Mach 5 MAWs?

[jfsh90 10+ year member]

Hey everybody.

Well in the next week or so I'll be either buying:

2 15 MAW's sealed

or

2 12 MAW's vented

Originally stuck on 15's with a vented box but after measuring out my trunk (93 Regal), I doesn't look like a vented box would fit, so how about sealed?

So, then I thought about the 12's with a vented. It'd fit for sure.

I'm looking for loudness while still sounding clean, so..

Pair of 15's sealed or 12's vented?

BTW: Amp I'll be running them on is a MA Audio HK2000D

1500 @ 2 Ohms

If I do decide for the 12's, can they take over 700 daily?

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[mr_imperial 10+ year member]

id do they 15's personally

 

[jfsh90 10+ year member]

Andy why's that, just wonderin

Is there really that big of a difference?

 

[mr_imperial 10+ year member]

yea there is a pretty big difference in 12's and 15's as far as moving more air goes. the two 15's will have alot more cone area than the 12's despite being sealed

 

[jfsh90 10+ year member]

Alright thanks alot.

Yea so I guess I'll stick with the 15's then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

Dinky price difference so I dont give a **** to pick 15's.

If these subs are so nice then why are they priced so cheap?

 

[mr_imperial 10+ year member]

honestly I wonder the same thing but im going 2 go with 2 12's in my truck because u cant go wrong with how cheap they are

 

[Kold_Killa 10+ year member]

DUDE DUDE DUDE... Umm.. you cant get a 2 ohm load with 2 DVC 4ohm woofers...

So you will probably only be able to get 750 watts at 4 ohms so divided by 2 = 375 a woofer.

EDIT!!!! Just read specs on amp and it looks like it is 1500@1 ohm not 2... so I think you will be fine with the 15s.... The 12s might be a little pushing it.

 

[neonrt 10+ year member]

coming from a maw 15" owner i would say 2 15" sealed would be plenty loud given the right amount of power. i have 1 sealed and its almost enough for me.

 

[jfsh90 10+ year member]

Just read specs on amp and it looks like it is 1500@1 ohm not 2... so I think you will be fine with the 15s.... The 12s might be a little pushing it.

So I could run each at 1 ohm then? Or am I still wrong?

 

[Kold_Killa 10+ year member]

you're still wrong...

You will run them together at 1 ohm... The amp is a single channel.

Wire the woofers in Parallel to get a 2 ohm load on each woofer and then parallel to the amp. You get a 1 ohm load this way.

Only thing you were wrong about was that you can do 1500 watts at 1 ohm (not 2) which is GREAT for 2 dual4ohm woofers.

 

[fuimalexis 10+ year member]

hey neonrt could you post a sound clip of the subs. I am thinking about buying a 15 but i want to hear what they sound like. hey do you like it so far?

Thanks

 

[Puggsley456 10+ year member]

I ran 2 MAW 15's sealed. And I loved them. I thought they sounded excellent and mine were in a very small box as well.

And the reason they are so cheap is becasue there is very little overhead costs, and money being made by Mach 5 Audio on these drivers. And the savings are passed along to the end user. So price is not a key indicator of a products performance with this company.

 

[hazardous0388 10+ year member]

i use to have 2 12s ported and i was never that happy to pay so cheap for great bass =)

 

[fuimalexis 10+ year member]

will a vented box be ok for maw15

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

What size box do the 15's need for ported? Can you do a ported box for each one to make them fit? That's what I had to do to get the RL-P's into the trunk of my Altima