Tub Asko Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 This question has been bugging me for a while. I know most of you would say cone area, but do you guys prefer more of a cheaper woofer, or fewer of a quality woofer. This question arose when I was planning an older build. I had a choice between 4 l7 15s ported or 8 CVR 15s sealed. Like I said I prefer a quality woofer and would rather (now) have 4 18s (lvl 4 or 9418s) than 6-8 lvl 2-3 or 35 12s or something like that. HOWEVER, another question I bring to you guys is: what are the benefits of both and the negatives of both. I know with more cone area (number of woofer wise) you have a better efficiency and more heat displacement. Idk, also try to assume same power (amp wise) Quote Facebook Youtube Murdered '07 Silverado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptcary Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) Well, based upon recent experience, I guess I joined the more cone area club. I went from an a/d/s 10" sub to a Kicker comp 15", to 4 then 8 Hifonics 12"s, (just the regular Hifonics, very inexpensive on sale! ) Nothing wrong with 1 or 2 quality subs, I was just ready for something big. Edited July 10, 2008 by ptcary Quote PTCary 2003 SMD PT Cruiser 2011 Honda CBR 250R 2010 Mazda 3i Sport MY BUILD LOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick824 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 IMO its more impressive to get louder with fewer subs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiBTLforlife Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) This question has been bugging me for a while. I know most of you would say cone area, but do you guys prefer more of a cheaper woofer, or fewer of a quality woofer. This question arose when I was planning an older build. I had a choice between 4 l7 15s ported or 8 CVR 15s sealed. Like I said I prefer a quality woofer and would rather (now) have 4 18s (lvl 4 or 9418s) than 6-8 lvl 2-3 or 35 12s or something like that. HOWEVER, another question I bring to you guys is: what are the benefits of both and the negatives of both. I know with more cone area (number of woofer wise) you have a better efficiency and more heat displacement. Idk, also try to assume same power (amp wise) i had four shallow pioneer subs in my truck powered by a memphis class d amp. each sub was getting about 250RMS a sub.....i got the new Fi BL12'' sub and installed it in a 2.5cuft box ported to 32hz getting 1000RMS and hits way harder than the four subs in a sealed box.....everyone i know that hurd the shallows and then hurd the Fi single 12'' was shocked....it is two times louder no doubt....drops so low and clean.................so i would go with good quality subs over alot of cheap subs IMO......you will be happy in the end Edited July 10, 2008 by FiBTLforlife Quote 2 AQ 10'' HDC3 copper subs 1 3500d AQ amp 146.3db on TL with stock electrical in single cab truck at 32hz RESULT: 1st place at comp, 3rd overall out of 20 cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptcary Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 i had four shallow pioneer subs in my truck powered by a memphis class d amp. each sub was getting about 250RMS a sub.....i got the new Fi BL12'' sub and installed it in a 2.5cuft box ported to 32hz getting 1000RMS and hits way harder than the four subs in a sealed box.....everyone i know that hurd the shallows and then hurd the Fi single 12'' was shocked....it is two times louder no doubt....drops so low and clean.................so i would go with good quality subs over alot of cheap subs IMO......you will be happy in the end Not speaking form experience, but from everything I've read about shallow subs, you can not compare them. Had you had 4 regular depth pioneer subs they would have hit a lot harder than the shallow ones. General consensus is you need more power to shallow subs to get them to sound the same as their full size counterpart. Quote PTCary 2003 SMD PT Cruiser 2011 Honda CBR 250R 2010 Mazda 3i Sport MY BUILD LOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001JeepGrandCherokee Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Not speaking form experience, but from everything I've read about shallow subs, you can not compare them. Had you had 4 regular depth pioneer subs they would have hit a lot harder than the shallow ones. General consensus is you need more power to shallow subs to get them to sound the same as their full size counterpart. x2, the shallows cannot move as much as the full size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07sOnAtA sp.ed Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 i mean, it also depends on what the subs are tunned to... b/c if you do more lower end subs in a sealed box that would probably give you better bass race numbers... b/c of high tuning... but good quality woofer, ported tuned to low freq. will give you the gangsta DEEP bass evey gp wants or has... you know? but the betta quality subs in a ported enclosure may not do as well in a bass race, unless your only playing low frequencies Quote CURRENTLY UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION 2008 Hyundai Sonata Team T3 Audio Team Deadly Hertz Team SMD (Street Motivated Devastation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kicker Guy Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 It isn't easy to beat cone area when it comes to volume. Quote Head Unit: Pioneer DEH-P6000UB Sub Amp:American Bass VFL 500.1 Subs: 4 Fi BL 18's Enclosure:21.5 Cubic foot flat wall tuned to 40 hz Batteries: 3 Kinetik 2400's in the back, Kinetik 1200 under hood. Mids & Highs: 4 Kicker DS 6.5 coax in doors, 2 Kicker DS coax in pillars Highs Amp: Kicker kx250.2, kx100.2 Wire: 4 Runs 1/0 gauge Knukonceptz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPINE408 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Lol do what I did save up and get a gang of cone area from some bad ass subs Best of both worlds Quote Have you ever had your woofers blown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07sOnAtA sp.ed Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Lol do what I did save up and get a gang of cone area from some bad ass subs Best of both worlds lol yeah, that pretty gangsta... id take his advice Quote CURRENTLY UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION 2008 Hyundai Sonata Team T3 Audio Team Deadly Hertz Team SMD (Street Motivated Devastation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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