1 or 2 high quality subs v.s. 6 cheapos?

[Dustin07 10+ year member]

ok... backing up a little bit. I originally spoke to some friends about the idea of going with a ton of 8's instead but they talked me out of it. not because of overall volume but because the way the air is pushed by a 12 (or 10, 15, 18 etc) over an 8.

maybe i'm wasting your guys time.... can you point me to a reading source that would help me derive the size of sub I would be happiest with? i'm going to go listen some more tomorrow as well.

and a last random question. on those boxes that contain more than 2-4 subs... say like 10 x 8" subs.... do they have separate air chambers for each sub, or pair? or would 10 8" subs in a box typically share the same air?

i've got a lot to research.... i appreciate your responses!

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

You could do 8's if you wanted. Adire Kodas, IDQ8's, Tangband, RE, lots of good 8's to choose from. Just a few would get plenty loud and there's the all important WOW factor to take into account. RE8's were a forum boner a while back, maybe someone could tell how they liked them?

 

[Dustin07 10+ year member]

have you ever mixed sizes? probably a dumb question... but would having 8's and larger woofers sharing a box inhibit one or the others effect? seems like they might almost compliment one another...

like i said, i got a lot of research to do....

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

nah, I wouldn't bother with it. A good 15 wont' actually sound slow or sloppy, most of those characteristics come downt to the box. It may have been true to some degree years ago, but we've progressed since then, we have cable //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

More or less, the size of the sub determines 1.how low it plays 2.SPL 3.Box size. Just find a sub that sounds good, then mess with size.