does sharing airspace hurt a subwoofer?

[FSUNole17 10+ year member]

hey i wanted to use a 12W7 and add 2 jl 8W3V2's for just some icing on the cake for extra punch, is it bad if they share the same airspace in a sealed enclosure, would it hurt the performance any of either of the 3 woofers or woudl i be beter putting them in 3 seperate compartments, thanks!

clay

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[bigred78797 10+ year member]

Mixing different types of subs is bad even when in separate chambers. If in separate chambers you wont hurt the subs but there will be alot of cancellation issues and different sounds for one note. In a common chamber the different responses of each sub will end up working against each other and destroying them.

my .02

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

No need to double post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=84125

 

[old basshead 10+ year member]

Audiopipe who?

they looked good dvc's 500 watts rrrrrright!

more like 100 watts if that not a good buy cheap that's about all

 

[FSUNole17 10+ year member]

Audiopipe who?they looked good dvc's 500 watts rrrrrright!

more like 100 watts if that not a good buy cheap that's about all

what?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

dont do it, unless you want to commit sonic homicide.

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

It is always recommended that sealed enclosures have a seperate chamber for each sub. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

dont do it, unless you want to commit sonic homicide.

AHAHAHA sonic homocide, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[FSUNole17 10+ year member]

what if instead of using the 8" Subs, i used midbass speakers and shared that volume with the sub, just some 6.5" midbass simply mounted to the same box, would that also be doing the same bad results? the midbass speakers im referring to are free air and i was jsut wonderin if it also would have an adverse effect?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Midbass belongs in front, not out back partying with the wooofers.

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

Midbass drivers aren't strong enough to withstand the pressures exerted from the woofers. Unless you want to attend a midbass funeral. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[bigred78797 10+ year member]

Yah as soon as you hit one note with you W7 you will now nolonger have a sealed box but a box with two 6.5" ports.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Yah as soon as you hit one note with you W7 you will now nolonger have a sealed box but a box with two 6.5" ports.

No, 6.5" Passive Radiators //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

But, as mentioned, you don't want to put the midbass drivers behind you. And they definitely wouldn't withstand the pressure exurted by a W7.

Why are you so determined to add something to the box?? The W7 will be fine all by itself for subbass duties. And if you need better midbass, replace your front interior speakers with a component set if you haven't already.

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

lol

No, 6.5" Passive Radiators

lol

hit one note with you W7 you will now nolonger have a sealed box but a box with two 6.5" ports

......yo u guy are making laugh to the point i have hick-ups.....

80

i knew there were some humor with this forum...i'm glad i'm here

 

[FSUNole17 10+ year member]

thansk for the help guys, uve saved me a lot of work and bad system setup! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif