reverse mounting 2 12 R's

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

I want to do a set up with 2 12 inch Alpine type R's and i was wondering how much performance is lost when reverse mounting the subs. I have to reverse mount the due to room and i want to for the looks. How will this affect their performance compared to regular mounting? Thanks

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[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

There is no major differences if the woofers are "INVERTED".

dB

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

^^^ x2 moslty just Frees air space Due to the subs displacement...

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

ok because i've heard it lowers their handeling compacity.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

should actually raise their thermal capacity

some subs actually DO sound a bit differently when they're inverted

My L7's would try and extend into higher freq's inverted, which sounded like a$$

the low frequencies sounded exactly the same, tho

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

Well thanks, i will do this then. I'm just wondering if anyone know why they sound the exact same both ways?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

they dont sound the exact same... the difference in box size makes them sound slightly different. also the reason why the sound similar is because inverting them doesnt do anything lol

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

I don't mean for this to sound like a dumb question, but why do they work (close to) the same either way?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Why wouldn't they?

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

ya that's weird cuz i know with the infinity perfect vqs, they're rated 400 rms, 250 free-air.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

ya that's weird cuz i know with the infinity perfect vqs, they're rated 400 rms, 250 free-air.

Nobody is talking about free-air. I still want to know the logic of why somebody thinks that they will sound different. The only sound difference I can think of, besides enclosure volume, would be mechanical noises but even that would be drowned out pretty easily unless you were really close.

 

[sporty_drew 10+ year member]

I just wanted to know the logic of why it sounded the same. I glad it does because i'm going to mount them theis way. Can you invert any sub?