IA 187 Box question

[Bassin Buick]

OK , my buddy has a box for sale that was built by iamamp3pimp , its's huge for most 12's and small for most 15's. Its cut for a 12 right now but there is plenty of room to cut the baffle to fit a 15.

2.8 @ 36hz 3/4" birch and a beautiful kerfed port.

Does anybody think a IA 187 15 will play nice in that box? They recommend 3 to 4 cubes. will .2 cubes be a huge difference in sound? Also i could gain a little more volume by reverse mounting it.

Think it will be alright in that box?

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[-01limited- 10+ year member]

nvm.

 

[Bassin Buick]

it'll prolly blow out though. its ported. gimme a sec , ill find the video of it. its pretty nice , just needs to be covered or painted.

 

[Bassin Buick]

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

it'll prolly blow out though. its ported. gimme a sec , ill find the video of it. its pretty nice , just needs to be covered or painted.

it will, I didnt read it all

 

[Bassin Buick]

pretty nice unfinished box though , huh?

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

I dont think I'd want to run a 15" in it though.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Maybe stick with a 12 then?

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

It'd prob be a better route. In the end I would think it would sound better

 

[Bassin Buick]

i may pick it up from him tomorrow. i don't have a sub for it yet but , that won't take long. LOL.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

The 187 is a higher Q driver with a low EBP value, so it's going to like sealed boxes or larger ported boxes with a low tuning. There's no way I'd go smaller than 3.5ft^3 and higher than 32hz in tuning, and that's at bare minimum, in order to get a decent response curve for music.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Cool , he told me no on the trade for the box anyhow. So it's all good.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Ideally, it's a sealed box woofer, but the FS is a little too high to have it really dig down low in a sealed box. If they could have gotten the FS down in the 20's it would be a very nice sealed/IB sub for the money.