one 18" XXX compared to two 15" SE

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

what would you do? I have a lot of space, adequate power and I already own the SE 15s...which would be louder and sound better?

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[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

RE ran out of 18" baskets, and unless you want to wait a couple months or buy one used, just go with the 15" SE.

 

[Matth3wJL 10+ year member]

what would you do? I have a lot of space, adequate power and I already own the SE 15s...which would be louder and sound better?

I'd go for 1 more 15 why pay that much for an 18... Do you want SPL or SQ?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

well both will yield quite good spl I would imagine, the SE's would be louder though if you had them in the proper box with proper power.

 

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

hmm...so I should keep what I have??

 

[g30ffr3y 10+ year member]

hmm...so I should keep what I have??

unfortuantely there arent any 18" baskets available

right now so i guess you can keep what you have for

the time being...

im facing a similiar decision on a lower scale... i have 2 12" SEs

and want to bump up to 1 15" XXX...

the XXX should have better SQ becauase of the XBL^2 motor

and be plenty loud because of its increased power handling

capabilities...

whether it would actually be LOUDER would probably be dependant

on instal...

 

[phsballin4life 10+ year member]

ill take those 12 se's off ur hands g30ffr3y :-D

 

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

I forgot to mention, the SE 15s are sealed and the XXX would be ported...which would be louder?

 

[icemayne696 10+ year member]

I forgot to mention, the SE 15s are sealed and the XXX would be ported...which would be louder?

The 18" in a ported would be louder, and i believe it will not be a couple months before they have 18" baskets .

 

[ChuteBoxe515 10+ year member]

1 18" xxx ported is louder than 12 15"se Sealed??

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

i think it'd be too close to just say here on the thread

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

i'd rather have the 18'' xxx in a ported box. IMO it has the potential be .... louder.

theoretically speaking... 1 18'' ported is like 2 18's sealed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif so 2 18's sealed is generally going to be louder than 2 15's sealed.

 

[bangincaraudio 10+ year member]

2 SE 15s ported should be a little louder or as loud as a single 18 XXX ported

2 SE 15s sealed will not be as loud as a single 18 XXX ported, the 18 would win by a large margin.

My vote, port the 15s

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

i don't know about large margin

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

i would just stay with the se's and port them. your missing a lot of out put. port the bastards! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif