one of these or two of those

[iamfrontosa 10+ year member]

So I have two jl audio 10w0 in a sealed box, I've had them for a year now. I want a bit more in my system. So I went to my local audio store and saw a jl audio 12w1v2 in a ported box for 250. Would this be an upgrade to what I have now. How would the sound differ, sq, loudness, lows, mediums, whatevers... Thanks for your time.

jonFREY

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[casper97ta 10+ year member]

I vote you just port your current 10's. I for one would take the old w0's over the new w1v2's any day. I think you'd be a lot happier with the 2 tens ported. just my .02

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

Build a new box for the subs you have now, no it will not be significantly louder with a single ported sub. For half of 250 you could build one hell of a ported box for the subs you have now.

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

I remember the w0's were awesome, while the w1v2's **** ***.

 

[iamfrontosa 10+ year member]

Thanks for the quick responses. So I think my vote is going to be porting existing subs, it wouldn't hurt to see how that goes first. The only problem is I don't know how to build things, but I know people so that will help. I found a guide made by jl audio for the w0 series. It doesn't talk about freq settings, that's something I worry about when the box is made, correct-o? Thanks again for your time.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

I'll add to the "Build a new box" list. Much cheaper to build a new box, and you'll get experience building/tuning your system instead of just throwing in a new prefab.

 

[iamfrontosa 10+ year member]

since the specs for the box I'm following is specifically made for my subs should I not have to worry about the frequency?

I guess I don't quite understand the freq yet, that's what I set my amp to correct? I just need to find out what jl suggest setting it to for this box?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Ported enclosures need to be tuned. For a daily driver, most recommend in the area of 32hz

 

[iamfrontosa 10+ year member]

One more question, I just did a good amount of research on how to build the box, do I need to have a separator inside to separate the 2 subs or nothing in between. The only thing I read was that it's a good idea just because one sub may give out and it will throw the whole perfect dimensioned box off and the other sub will sound like shit.