Moving to a single 15

[JerryEllis 10+ year member]

^^^ This.... Part of the way to get higher SPL numbers is by tuning your box closer to the tone you are trying to hit with. Low tuning and low tones take lots of power and cone area to make high numbers. Higher tuning and higher tones take less power and cone area, in general...
With 2500RMS and 2 12's.....you should easily be doing in the mid 140's by now. I have about 1000 going to my 2 old *** PG subs and I'm in the low 140's and tuned to 31hz.

umm i wouldn't say you have to have alot of cone area and alot of power in order to hit good numbers with low tuneing...

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

with the right enclosure (which he already stated he would be getting from rabbit)... he has plenty of power and sub to hit 145. IDK what you guys are talking about... cone area really isn't everything. your enclosure plays just as much a part of it.

 

[JerryEllis 10+ year member]

with the right enclosure (which he already stated he would be getting from rabbit)... he has plenty of power and sub to hit 145. IDK what you guys are talking about... cone area really isn't everything. your enclosure plays just as much a part of it.

exactly, this is what i was getting at

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

It really depends on the vehicle too. If you have a small cab, like a pickup or CRX then No you don't need a lot of cone area or power (by today's standards) to hit a 145 in the low 30's.

I dare you to find a larger vehicle like a SUV or van running just one 15" sub and hitting a 145 in the low 30's on 2.5Kw....... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Davecubs14 10+ year member]

I hit a 145.2 with the set up in my sig. My box is 4.5 tuned ~38. It's great for my daily set up.

One idea you could do is see if rabbit could design a box with aeros that you could plug for daily and unplug for burping. If that makes sense! Lol.

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

I hit a 145.2 with the set up in my sig. My box is 4.5 tuned ~38. It's great for my daily set up.
One idea you could do is see if rabbit could design a box with aeros that you could plug for daily and unplug for burping. If that makes sense! Lol.

In an suv //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[JerryEllis 10+ year member]

It really depends on the vehicle too. If you have a small cab, like a pickup or CRX then No you don't need a lot of cone area or power (by today's standards) to hit a 145 in the low 30's. I dare you to find a larger vehicle like a SUV or van running just one 15" sub and hitting a 145 in the low 30's on 2.5Kw....... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

one of my team mates had a explore with two 12 inch hd's pulling a 47-48 average on music. i know that that is more cone area than a 15 but still that is an average over 30 seconds on music

 

[chadwick_13 10+ year member]

fi btl n2 !!

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

OP- don't carpet your next box and use as much fiberglass resin as you can. You want that box to be as rigid as possible. A an experienced guy at the last MECA event I went to said he gained 2db just from removing the carpet on his box.