SQ>SPL focus; keep or leave the OA15?

[EpicMango 10+ year member]

So. Yes. Many of you would think that I want to get louder...especially with my current setup which easily has the potential...but your wrong. Recently I've been bumping very mildly, with my windows down. Point being, I want to either do 2 things:

Get a nice OA/DCON/SA 12 and put it in a awesome box

OR

Seal my current 15 up....even though for some reason, I still want to be ported...\

So maybe do 2.8-9ish cubes @32 hz?

I'm trying to accomplish 2 goals:

Salvage AS much trunk space as possible

Have massage bass ready for consumption....without going ridiculous. No more than 135 dB

Many of you know that my OA15s in a ****** box, and I still love everything about it

Somebody calculated it @3.34 cubes unknown tuning. (Port is like 5 inches deep)

I don't ******* know....I'm leaning to doing a single ported 12. But a 15 sealed would take less room and get lower...

Help?

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[quackhead 10+ year member]

So. Yes. Many of you would think that I want to get louder...especially with my current setup which easily has the potential...but your wrong. Recently I've been bumping very mildly, with my windows down. Point being, I want to either do 2 things:
Get a nice OA/DCON/SA 12 and put it in a awesome box

OR

Seal my current 15 up....even though for some reason, I still want to be ported...\

So maybe do 2.8-9ish cubes @32 hz?

I'm trying to accomplish 2 goals:

Salvage AS much trunk space as possible

Have massage bass ready for consumption....without going ridiculous. No more than 135 dB

Many of you know that my OA15s in a ****** box, and I still love everything about it

Somebody calculated it @3.34 cubes unknown tuning. (Port is like 5 inches deep)

I don't ******* know....I'm leaning to doing a single ported 12. But a 15 sealed would take less room and get lower...

Help?

If you are considering sealed and wanting good low end extension, you should look to a bigg sealed box for that 15....or go ported single 12" or 10" to maintain low end extension and efficiency.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

going ported means you'll be looking at minimal trunk space left, more than likely. Try going IB? But that's a lot of work involved. You will get nice SQ

Btw, I can fart 135db, so that shouldn't be hard to hit

 

[EpicMango 10+ year member]

Honestly, I want to accentuate all the bass from like 45hz down...I want that nice massage low extension...

So question is, should I stay where I'm at, do 2.9 cubes @ 32 hz or seal the badboy up?