Quote Originally Posted by MLA View Post
The woofer is absolutely NOT sub par. Its a 10" marine woofer that I wont hesitate to drive with an honest 500W rms. Point to one that handles more. The reality is, a 10" acoustic-suspension woofer driven with your existing 300W rms, is going to move as much air i.e. boom, slam, pound, hammer, etc, as your existing 10" infinite-baffle woofer. Will they sound the same? No. A small sealed enclosure can have a little steeper low end roll off compared to a FA, thus having a narrower band width. This is where words like crisp, snappy, tight, come into the conversation. Other things that can come into play with an IB, is the cavity behind it large enough? IS the wall thick/robust enough or is it flexing? Are there any leaks around the basket flange? Any of these will impact an IB woofer.

300W rms is not bad for the woofer, but to finely tune an IB woofer, bridging across 2 chnls of a full-range amp, will not always yield the best results. The low-pass fixed subsonic filter of most fill range amps can be too low, preventing the woofer from being driven/powered hard and allowing it to bottom/top out on excursion, when driven hard.

If your boat has the Fusion head unit, ill bet a dollar to a doughnut something off.
Do you have any tips for setting up the Fusion HU or HTX amp? I've noticed the FA sub is VERY sensitive to how much I play around with the zones and how much (or little) I add with the tower speakers. I know asking about you may setup a boat would be different than me because we would each hear or listen to different things but if you have a good, general all-around "baseline" tune to get us started that would be great.