big-mark-g Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 what would be better, 6 12 inch subwoofers in a sealed box with about 6 cu.ft airspace or 3 12 inch subwoofers in a ported box tuned to about 33hz with about 5 cu.ft of airspace. im talking more for flex and spl not sound quality , thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osamio Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) what would be better, 6 12 inch subwoofers in a sealed box with about 6 cu.ft airspace or 3 12 inch subwoofers in a ported box tuned to about 33hz with about 5 cu.ft of airspace. im talking more for flex and spl not sound quality , thanks ! You wouldn't be able to tell until you installed it. But I'm gonna be almost 100% certain that 2x the cone area will be louder, even if in a sealed box.. *EDIT Depends on the subs though, because you may be too small with the sealed enclosure.... Edited January 25, 2011 by osamio Quote 2009 Cobalt LT Pioneer Headunit 2x Pioneer 6 1/2 (stock amp) 2x Pioneer 1" tweeters (stock amp) 2x Pioneer 6x9 (stock amp 4x Pioneer 6 1/2 Pioneer GM-6400F Soundstream DTR 1700 R.I.P 2x Champion series PRO 12" subs 0 AWG Big 3, Stinger SP1700 battery To come: New or repaired DTR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-mark-g Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 thanks for the opinion, you ask about the subs, umm well as i destroyed my 2 decent audiobahns i am going cheap for the moment, with jbl just normal dual 2 ohm voice coils at like 400 rms each i doubt they need a great deal of airspace. the reason im going jbl is because they are on big discount at the moment and i in major lack of funds but cannot drive without some bass, so again which wuld be louder with the above informaion taen into account? also another problem i have though about is that i will be running of 1 kicker kx700.1 i n i an run 3 of them at 3 ohms but if i had 6 of them would they be able to be wired above 2 ohms(which the amp is stable at) or is 6 subs and 1 amp a bad idea, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedeaf Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Stupid phone... Edited January 25, 2011 by tonedeaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedeaf Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Really depends on what you want...if you're wanting to hit the low lows, the sealed box will have to be bigger then the factory suggested cf, although I doubt those jbls will do great on the lows in the first place. Also, from my experience, running x amount of subs closer to their rated power is better then a larger amount of subs being underpowered. Keep that in mind. Due to your lack of power I think the 3 ported would be your best option. Also, 3 or 6 subs on one amp is fine, as long as they are all the same driver/vc config. As for the resistance...what kind of ohm rating are you wanting to run the amp at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-mark-g Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Umm 2 ohms and above really because the amp isnt 1 ohm stable its a small boot really, the 2 audiobahns at 2 ohms would set car alarms of on the single amp, so i was wanted similar performance really by playing the cheap subs in a decent box, from what you have said im guessing my original idea of 3 12s in a decent airspace box with the port tuned quite low would b best, would you say having all 3 subs sharing the airspace or partition the box into 3 pats would b best, my guess is no partitions as its off 1 amp? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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