mofo or w3’s
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Topic: mofo or w3’s
Posted By: singlecabslamin
Subject: mofo or w3’s
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 3:13 PM
what do you guys think iam runnin a power accoustic mofo 12 on a power accoustic 2000 mono would 2 10" JL W3's be louder than the one mofo?
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First major build for myself in the process
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I have no idea which would be louder. But the JLs will last longer and sound better.
Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 3:31 PM
sealed and ported make a huge difference also, the mofo ported vs the 2 10's sealed?? I think the 12 would win.
piRsqrd=surface area
rough numbers I come up with 113.04 cubic inches for a single 12.
157 cubic inches of surface area for 2 10's.
so there's a cone area advantage depending on actual piston size not the surround's and such.
subwoofer excursion would have an effect on this also but I would say 10's ported you won't be sorry.
some people say 10's hit higher and harder than 12's... I've told a few people I have 10's in the trunk, then open up to show 2 15's!! they sound great to me and to people that are oblivious.
Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:02 PM
JL is also one of my favorite's other than the 1000 watt max they have .... they need to make some bigger amps!! hehe :)
Posted By: singlecabslamin
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:24 PM
yea the 10's would be ported for sure, i just realized they are single 4 ohm coils, lowest i can wire them is 2 ohms, not gonna get all the power they need
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First major build for myself in the process
Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:41 PM
if you have the power acoustik ovn-1 2000??? its 1200 at 1 ohm 900 at 2 ohm. I'm pretty dub3's are 300 rms a piece. I just put a 1000/1 into my brother's dodge with 2 dub3's sealed box's slightly different sizes, and you can't crank that amp more than a little over half way before they start to calf out. (calf-out bad image haha) either way 900 would be enough for sure. I could be wrong though.
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