ManzKea

Oh yea that's right. Sorry I forgot. You sound like me when I picked up the zv5

What sub are you using ?

Well it's in the recommended specs. Albeit on the smaller end tho. But yea I suppose it's not in the optimal air space

Well the bix will remain the same. With the same amount of port area. Which is 6ft3. A single 15 calls for minimum 3 per sub. Where as the 12s range from 1.8- 3 I believe each sub. So that's why I was wondering if slightly more surface area would be louder or adding another speaker would be louder

So there's no straight forward answer? Well I was keepers my everthing the same. Same volume for the box with the same amp powering em. Only difference would be either 2 15 sp4 or 3 12" sp4. Granted you are correct with install dependent. And do understand how someone could make either or louder. Examples, going from the 12s in a SUV to 15s in a extended cab truck.

And how bout my other question on 3 12s or 2 15s same model. Which is louder

Yea i remember seeing bandpass boxes back in the day and knowing those type of boxes were garbage. I'm talking those boxes with the plexi glass showing the subs. And then the two aero ports. Is that what the 4th order basically is?

Oh no that's me!!! Lol

You don't say!!!?? Yea I noticed a lot of people vouching for the 4th orders. Then got those special few that wanna kick it up a notch to 6th orders lol. What makes em useless? People say it plays wider range because of the sealed and ported portions etc.

Another question that's off topic but figured I'd post here to avoid adding another topic. What would be louder , 3 12s or 2 15s. Of the same model of course. I know they say surface area is king. But the 2 15s are slightly larger than 3 12s. But the 3 12s could handle more power. So I'm not sure how that works out. I was looking at the sp4. Thinking bout 2 15s . I picked one up from a buddy already. And I was gonna run a 10k on em. But I noticed I could fit the 3 12s in the same box as the 2 15s. Then I added up the total rms. Which would b 7k for the 2 15s. Or 10.5 for the 3 12s. But with slightly less surface area. So. Chime in fellas. Much appreciation.

So when people online shrink their enclosure to add more power what are they actually doing? Like what's their purpose of doing so ?

Welcome. Hope to see around on here!

Stock alternator?

The thermal rating is the rms correct? Oh and mechanical your talking bout bottoming out and sounding all funky from too much power

Can I get an update too!! Lol

Oh man that's not good to hear. Especially a lvl 6!? Dang. I thought those would be beasts. But I guess it's the same with my zv5 15. I got it on a taramps 5k and it starts to smell over a long period of play time. Idk I see lots of videos where people say the zv5 takes power. Lol.

Well I'm saying overpower because Im planning on picking up an 8k. These are rated at 3500 a piece. So I decided to go with the 8k since that's the closest size to the amount of rms these will total too. im syre my voltage won't hold a steady 14.4 so I won't consistently see the 8k+ it says it'll do. But just figure I'd ask. Also it'll help for future purposes. Im actually trying not to build the box bigger because I don't wanna sacrifice any more space. So I'm hoping I can get away with a slightly shrunken down box if I add more power to it. It calls for 6ft3 for two 15s. That's on the small side. And I'm able to give it 5.5ft. Ive also read that the bigger the box the more efficient the driver will be. So you could get loud with less power. So I'm figuring if I keep it on the smaller side having more power won't harm the sub as much

Sweet. How are they? What's he tuned too? Does it play lows and also kill the higher notes?

Ok so I see a lot of conflicting answers regarding a small box if you plan on over powering your sub. Be believe in it, others say it's a lie. My question is if you're gonna over power a sub. What would be considered smaller ? I'm thinking about 2 15s. They call for 3-4 ft3 but I'm thinking of putting them in a 5 ft3 box. After displacement and port. Im looking into the sp4v2 and putting them on a hd8k. I know they are underrated. And the taramps is over the rms slightly. So I wa wondering if this will work out well. The reason why I'm asking is because I don't wanna sacrifice more space for my box. And seeing how the 8k is more than enough for the subs, I assume I could get away with a smaller box. Well thanks for all inputs guys. Aloha.

Thank you. This will help me pick up that 4 channel I've been eying. How is it with heat dissipation. I'll probably run all 4 channels in 2ohm. I love to slam my sounds for long periods of times while hanging with friends. Can I expect it to get hot where it'll go into protect ?

No I haven't done that yet. If I did that the port would be firing up. I usually put sub and port on the same side but I read somewhere that sub up port back works well in an SUV. So I tried it

Some video of the evils in action. let me know what y'all think. Impressive, ok, or nah? Lol.

Ok. We'll see how long this last

Sweet. Can we just directly upload the pics from the reply box?