4 subs in one box?

C-Man
C-Man Posts: 307
edited September 2002 in Car Audio & Electronics
OK this may seem like a strange one... I have (or will have) two MM104's, and two Image Dynamics IDQ 10's. I was wondering... both these types of subs ask for roughly the same amount of airspace, .66 and .68 respectively. Could I build a custom sealed enclosure and put all 4 of these woofers in it, running each set off a separate amp?
"The Big C"
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2002
    Persoally I wouldnt do it. Because if you did the sub would beat differently. The m104 might take a lower note to bottom it out, and the other subs might do it at a higher note. So if you went to play them it would just sound crappy, same thing on higher notes, the frequencies are different for each sub.
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  • C-Man
    C-Man Posts: 307
    edited August 2002
    Yeah, I started thinking about it and you're right. Just lookin for ways to get more bass without spending more money ya know.
    Any other idea's would be appreciated. Gracias.
    "The Big C"
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited September 2002
    i have 2 different subs in my trunk i have a cheap blue thunder 12 and a kicker xpl there is a big differance in the 2 but i just have a amp for each and i can ajust the gain so they both will be tuned
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited September 2002
    ya dude, look... iDQ's and momo's dont mix...

    here's a bit of audio trivia for you... from what i can tell, the IDQ looks very very very similar in style and design to the polk dx / db subs... they're are differences, but what i am saying is that they're in the same "class" -- they're both 300-ish rms, they're both the same size / depth / material / freq response / box requirement, etc. etc.

    if you were mixing those, you MIGHT be able to do it.

    But I think this rule of wisdom applies... you can -- with some work and some patience in tuning your system -- run two different brand / sizes / styles of sub in the same vehicle.

    But you CANNOT do so iin the same chamber / box. if you buildone box for all those subs, that's fine, but you better have WALLS on teh insdie so that each sub is in its own chamber.

    However, i really don't think those IDQ's are going to be able
    to take the power that the momo's do... so you'd need to run each pair off a separate amp so taht you can keep the idq's low and run the momo's high.

    hey if you wanna go nuts... get 2 more momo's and sell the IDQ's.. then you've got 4 kick-a$$ subs that all eat power and spit out bass like nobody's business...
    or... save space... get one ID-MAX 12 and dump 1200 watts on it. then again thats a 400 dollar sub that has a high break down rate.
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  • C-Man
    C-Man Posts: 307
    edited September 2002
    Yeah, I said , the box would be 4 separate chambers, with one amp running the momo's and one running the others, each amp set at the respective frequencies for the subs. I think I might just sell all my 10's and get a JL 15w3, and just run it off my Alpine MRV-1507.
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited September 2002
    one w3 will not outpush 4 momo's nor 4 idq's even...

    1507 is a nice nice nice amp though -- real clean, real poweful.
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