2 subs, 1 chamber

[lavamadness]

What volume should the chamber be? Is it merely doubling the recommended volume of the subs? It's a sealed enclosure.

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[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

yes double the volume required for a single driver

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

is there any advantage to doing this?

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

is there any advantage to doing this?

not really. Depending on the subs and the enclosure material, they recommend individual chambers for two reasons. One is for enclosure integrity. The divider acts as a brace. Two, even though it is miniscul, no subwoofer performs the same as the next even though they are the same model and make.

 

[somekook 10+ year member]

^bingo....

 

[the_flatlander 10+ year member]

and if one sub blows you can still use the one that's working. without damaging the other sub even more

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

Odds are you'll still blow the other sub if you don't change the amp settings, but hopefully you'll be smart enough to realize that they were getting too much power and turn the ****ing gain down ...

What he said. :thumbsupw

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Odds are you'll still blow the other sub if you don't change the amp settings, but hopefully you'll be smart enough to realize that they were getting too much power and turn the ****ing gain down ...

Ofcourse, that's assuming that the sub failed due to power reasons as opposed to a manufacturing error //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

really menas nadda, the other 'good' woofer will see twice the airpace if woofer 1 goes..some woofers don't like that kind setup. Me, I have always liked seperate chambers, and the bracing issue is dead on for a better intergrity enclosure.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

what's been said is all good...personally, I went with a common chamber box for my dual e12a's for simply cosmetic reasons...I like the like of having one combined port on the side, and having a box that fits nicely into the back of my van with plenty of room left between the wheelwells.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

really? i didn't know there was a difference otherwise...i'm curious now to why? easier to build a single tuned port system vs. two indentical ports?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

ok...kinda what i figured...learn something new everyday //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif