RE audio MX 12 sux. HELP

[Blinkdogo2 10+ year member]

I just put in a RE mx 12 and i have it on a jl 500/1 v2

in a sealed box the box is like .75 cubes after woofer displacement and recomended is 1

also i cant invert it cuz the sub sounds like *** inverted ,,,

Is it the way it is made? when inverted on low notes u just hear the air moving past the basket and sounding like a leaky box its gayyyy!

i think i need more power and a bigger sealed box,

also i think i should switch to ported

help me out

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[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

before u go dumping on a company,you should know that the mx does well in a ported enclosure,and come on .75 airspace wat do you expect it to sound like

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

i think i need more power and a bigger sealed box,

also i think i should switch to ported

help me out

answered your own question

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

and when you inverted it how did u wire the sub

 

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

port it, youll get alot more output

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Re's like a ported box . x2 on what matrxx dude said.

 

[Blinkdogo2 10+ year member]

it is a dual 2 and inverted i had it series one wire going from the neg of one vc to the positive of othe vc then the reaming pos and neg went to the amp,

so i had it at 4 ohms on a jl 500/1

the sq is good but no output? im only hitn 130 at the loudest

i guess i need more power or larger ported box i know this box is small but it was a perfab

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

wen inverting a sub u suppossed to wire it opposite of regular,but anyway u need a 2 cube box tuned to about 32

 

[Blinkdogo2 10+ year member]

u only wire a inverted subwoofer opposite polarity when there is another sub with normal polarity hooked up that is not inverted, so that they move the same way..

in this case i only have one so it dont matter

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

listen guy. you are putting a large ported box speaker in a small sealed box. and you should have like 1kw on tap at least aside from that. re's speakers are so inefficient its rediclious.

sorry to burst your bubble. id say at least 2 cubes ported to like 30hz with like 60^2in of port area and 1kw. and thats a starting point. i would say call RE up... but we all know how far downhill their customer service went at the end of their popularity.

just my 2 cents.

 

[Blinkdogo2 10+ year member]

ha ouch , but ok

 

[Blinkdogo2 10+ year member]

anyone else have inout on this sub

 

[peas247 10+ year member]

just put it in at least 2 cf ported and you'll be happy, and you need a more power 2 it, i have 1200 watts on my mx 15 and it gets it up and going and loud but now where close to full potential

 

[Platinumxpimp 10+ year member]

you need more power. 500w to a sub that is 1500w rms wont cut it

 

[406er 10+ year member]

so u have a 1/4 of the power it can handle, in a box half its sealed size, duh theres your porblems right there. the MX are very nice drivers. given 1.8-2.5 cu ft tuned into the low 30s with 1.5-2.2Kw on them, they will please you. there a very smooth and even musical driver for such a highly power sub. but given the power it begs for, hold on to your ears, casue they get LOUD. my sugestion, up the power and the box size and aligment and then repost your opinion