thinking of a system

[hawk33]

thinking of a system i want to try something just thought i would post to get your thoughts. i have a 2003 ranger regular cab with a cut through i want to do 16 8's entry level just something cheap because i hear that surface area can make up for quallity i know i can do a 147 on a term lab with 4 dd 1508's but can i get close with 16 cheap 8's does surface area matter?????thanks for any input

[TalNLnky]

surface area matters more than displacement, because in specific setups like bandpass or ported when playing near tuning the cone barely moves, but is under extreme levels of stress/pressure....

the kicker however is that with entry level drivers you usually get T/S parameters that are more inline with sealed, or giant ported boxes, than small ported boxes.

I'm personally a huge fan of the TangBand 8" speakers, tho I wouldn't call them entry level.