Can 12's and 8's be on the same box?

[Octavio 10+ year member]

Can I set up 2 12's and 2 8's on the same box? One box for 4 sub's with out been separated ...... thanks

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[LeeAudio 10+ year member]

Gun, Bullet, and your head... FTW!

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

no it would not be recommend, ecspecially with out different chambers

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

Gun, Bullet, and your head... FTW!

Why can you just answer a simple and easy yes or not and why not if no?

 

[Dmillz224 10+ year member]

nooo dude bad idea

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

2 12"s and 2 8"s can be on anything you want.....me...your box....your mom

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

no it would not be recommend, ecspecially with out different chambers

So If they have different chambers yes? any cons on doing that?

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

2 12"s and 2 8"s can be on anything you want.....me...your box....your mom

Instead of been funny would you please comment on a serious way

 

[LeeAudio 10+ year member]

Okay, serious answer. The wave from your 12's will cancel out the wave from your 8's. And you'll **** up the RF of your box. This is something you learn like 6 months into car audio.

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

Instead of been funny would you please comment on a serious way

ok....if you didn't already know....then no, moron

 

[95Eclipse 10+ year member]

nooo dude bad idea

Agreed, the 12's are going to cancel out the 8s alltogether and your not going to notice having 4 subs, the only thing it is going to do is waste time, and power coming from the amp pushing them

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

Okay, serious answer. The wave from your 12's will cancel out the wave from your 8's. And you'll **** up the RF of your box. This is something you learn like 6 months into car audio.

I'm brand new ... about a month old or so need 5 months to go .... thanks for that comment

 

[LeeAudio 10+ year member]

You'd be better off using the 8's as PR's instead of even powering them.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

So If they have different chambers yes? any cons on doing that?

even with different cahmbers i wouldnt but thats me, but you can do whatever you want. but if you do build a box or have one built for all four subs. make sure your 12 inch chambers are recommended cubes, and the same with you 8's. dont make all the chambers the same size, build them to specs

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

ehh, I'm only going to say this one time.

DIFFERENT SIZE SUBS WON'T CAUSE CANCELLATION!!!

it will however cause an irregular frequency responce, which still isn't benefitial, however, it's not inherently too much worse than porting subs, it's just less predicatable. All that said, however, I can't say I can reccomend mixing sub sizes. Seperate chambers is always a good thing. It'll add bracing to the box. Plus if your 12's were to suddenly break while running alot of power to each sub, your 8's would suddenly be running free-air with WAYY to much power on them, now your down 4 drivers instead of 2.