Worth the Switch? 4 15's -> 3 18's

[WOT]

Im sorry, i just assume they dont get too loud.
Ive read plenty reviews, and seen videos of unimpressed people. (Not alot to go off of, i know)

3 mj18's walled. 147.0 legal... Not enough in my book.

If you decide to do them, i wouldnt mind seeing the outcome. Im in the market for a new substage right now, and the 18 caught my eye.

Edit: And yes, im speaking of the original MJ's, not the newer -M's

Oh ok so you have no experience, kinda thought that. Ive YET to see a bad review, or really any videos of multiple subs. Where was the 3 18's walled?

I just cant find dink all for info on these or how they will preform

 

[pntbllwlly 10+ year member]

Oh ok so you have no experience, kinda thought that. Ive YET to see a bad review, or really any videos of multiple subs. Where was the 3 18's walled?
I just cant find dink all for info on these or how they will preform

Your right.

Youtube is down right now, or else id give you the link.

Im thinking of buying an M, if they turn out well. Just that im not sure id like underpowering it with my cadence //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[pntbllwlly 10+ year member]

Totally disregard all of my posts.

After seeing some M stuff, im pretty sure im going with one.

This is 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpDaMm2Hb1Q

 

[WOT]

Youre talking about this video by ryan of this board



He was only giving them 300rms a piece though.... I will have 3X the power, and 5+ more cubes. That was also the old design

 

[pntbllwlly 10+ year member]

Youre talking about this video by ryan of this board

You are correct.

Now, should i go 4 hifonics 12's 150rms each, or 1 mj-18m 600rms?

Ported, mind you.

 

[WOT]

Wow, make your own thread lol

Ill wait for some actual experience

 

[pntbllwlly 10+ year member]

Wow, make your own thread lol
Ill wait for some actual experience

Hey man, thanks. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Goodluck, i hope you find what you need.

You stay cheery, now.

 

[WOT]

I wanna go boom boom boom, baby go boom boom boom

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

15mm one way is actually 30mm total... Pretty decent.

I'd go with the 18's just for the factor of it being more impressive. Not to mention it'll sound a hell of a lot better. A low tuned box will shake the car more violently, I like the really low lows much better than a high tuning. Which is why I love my IB sub, the tuning is essentially the Fs of the sub. You aren't losing anything in cone area, the only difference is you'll probably lose a bit of upper output with a tremendous gain in lower output.

My opinion... Go for it.

 

[WOT]

Well yeah I dont meter or anything, so I kind of went the wrong way and built a "meter" setup, but its **** loud as it is. I dont know if 3 "sq based" 18's would get any louder, or hit any harder

Just curious if I would notice a difference on the 30 min daily commute, in which my stereo is almost full tilt the whole time lol. I wanna shake my liver lol

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

I'd take a guess that you would... though I don't have a lot of experience with large systems personally.

You aren't losing much cone area, but like you said, it is a meter based setup, and it's loud as hell, you'll probably notice the top end loss the most. SQ based 18's will get so much deeper and stronger to contrast though. But not louder, necessarily. They'll sound quite a bit better, though.

I'd go for it myself, but I'm also kinda an SQ guy, so I may be biased.

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

Judging from the windshield flex with those 3 MJ-18's... I would say with more room, the newer models, and almost double the power, they should get ridiculously loud for a daily driver and being that they're more SQ oriented, I think you'll enjoy listening to them more on a daily basis.

 

[Corey J. 10+ year member]

My guy THEE MIKE HUGHES had 6 15s (AA Havocs) last year , switched to 3 18s (AA Mayhems) . ANYONE that has been even near this truck knows the outcome ! 18s>15s He has it behind the second row seating also . Does a 54 @32hz. sealed at the dash and on the dash outlaw style it does a 56+ @31hz !

 

[Corey J. 10+ year member]

Quick vids..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZqoSYJ1Cg&feature=channel_page

In this vid he has a stetsom 7k in it....

http://s112.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid112.photobucket.com/albums/n196/corey608/IMAG0668.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1

 

[andrew2944r 10+ year member]

What model AQ's are you running?