2 ported or 3 sealed ????????????????

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

What would hit harder 2 12's ported or 3 12's sealed , If I do ported w (2) 1100 watts , With 3 sealed my amp will put out closer to 1500 watts , What do you think will hit harder ??? I know 3 sealed will more than likely sound better but will it be louder also ?????????????????

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[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

I would say yes,3 would be louder do to the extra cone area present

 

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac Two ported would be louder ...

With 3 subs and an extra 400 - 500 watts 2 ported will still be louder ??

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

really?????........i figured the extra cone area of the 3rd sub would be louder than what the porting could do?......

 

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac Yup .... as long as you tune it over 30 Hz and have them in a fairly large box, I believe the two ported will be louder ...

 

I'd still go sealed, though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Well box is already built 4 cubes total with 2 subs , I have a 3rd so I was thinking on taking the port out and put the 3rd 12 in there , How big a diff does it make if the subs are sharing the same airspace sealed , Is it a huge diff and what is the diff in sound ??

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac Yup .... as long as you tune it over 30 Hz and have them in a fairly large box, I believe the two ported will be louder ...

 

I'd still go sealed, though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

ok let me ask you this.........which will be louder

1 15" in a ported box w/600 watts

2 12''s in a sealed box w/300 watts per sub

 

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bowtiefan ok let me ask you this.........which will be louder

 

1 15" in a ported box w/600 watts

 

2 12''s in a sealed box w/300 watts per sub

POST ROBBER //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac They sound tighter when they use the same airspace ...

 

However, if you blow one, you can't use the other two ...

MMMMMMMMMMMM Tighter //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac The 15" would be much louder ...

cool......thats my next setup.....1 15" Ele. K in a 3.7^ft ported box tuned to 30hz......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Spddracer POST ROBBER //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

I just asked a simple question..........

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bowtiefan cool......thats my next setup.....1 15" Ele. K in a 3.7^ft ported box tuned to 30hz......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

are you going to buy it now since its on preorder price (until dec. 17) i know i did..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by GSteg are you going to buy it now since its on preorder price (until dec. 17) i know i did..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Yep.....ordered it yesterday

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bowtiefan Yep.....ordered it yesterday

i'm really excited to get the sub. looks very ugly (which is the beauty of it). those people with rockford fosgates from best buy will be embarrassed when they find out how much they wasted on their system. did i mention i was going for sound quality too?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif still need to get a stronger amp though. probably a US acoustics USX2080. one amp per coil (each amp bridged) . best of all..the amps are only $82.99 each plus $6.95 (total about $175?) thats 280 underrated watts (about 312wrms@14.4v) per coil. yes i'm evil //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac Have fun setting your gains ...

that is why my friend, i'm getting a line driver that puts out 8v the most the amp will take is 8.8v. i'd figured i'll have the gains all the way down. i can pick an audiocontrol line driver from a friend for only $30. talk about deals.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bowtiefan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by GSteg i'm really excited to get the sub. looks very ugly (which is the beauty of it). those people with rockford fosgates from best buy will be embarrassed when they find out how much they wasted on their system. did i mention i was going for sound quality too?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif still need to get a stronger amp though. probably a US acoustics USX2080. one amp per coil (each amp bridged) . best of all..the amps are only $82.99 each plus $6.95 (total about $175?) thats 280 underrated watts (about 312wrms@14.4v) per coil. yes i'm evil //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I'll be using my PPI amp......600w x 1 @ 2ohms w/14.4 volt input.......yeah I got the dual 4 ohm version......I cant wait!