4 12's play lower than 2 15's?

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

here is something for your. my friends 15 L7 @ 32 plays higher than my 12'' R @ 34. but i'd still take 2 15'' L7 over 4 12'' R's any day. I have been down the road your going down. I am doing a SB2 setup for the summer and then i am doing 2 15'' L7's off 4k. my reason is because the L7's will take up less space. my box will be 9 cubes @ 32-34hz

before you do anything you should make a new box. my friends one 15L7 setup you are not able to sit in his car for a full song. and with 2 l7's that should be easy to accomplish.

 

[onearmedbastard 10+ year member]

sealed or ported

 

[talon2nr7588 10+ year member]

i used to have 4 12's in my car and they were preaty loud

what subs? what amp?

If you're worried about getting low then why would you tune that high? Think about 33hz ish..

yeah maybe 32 or how about 30?

i used to have kittens in my car and they were pretty cute //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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[talon2nr7588 10+ year member]

here is something for your. my friends 15 L7 @ 32 plays higher than my 12'' R @ 34. but i'd still take 2 15'' L7 over 4 12'' R's any day. I have been down the road your going down. I am doing a SB2 setup for the summer and then i am doing 2 15'' L7's off 4k. my reason is because the L7's will take up less space. my box will be 9 cubes @ 32-34hz
for daily? what amp?

sealed or ported

ported

 

[profundus-sanus 10+ year member]

i say put the l7's in 10 cubes net @ 31hz with about 110 inches of port. See what it does then.

 

[onearmedbastard 10+ year member]

yeah id rather take the 2 L7's and tune them lower. like 30-33. If you're worried about getting low do that. Screw the 4 R's

 

[talon2nr7588 10+ year member]

i say put the l7's in 10 cubes net @ 31hz with about 110 inches of port. See what it does then.

if i tune that low will the higher frequencys be less loud?

 

[profundus-sanus 10+ year member]

if i tune that low will the higher frequencys be less loud?

a little....but the response will be more flat. Your prolly not gaining much in the higher range for how much low end your losing.

 

[thrice4life58 10+ year member]

My 4 12's are loud as fuk

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

I would also agree that it depends upon the sub & box/tuning. Try tuning lower as mentioned.

I had a chance to listen to 4 JL 12's in a big ported box the other day. They were in a Durango. It was quite loud, but didn't hit as low or hard as my single 15. Mine seemed to have a lot more punch, his just seemed to make a LOT of noise. Owner was rather surprised, especially when he asked about AudioQue and I told him I got it at Wal Mart LOL

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

here is something for your. my friends 15 L7 @ 32 plays higher than my 12'' R @ 34. but i'd still take 2 15'' L7 over 4 12'' R's any day. I have been down the road your going down. I am doing a SB2 setup for the summer and then i am doing 2 15'' L7's off 4k. my reason is because the L7's will take up less space. my box will be 9 cubes @ 32-34hz
for daily? what amp?

ported

they were both daily setups. the R was in 3 cubes and the L7 was in 4. The R had ummmmmmmm i think a bxi2006d @ 2 ohms on it and the l7 had a bxi1606d.

when i get 2 L7's it will be strictly a daily box. i will be powering it with 4k. i will be doing a vent port in the middle horizontaly on the back of the box and then the subs up near the back.

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

in reference to getting lower.... cone area don't mean shit, within reason. Its all about the woofers.

Ummm, not true. Low end extension is directly related to displacement, displacement is obviously derived from cone area and excursion.

It's not entirely dependent on cone area or excursion, but they both play a roll, so yes "it does mean shit."