Owner's Manual

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Solobaric L7 Subwoofers
Installation
Recommended Enclosures
Solo-Baric L7-Series Sealed Enclosure Applications
The Kicker Solo-Baric L7 is designed to give more output than an equivalent round speaker and is amazing when used in the
recommended sealed boxes. These sealed enclosure recommendations will give the smoothest response with the most energy at
really low frequencies, around 20 to 30 Hz. The recommended Compact sealed boxes have massive amounts of high impact bass
and can be driven with punishing levels of amplifier power.
One of the benefits of the Solo-Baric L7-series high performance suspension system is that they can operate in larger sealed
enclosures for ultra sound quality (SQ) applications without significantly sacrificing their power handling. Solo-Baric L7 enclosures can
be "sized up" all the way to the SQ enclosure, which has a very flat response, with greatly extended sub bass.
Solo-Baric L7 series woofers also perform well in any sealed enclosure between the Compact and SQ sizes. These systems will
exhibit some benefits of both (high impact and low extension) generally sounding more like the box to which they are most closely
sized.
These enclosure volume recommendations are for the airspace inside the enclosure and include the displacement of the woofer.
Do not make the airspace any greater than recommended.
Recommended Sealed Enclosures - Moderate Efficiency
Model Compact (Minimum enclosure Vol.) SQ (Maximum enclosure Vol.)
S8L7 .33 cu.ft. Power Handling = 450W .75 cu.ft. Power Handling =450W
9.34 lt 21.24 lt
S10L7 .66 cu.ft. Power Handling = 600W 1.0 cu.ft. Power Handling =600W
18.69 lt 28.32 lt
S12L7 .88 cu.ft. Power Handling = 750W 2.0 cu.ft. Power Handling = 750W
24.92 lt 56.64 lt
S15L7 1.5 cu.ft. Power Handling = 1000W 6.0 cu.ft. Power Handling = 1000W
42.48 lt 69.92 lt
The following page shows examples of the minimum enclosure sizes for each of the Solo-Baric L7s. Panel dimensions assume 3/4" wood thickness.