revrider1
5,000+ posts
Hmmm...
Yea, the SEs are good. I have used several, all sizes and in all boxes. One of my favorite subs...
at first everyone said to get kicker cvr 15''s and do them sealed, but i'm happy with the se's, and now knowing they can get louder....wowNo way, not for SE's..... When I shrink the port and lower the tune from 40hz to 33 I go up instant 2.3 db. And I have had MANY people say the se's don't seem to meter if you tune them high. Perhaps the soft suspension. And man I have se's and honestly man they sound LOUD AS HELL. but don't seem to meter what it should. Mine don't meter any better than my pioneer 307's I use to have per amount of power. But for musical loud... WOW I love my se's. I do have to admit I kinda wish I went type R's just to get the score up some
Indeedmy two 12" se's did 143.x off an AQ1200d. 4.5 cubes tuned to 28 though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif im sure you can do 150+ just upgrade your electrical and tweak the box. Mine always get louder lower. Try a 30 or 32 Hz tuning and give it another shot.
Flared or not? If not, ya might go a little bigger for SPL. Box is gonna grow a lot though. If you want a loud low box with SE's, do a slot port, not exactly flared, but rounded over and smooth with 45s. Aim for 14 in^2 per cube, and try to do a common chamber, 15+ cubes tuned to 30. I'm sure you'll do 150 with that and your 2800 birthed zx.i was wondering if i had enough port area, 2 8" for a pair seems low