Hmm. Decisions...

[kbkid 0]

I know most of you guys over here are all for SI and SS and it doesn't seem like you get much talk over here about RE. Well my question involves RE, and I'd appriciate some input...

I drive a 1995 Ford Explorer XLT. I was going to pick up a set of 12" RE SEs and port them at 33 Hz. I was going to use the following box deminsions:

36" length

13.5" height

23.5" depth

Well today I measured and made some what of a template to see how big the box would be in my Explorer. Everything is fine except I don't want it so deep. I've talked with a few guys from RE or who know alot about them and they said I couldn't really make it any smaller. Is that true?

Or

Should I go with a single 12" or 15" RE SX and port it. I would assume the SX's box would hopefully be smaller. What do you guys think? I'm probably going to throw about 1200 watts at the subs. I'd like to keep the box in between 13"-18"ish deep if possible. What do ya'll think?

[Supa_c 1]

We dont want your kind round these parts

cant you go any taller ?

[kbkid 0]

Well the top of the seat if 18" so I don't want to go any higher than that.

[Supa_c 1]

make it taller and less deep

[kbkid 0]

How much taller? If it were 15", what would the depth have to be to keep it around the same size in cubes?

[djjdnap 78]

http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=45

thier you go, u can play wt numbers all day.

[mrray13 30]

there is nothign wrong with re subs..lol....it's jsut the "cult bandwagon" of followers, most of which have never owned/heard an re sub. it's also the fact that if u say one bad thing about an re sub, even david is liable to come down on ya.

anyway...just what size enclosure,net, are u shooting for? u have 5.2 cubes now without sub/port displacement...u could get away with 2 cubes net and be fine. (4 cubes total) at least IME, most 12's (including the vaunted xxx) work great in 2 cubes tuned to 34hz...

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

from the SE installs I have seen, for the most part you don't always need a ton of air space to get clean strong sound out of them, they are fairly efficent, but I have not owned one yet, a few RE RE's but anyway the single 12SX would also be a great option, there are a few people with explorers running the single sx 12 in a slot port and loving the output of that thing, MEXI on fordexplorer.net might have a good design for a single SX 12, if not I could see if I can dig through my files if I have one, but I like the dual 12 SE idea,

[kbkid 0]

Denim: Mexi is the one who gave me the designs for the box I said earlier. I'm shooting for really nice SQ but being able to get loud at the same time..... I asked Mexi about the single 12" SX and he couldn't find his box deminsions for it...

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Denim: Mexi is the one who gave me the designs for the box I said earlier. I'm shooting for really nice SQ but being able to get loud at the same time..... I asked Mexi about the single 12" SX and he couldn't find his box deminsions for it...

did you look on the website for what they reccomend?

[Supa_c 1]

there is nothign wrong with re subs..lol....it's jsut the "cult bandwagon" of followers, most of which have never owned/heard an re sub. it's also the fact that if u say one bad thing about an re sub, even david is liable to come down on ya.

anyway...just what size enclosure,net, are u shooting for? u have 5.2 cubes now without sub/port displacement...u could get away with 2 cubes net and be fine. (4 cubes total) at least IME, most 12's (including the vaunted xxx) work great in 2 cubes tuned to 34hz...

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Thats plenty. I have my friends in 2.5^[email protected] believe

[kbkid 0]

RE Recommends 2 cubic feet ported for the SE. So I could do 4 cubes for both... I'll have to punch some numbers into that calculator...

[CBFryman 2]

repwnzjoo foos...

lol

IMO you should make it exactly 18" tall and compensate for the depth...looks clean that way with no step down from the seat......

[kbkid 0]

But then if I put stuff on top of the box, it would end up in the back seat. But if it was a lip there, it would keep it in the back. Thats at least what I was thinking... Maybe I'm crazy.

[kbkid 0]

I've also been thinking and talking with a few people who have owned SEs or SX, and I think I'm leaning more towards the 12" SX now. If that isn't loud enough, I could always add another one and still keep the box size around 4-5 cubes. Opinions?