch and i have 2 12's that do almost the same thing why is that ?
Many things affect how your sub 'hits'. The enclosure, ported or not.
Placement of the box in the car. IE, in a hatchback (such as my camaro), placement of the sub in the hatch area will yield more gain than placing it in the rear seat area.
Many other factors affect sub performance. You should be comparing apples to apples, not apples to oranges.
partucularly how much RMS is actually making it to the sub. if you have a 75amp alternator, and you have a True 1000wRMS amp, it will need more than your alt can supply, and will not even get the 75 amps, b/c your car uses the majority of your alternator for it's basic functions.
