Cone Area vs Power

[CHEMMINS]

12 cubes, tuned to 36-38 hz. Blow ya mind.

[Zpexx]

12 cubes, tuned to 36-38 hz. Blow ya mind.

ok.. sry bout a dumb question maby but cubes = cubic feet? :S i'm from Sweden so

and if so 12 cubes gross or net volume?

[IH8PunkRok]

neither is a winner as they have to work together to make noise.

ill be general here.

more power usually means more xmax. (i dont want to do the math) but that is why a 12" high excursion sub can be louder than 2 21" pro audio subs. it is literally moving more air.

the generalization that more cone area on same power is louder has its limits. obviously the more area you have the larger the amount of air you are able to move, which in turn means louder. it is much easier and safer to get more cone area than to throw massive amounts of power at a sub.

all in all it comes down to this. how much area do your subs have? and how much can they be moved? do some math to find the volume of air displaced and you have your answer of which setup would be (theoretically) loudest