(4) RE SR 12" vs (2) RE SE 15" [sealed]

[smoka 10+ year member]

Opinions on which would be louder? Running off 1200Wrms.

Thanks.

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[rickymac21 10+ year member]

2 15" re se's dual 4 ohm. wire them down to 1 ohm... it has less cone aerea than the 4 12's but most everyday listeners want lower bass. 15's can do that for ya.. in fact if you want a pair of dual 4 ohm se's i have some for sale !!!

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

2 15" re se's dual 4 ohm. wire them down to 1 ohm... it has less cone aerea than the 4 12's but most everyday listeners want lower bass. 15's can do that for ya.. in fact if you want a pair of dual 4 ohm se's i have some for sale !!!

i know the OP is a newb, but don't feed him that garbage about 15's hitting lower cuz we all know its BS, and on top of that don't answer him based on what you have for sale.

and to the OP, if both setups are sealed and both setups will run off 1200w, go with the setup that has more cone area, the 12's in this case

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

4 12"s homie.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

4 12"s, because of cone area. ~353 sq inches vs ~452 sq inches.

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

4 12"s, because of cone area. ~353 sq inches vs ~452 sq inches.

your using the overall diameter of the sub... not how it works, but thankfully RE actually lists effective piston area on their website

12" SR = 480 cm^2

15" SE = 810 cm^2

so 2 (15) = 1620cm^2

and 4 (12) = 1920cm^2

so the 12's have approx 19% more cone area than the 15's

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

your using the overall diameter of the sub... not how it works, but thankfully RE actually lists effective piston area on their website
12" SR = 480 cm^2

15" SE = 810 cm^2

so 2 (15) = 1620cm^2

and 4 (12) = 1920cm^2

so the 12's have approx 19% more cone area than the 15's

ok, my bad. i would still go with the 12"s

atleast i didnt say 30" vs 48" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

SRs are nice, SEs are too but on that power with the cone area options... 12s seem the way for you to go.

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

But wouldnt the SEs be a lil louder than the SRs because of the better subwoofer?

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

This thread is full of win.

They would probably be pretty close to the same loudness, but I would take the SE's.

 

[germandark 10+ year member]

(4) 12's. end of thread for sake of all logic.

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

But wouldnt the SEs be a lil louder than the SRs because of the better subwoofer?

well if you really want to get technical the SR's are 1.8db less efficient but twice as many drivers as the SE's

truth be told, you probably wouldn't notice the difference very much at all, i would go with whichever setup was cheaper

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

But wouldnt the SEs be a lil louder than the SRs because of the better subwoofer?

No because it is the same power going to them.