Which is louder? (the age old question)

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

What will be louder:

One Alpine Type R 12" in a custom ported box 1.6CuFt@32-33hz with 300-400watts RMS to it

OR

Two older MTX 10" thunder 5500 with 125watts to each in a sealed box around 1.5CuFt

Just wondering lol

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[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

the R ported.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

I'd say definitely too close to guess...any opinion you get is as likely correct as it is wrong

edit: nvm didn't see the R is ported, almost definitely the type R ported

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

bigger box in the type r.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

box size and power for the r both fail.

i don't know shit about the mtx's.

my .02.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

with that little space a single type r 10 ported would be best choice

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

with that little space a single type r 10 ported would be best choice

Indeed.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

since you are only giving the type r and mtx's 300 watts they will sound almost the same. Now, if you were giving the type r around 500+ it would sound better. Those mtx's you got will fail compared to a type r at it's full potential. 300 watts wont move anything so you should get a better amp

 

[Alpine50 10+ year member]

For best performance ,put 500 rms , and a ported box on the type "R"

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

For best performance ,put 500 rms , and a ported box on the type "R"

you're a dumbass.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

ive learned that you can actually feed type r's more than 500 watts without it having a problem. You seriously might want to ditch the 300 watt amp you have and buy a better amp. You can give that type r like 600 watts and it will get loud as hell for a single 12.

 

[bad_trip 10+ year member]

wow some people are idiots.

but yes, go with the type r ported.

 

[dsturbd 10+ year member]

Def the R, my dad has a single 12" on a 1205D Hifonics (3.5 cu ft 32HZ) and it gets loud for a single 12" and handles the power pretty nicely, will get stinky on full tilt after about 10 minutes though.

 

[ascitiesburn69 10+ year member]

Ok so i planned on getting a 2 channel Ma Audio amp that pushes 300watts bridged And i was wondering if this "low" wattage will damage the sub? also i was wondering how i would go about connecting the sub to the amp. Finally i plan on getting either a MRP-500, MRP-450, or an Eclipse XA1000. which will be plenty loud enough for me.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

if you gave the MTX about 3CuFT ported it should get plenty loud

i ran a pair off an old cobalt 260-about 240 watts rms and it got fairly loud

but if you dont have the room, go with the R