icon 12 into a 18

[loondizie52 1]

can you turn a 12 inch icon into a 18?

[Duran 387]

It's possible, but you;d have to build the recone yourself.

[Bearlokey13 2]

Yup, as far as I know SSA isn't set up to even make an 18" Icon basket so you're on your own.

[Duran 387]

It's a normal 12 spoke nasket, nothing hard to get. I have one sitting in my living room actually

You'd just have to do the whole recone yourself, it'd have to be a normal kraft pulp cone.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

It can be done the parts are there, people ask all the time, but we do not do it. The box requirements would be monstrous.

[zdoc 0]

Wouldnt it be possible to get a 18" basket from fi and maybe an 18" recone kit from them or from an xcon cone kit and basket? How monstrous would the box be lol 10 cuft?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Its not that easy. You have to take into account the motor design and strength, not to mention suspension etc. etc.. Why not go to a 15?

[acex3a 5]

i was just wondering about the motor strength on the icon for a 18, would be cool to see i would have to say. i vote go for it in a huge box like aaron said

[Duran 387]

More goes into subwoofer design than you think, you can't put just any motor on a basket and slap a cone on and expect it to sound amazing. It takes quite a bit of motor force to move an 18" cone and oppose the air that the cone pushes. There is a reason SSA does not sell an 18" ICON