Box help

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Yes, that will work fine.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

Okay thanks so much that helps so much! What about 3 15's what will be a good box for them?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Depends on which subs.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

ICON's, XCON's, or BTL's?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Icons and Xcons are going to want 3.5-4ft^3 each, around 10ft^3 for a shared chamber box. BTL is about the same too, but it depends on which version you're looking at buying.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

So 10ft^3 wouldn't be enough for 3 15's right?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

10ft^3 is fine for a trio of most 15" subs. Mach 5 IXL is a good option too.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

And tune to 30-32hz and it should be a pretty nice setup right?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

And tune to 30-32hz and it should be a pretty nice setup right?

For the IXL's, 9.5ft^3 with a 30hz tune will give you a some good low-end extension and lots of clean output from 25hz and up.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

What about 9ft^3 would that be enough for 3 15's?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

What about 9ft^3 would that be enough for 3 15's?

You can do it with the IXL's, it just makes the peak in the response curve a little lower and raise the -3db point a little bit. Overall, not a big difference.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

How would you go about wiring 3 subs to amps?

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

it depends on the coil config of the subs and what your amp can handle as far as ohm load.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Use a single amp. How you wire the subs depends on the ohm load of the coils and which amp you're wanting to run. With the IXL's, you have dual 2ohm coils on each sub. So you can wire them to either 4ohms or 1ohm for each sub, which when wired all together, can give you either a 1.33ohm, .33ohm, 12ohm, or 3ohm load, depending on how you wire them. The obvious way to do it is either 1.33ohms or 3ohms since there are a lot of affordable 3kw amps out there to run at 1.33ohms, or you can bridge two smaller amps to the 3ohm load.

Hopefully you have an upgraded electrical system to handle that kind of power.

 

[eric78702 10+ year member]

Okay well let's say I get the BTL's they need at least 2000rms each what do I do as far as amps then?