2 tens and 1 twelve

Discussion in 'Car Subwoofers' started by MTX4Life, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. MTX4Life

    MTX4Life Full Member

    Simple question guys

    If I have 2 MTX 5500 tens, 4 ohm, 300 watts RMS, and I get one MTX 5500 twelve, 4 ohm, 300 watts RMS, and wire em to a 900 watt RMS amp, will there be any canellation?
     
  2. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    all three together?

    simple answer. dont do it. you will get cancelation.
    do the tens. more cone area.
     
  3. MTX4Life

    MTX4Life Full Member

    is there any way to get a set up like that? Different sized subs like for show, but don't cause cancellation?
     
  4. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    maybe, but i think they all have to have the same TS parameters and act the same in diff enclosures.

    if you want a wow factor with multiple subs then do them all the same size.

    i overheard a guy at SBN talking about having 3 diff sized pairs of subs in his van. saying "yeah i did a 140 with it on 2500 watts"

    i can do that now with 2 12's. and did a 138.9 on 1200 with 4 8's. for me being 1.1db away on 1/2 the power means he had something going way wrong in his set up.

    if your not happy with either sub set up then re design your enclosure. i would do the tens. you said they are 300 each or was that total for the 2?

    if 300 each do a nice 4th order. those can get you loud on little power either way.since they are efficient enclosures.
     
  5. MTX4Life

    MTX4Life Full Member

    Yeah, somethin was wrong there.. Damn.. I jus thought it'd look pretty nice with 2 tens with a 12 like in tha middle.. Jus somthin pretty to look at.. lol Total on tha 2 tens is 600 watts RMS..

    And this is gonna sound dumb, but I haven't a clue what you mean by fourth order. I know it's a box, but not a clue what kind. lol ELABORATE PLEASE XD
     
  6. MTX4Life

    MTX4Life Full Member

    Yeah, somethin was wrong there.. Damn.. I jus thought it'd look pretty nice with 2 tens with a 12 like in tha middle.. Jus somthin pretty to look at.. lol Total on tha 2 tens is 600 watts RMS..

    And this is gonna sound dumb, but I haven't a clue what you mean by fourth order. I know it's a box, but not a clue what kind. lol ELABORATE PLEASE XD


    sorry about that
     
  7. jayz85

    jayz85 Full Member

    4th order bandpass...