Poll: sealed or ported?

[silver hatch]

What do you think is better?

[az-epdrvr]

single 8" ported works for me

[silver hatch]

single 8" ported works for me

What kind of sub do you have? I have two 12's in a vented box and wouldn't mind a little more bass.

[MR.Pizza]

I always liked the response of a sealed subwoofer however in my car the bandpass seems to perform well.

[ohdamngetit]

2 10" in a band-pass works for me

[Breakep3]

General Rule:

Ported for Rap/Techno

Sealed for Rock/Metal

[Tnhatch03]

mine was ported.

it was THA BOMB!

[kokopuffs405]

ported definetly

its alot loader.... if thats what your looking for

[Princess]

Whichever the manufacturer recommends. I'll go with the factory specs.

[RON]

This is a loaded question! All subs are different. I like sealed setups but I currently running a ported box (because that is what was needed). SQ > SPL

[Chad]

General Rule:

Ported for Rap/Techno

Sealed for Rock/Metal

That's a very common mis-conception that came about from people putting any-ol driver in a premade vented box. A proper vented enclosure can totally retiain control and SQ leaving a nice flat anechoic response while PWNing a sealed enclosure in terms of low end extension and efficiency, You kist gotta build it right :D

I was thinking about writing something up about this and may do so this/next week with some examples as to how it works in easy to understand terminology.

[Breakep3]

That's a very common mis-conception that came about from people putting any-ol driver in a premade vented box. A proper vented enclosure can totally retiain control and SQ leaving a nice flat anechoic response while PWNing a sealed enclosure in terms of low end extension and efficiency, You kist gotta build it right :D

I was thinking about writing something up about this and may do so this/next week with some examples as to how it works in easy to understand terminology.

You fail to realize that somewhere of about 95% of all sub boxes are premade of the cheapest materials, thus for that reason.

Rap=ported
Rock=sealed


IDEALLY, a fiberglass box of your choosing made custom for you, but not everybody has 300 dollars to throw away on something like that.

[Chad]

You fail to realize that somewhere of about 95% of all sub boxes are premade of the cheapest materials, thus for that reason.

Rap=ported
Rock=sealed


IDEALLY, a fiberglass box of your choosing made custom for you, but not everybody has 300 dollars to throw away on something like that.

But it's a catch 22, I'd rather see the vented used for rock, where it's most likely tuned. You are not gong to see much sub 35 cycle information in many rock recordings barring a few artists (Korn and Manson come to mind)

Problem arises that with the rap community wanting to push recorded frequencies lower and lower that the common pre made box will be completely un-loaded at the frequencies used in many modern rap recordings and the enclosure will exhibit little to no control over the cone, a sure fire recipie for mechanical driver failure.

If you can cut 6 peices of MDF straight, have the T/S parameters of the driver, and are willing to learn, I will be more than happy to help you properly build and tune a PROPER vented enclosure that is not "genere specific"

Chad

[SPAM&RICE]

check speakers for box specifications is your best bet. I like band pass boxes they seems to be the lowest bass I can get out of a box, my .002

[az-epdrvr]

What kind of sub do you have? I have two 12's in a vented box and wouldn't mind a little more bass.

8 '' kickr comp w 800w pioneer , i like a simple thump