Sub Woofers

[trevorg]

Okay about 3 months ago i had build me a home subwoofer. i used a Memphis Power Reference 15" single 4 ohm sub. But anyways according to Memphis this sub calls for a 4cubic foot ported enclosure. Well now that i have built this monster it sounds good but im thinking i would have been just as happy with a 12" sub and the enlosure of my sub is way too big. My question is is it possible to build 12" sub with the power of a 15" sub. because im really thinking of reaplcing my sub now.

[irishbreed]

Why, do you not like or enjoy the 15"? What type 12" are you looking at? Theres got to be more here than meets the eye.

[trevorg]

> Why, do you not like or enjoy the 15"?
> What type 12" are you looking at?
> Theres got to be more here than meets the
> eye.

The reason why i dont like the 15 is because it calls for such a massive enclosure that is ugly. Besides i dont think i ned all the bass that is being provided. I really dont have a 12" woofer in mind. Taking sugestions.

[unknownuser]

> The reason why i dont like the 15 is because
> it calls for such a massive enclosure that
> is ugly. Besides i dont think i ned all the
> bass that is being provided. I really dont
> have a 12" woofer in mind. Taking
> sugestions.

Need to be more specific.
Like:
1) largest enclosure you can tolerate.
2) price
3) max spl and f3 point

12" drivers have less surface area than 15", so they try to make up by having large xmax. This often results in inefficient driver which requires 500-1k watt amp to get good spl. In general, it's hard to get a low frequency and high spl in a small enclosure. The trade off decisions are yours.


(Originally posted by: James Lee)

[mike_e]

> Need to be more specific.
> Like:
> 1) largest enclosure you can tolerate.
> 2) price
> 3) max spl and f3 point

> 12" drivers have less surface area than
> 15", so they try to make up by having
> large xmax. This often results in
> inefficient driver which requires 500-1k
> watt amp to get good spl. In general, it's
> hard to get a low frequency and high spl in
> a small enclosure. The trade off decisions
> are yours.

well i dont think for him a good starting point would be the dayton RS subs good reviews so far and small enclosures...