Sealed Enclosure Applications; Recommended Enclosures - Kicker L5 Technical Manual

Sealed Enclosure Applications

The Kicker Solo-Baric SL5 woofers are designed to give more output than an equivalent round speaker. The SL5 is
amazing when used in the recommended sealed boxes. These sealed enclosure SQ recommendations will give the
smoothest response with the most energy at really low frequencies, around 20 to 30 Hz.
The recommended Compa a ct sealed boxes are in line with our traditional Solo-Baric enclosures. They deliver
massive amounts of high impact bass and can be driven with punishing levels of amplifier power.
One of the benefits of the L5-Series high performance suspension system is that the Solo-Barics can operate in
larger sealed enclosures for ultra sound quality (SQ) applications without significantly sacrificing their power han-
dling. This extra bass extension and smoothness can be obtained by simply using a larger sealed enclosure. The box
can be "sized up" all the way up to the maximum SQ enclosure, which has a very flat response, with greatly extend-
ed sub bass.
Solo-Baric L5 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.
Model
S8L5 .33 cu.ft. Power Handling = 300W
9.34 l
S10L5 .66 cu.ft. Power Handling = 450W
18.69 l
S12L5 .88 cu.ft. Power Handling = 600W
24.92 l
S15L5 1.5 cu.ft. Power Handling = 750W
42.48 l
NOTE: All sealed boxes should be 50% filled with loose polyfil. Allow about two weeks break-in time for the Solo-Barics to reach
optimum low bass performance.
Kicker Solo-Baric L5-Series Subwoofers
Recommended Applications
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Recommended Enclosures

- Moderate Efficiency -
Compact SQ
.75 cu.ft. Power Handling =300W
21.24 l
1.0 cu.ft. Power Handling =450W
28.32 l
2.0 cu.ft. Power Handling = 600W
56.64 l
6.0 cu.ft. Power Handling = 750W
69.92 l