Louder? 3 12" L5's or 2 15" L5's

[coreyhayman 10+ year member]

I currently dunno which way to go, i wanna be loud and already got 1 12" l5 in the back of my truck, should i just get 2 more or instead go with 2 15" l5's?.....either set up will be ported and see about 2000rms.....I'm thinking the 3 12's will outdue the 2 15's.

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[wlmrs 10+ year member]

personally i've owned 3 jl w3 12's before and wow!The 3 12's get my vote.

 

[fosgate140 10+ year member]

actually in theory 3 12's will equal to 2 15's in surface area.

 

[45auto 10+ year member]

Well, based on pure surface area, the 2 15's would be louder...

3 12" speakers: 339.12" of cone area

2 15" speakers: 353.25" of cone area

Actually, that's with round cones... I forgot we're talking L5's...

And with those calculations, we get...

3 12" speakers: 432" of cone area

2 15" speakers: 450" of cone area

So, anyway we slice it, the 15's win!

+ It's more practical to work with 2 subs as opposed to 3.

15's FTW!!!!!

 

[coreyhayman 10+ year member]

i'v been getting mixed reviews from people, some say the 3 12's and some say the 2 15's.

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

15's for the win... will be badass

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

15's, for the stated reasons.

 

[nissanrider06 10+ year member]

15's also have a greater Xmax!!!!!

 

[fosgate140 10+ year member]

2 15's will be greater. what i meant is 2 15's will be greater less space will be taken up and probably cost less but similar in cone area. 15's for teh win

 

[Slowd N Throwd 10+ year member]

15s in their right enclosure and get that DEEEEP bass

thats my vote

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

I'm not getting how 2 15's have more cone area than 3 12's...2*15=30 3*12=36???

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

if you have that much power why not do 2 15" L7's? not the 2006 ones, but the 2005 ones

that'd tottally PWN any L5's out there

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

I'm not getting how 2 15's have more cone area than 3 12's...2*15=30 3*12=36???

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do you know how to find the area of a circle?? i guess not?

go with the 15's..

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I'm not getting how 2 15's have more cone area than 3 12's...2*15=30 3*12=36???

WOW......

umm, i don't know what to say....

8th grade algebra > j00!!!

 

[45auto 10+ year member]

This isn't linear math, the surface areas of circles don't work like that.