Perhaps that particular sub is designed to excel in a ported box, huh?well, the great 12" challenge tested the differences of the same woofer in a ported vs. sealed enclosure; they found an 8db increase @ 35hz for the vanadium 12. Is that misinformation? You seemed to believe 3db was about all you'd get.
Interesting...Perhaps there was a steep rolloff in the sealed box around 35hz?Actually, no...it's t/s parameters are more suited for a sealed box, though it can be run in either.
Obviously there's no hard and fast rule that ANY one 10" in a ported box will be louder than ANY 2 10"s in a sealed box....to believe that would be rather foolish.
VERY true about the boxno, not a steep roll-off at all...there's a 2db difference between 35 and 40hz...2db difference between 35 and 30hz....fairly linear as it increases another 2db from 40 to 45hz and doesn't decrease at all from 30 to 25hz.
Funny how when someone posts asking what sub to buy everyone tells them (rightfully) that the box is the most important part...but nobody wants to admit that the box really does make a huge difference in this thread.
check out my vids (sig)....they are 10's and they hit the lowsi think im going to stick with the 10, s sealed i like the sound of my music in a sealed box i had some alpine type E they sound real good but they would only play down to 32hz im going to the cerwin vegas vmax they are rated at 500 watts rms the directed 1500d should put about 600 watts per sub iv had ported boxs before with 15" CVX,S and CVR,S i guess i want something with the tight low bass not the big boomy spl bass
I wonder if vehicle transfer function or resonant tuning had anything to do with that...well, the great 12" challenge tested the differences of the same woofer in a ported vs. sealed enclosure; they found an 8db increase @ 35hz for the vanadium 12. Is that misinformation? You seemed to believe 3db was about all you'd get.
a single ported driver is not guaranteed to be louder than two sealed drivers of the same design.
Problem is I wasn't forming an argument. Just calling a general statement someone made false.Guidelines that aren't actually accurate are pretty useless guidelines and not worth basing your arguments on.