mtx450015 or p.g. octaneR 15
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Topic: mtx450015 or p.g. octaneR 15
Posted By: lukeyn
Subject: mtx450015 or p.g. octaneR 15
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 10:54 PM
which would bump louder in a ported box....A mtx 4500 15 in or a 15 in phoenix gold octane R...Im going to build both boxes to specs. So i was just wondering which one i should go with. The octane r is rated at 800 watts while the mtx is rated at only 500.
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Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:15 PM
"to spec" means.... vented, sealed, 4th order bandpass, 6th order bandpass... transmission line, etc. Please let everyone know
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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:23 PM
In a ported box, vented whatever you wanna call it...By spec i was saying like the specifications mtx and phoenix gold calls for. Like internal volume, port size, so on
Posted By: Aruman
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:37 PM
the mtx 15" thunder 4500 is 250watt rms, you have to look at the watt rms rating not the max power.
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Shaking The Neighborhood
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:41 PM
aight the phoenix gold is 400 rms i believe
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:41 PM
what kind of amp you plan on feedin em with?
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99 Blazer LT. Yellow Top. Big 3. Infinity Kappa Speakers All Around. Jensen CD/DVD flip out. 2 Infinity Kappa Perfect 12DVQs powered by a Alpine PDX600.1 (in one custom box, building a FG box)
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:42 PM
what kind of amp you plan on feedin em with?
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99 Blazer LT. Yellow Top. Big 3. Infinity Kappa Speakers All Around. Jensen CD/DVD flip out. 2 Infinity Kappa Perfect 12DVQs powered by a Alpine PDX600.1 (in one custom box, building a FG box)
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 04, 2006 at 11:44 PM
well it depends on which one a stick with ... if i stay with the mtx i will keep this rockford i got. but if i go to the pg. i might get a different amp since the rockford would be too small
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 3:24 PM
So does anyone have experience with these subs in a ported enclosure???
Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 7:06 PM
I just wanted to call myself out on my response originally asking what kind of box you wanted. upon further inspection I realize you said "ported" in the original post.... yeap, i'm a ass
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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 05, 2006 at 10:15 PM
its cool man...i was wondering what you were saying by specs. but i didnt wanna come back at yah rudely cuz your just trying to help.
Posted By: Aruman
Date Posted: April 06, 2006 at 6:18 AM
"So does anyone have experience with these subs in a ported enclosure???"
what subs, the mtx?
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Shaking The Neighborhood
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 06, 2006 at 11:37 AM
either ones
Posted By: sprawl85
Date Posted: April 06, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Well the pg sub handles 400 watts rms, and the mtx one handles 250, the sensitivity on the pg is 91 db and 89 on the mtx... So judging by that alone it looks like that pg sub will be louder. But then again PG might have rated their sensitivity the 2.83v method in which case the mtx will be about the same loudness as the PG. The PG has a longer linear excursion by at least 10mm, but it also has a higher fs, of 27hz compared to the mtx's 22hz. Now comes the big decision maker... the mtx sub only requires 2.6 cubes to sound good, the PG requies about 5 cubic foot.... that is huge. I wouldn't be basing my decision strictly on which would be louder, because there are a lot of other factors that play into this. I think for my tastes I would go with the mtx sub. It would theoretically hit lower, and do it in a smaller enclosure and they are both 15's and have quite a bit of surface area so they will both be pretty loud.
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fiberglass reminds me of peanut brittle... but fiberglass tastes better!
Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: April 06, 2006 at 1:13 PM
I dont have any experience with PG subs, but i know there amps ratings are almost RIGHT on. there all CEA certified and I am assuming there subs would be rated properly as well.
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99 Blazer LT. Yellow Top. Big 3. Infinity Kappa Speakers All Around. Jensen CD/DVD flip out. 2 Infinity Kappa Perfect 12DVQs powered by a Alpine PDX600.1 (in one custom box, building a FG box)
Posted By: lukeyn
Date Posted: April 07, 2006 at 9:57 PM
thats 5cu feet for a music' playing box..i was looking into their spl spec box and it only has 3 cubic feet...so thats what i would prolly go and build, would this have any downsides in the way the bass hits or the quality it plays?...thanks for all the replies so far
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