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So I’m in the finishing stages of my build. Went get measurements taken today for my sub box for behind the 3rd row in my 2011 Tahoe. Original plan was for 2 sundown SA12’s, but it’s looking like the box will be on the small end of sundowns recommendations, which is 1.5 to 2 cubes net per sub. I’ll probably be around 1.6 cubes per sub. Wouldn’t I be better off with 2 cubes with the 12’s?
 

I’m now wondering if I’ll be better off going with 2 Sa10’s since the box will be on the small side for the 12’s. What’s y’all input on this? I listen to mostly rap and love hitting the LOWS, but I am more so going for an SQL build this go around. I’ll be pushing these at 1ohm with a sundown sae-2000d. Box will be tuned to 33hrtz.
 

subs haven’t been purchased yet, and the box construction will go underway this week. 

 

 

 

Update: so after further investigation I see that the new version 2 10’s say 1 cube per. 
 

so I’m thinking I can go with 3 10’s ported and be at 1 cube per with the space I have. This is what the site says “

BOX SUGGESTIONS:
SA-10 v.2 : SEALED : NOT SUGGESTED PORTED : 1.0 ft^3 tuned to 35 Hz // F3 of ~30 Hz
 
SA-12 v.2 : SEALED : 0.75 ft^3 // F3 of ~54 Hz PORTED : 1.75 ft^3 tuned to 35 Hz // F3 of ~29 Hz 

 
What should I do? I have like 3.2 net
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I am sure a box guru will chime in soon. Here's my thought from my limited experience. Stay away from 3 subs due to impedance matching.  Ported will have more output than sealed. Sealed can sound good though as well.

I would try to run the two 12's in a suv of that size. I run two 10's in a small car on 2K firing into the cab  and the 10's hit low and hard. They are SQ HDS 3 10's so the SQ isn't there without a shit ton of tuning but the subs are more for spl imo.

You could invert the subs for more room in the enclosure?  

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1 hour ago, CstrokerV said:

Need more info is that gross or net is that just box size and no displacement ?...

The box is 4 cubes before sub displacement. The 12’s are .14 each and the 10’s are .10 each....

 

im basically just wondering if the 2 12’s will sound better in a box on the small side of the recommendation, or 3 10’s in a box on the large side of the recommendation. 

The 2000.D clamps at like 2300 at 1ohm. 2 12’s will give me 1 Ohm with 1k plus per sub; 3 10’s will give me 1.3 ohms with roughly 600 per sub....

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6 hours ago, bcbrassard said:

I am sure a box guru will chime in soon. Here's my thought from my limited experience. Stay away from 3 subs due to impedance matching.  Ported will have more output than sealed. Sealed can sound good though as well.

I would try to run the two 12's in a suv of that size. I run two 10's in a small car on 2K firing into the cab  and the 10's hit low and hard. They are SQ HDS 3 10's so the SQ isn't there without a shit ton of tuning but the subs are more for spl imo.

You could invert the subs for more room in the enclosure?  

I can’t invert the subs. I’m very limited on space back there. 
I ran 3 of these SA 12’s in my avalanche and I thought they sounded great. A lot of people say they aren’t SQ subs and I get that but I thought they sounded good. 
 

what are some good SQ subs I could look into that are 1k rms or so? 

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