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<blockquote data-quote="ciaonzo" data-source="post: 6530332" data-attributes="member: 607015">It&#039;s pretty obvious from the responses who listens for the musical aspects and who listens for output. It&#039;s also obvious who knows how to tune an enclosure based upon more than just regurgitated info. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifSpecs of the driver must be known, the transfer function of the vehicle must be known, and your musical tastes must be known. You can&#039;t just say to someone that 28Hz is too low and that it will result in a lack of midbass or otherwise unacceptable levels of performance. Far too many variables.OP, if you like metal and hip hop, there&#039;s a pretty good chance you would enjoy a sealed setup. It would probably offer the balance of performance that you&#039;re looking for. If that sounds like something that would work for you, try to find a relatively efficient driver with low moving mass and low inductance with a Qts that would be suitable for sealed enclosures, about .5 and higher. The low mass and low inductance will lend itself to those fast, tight drum sounds and will reveal rich harmonic structures in the bass lines. If one driver sealed isn&#039;t enough output, maybe go with a pair.Vented enclosures are resonant by nature and resonance stores energy, which corresponds with a high group delay. Group delay is responsible for robbing you of fast transients. Tuning low does help quite a bit to improve overall transient performance and there are many vented alignments with outstanding group delay and excellent transient response but none come close the transient response offered by a sealed enclosure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ciaonzo, post: 6530332, member: 607015"] It's pretty obvious from the responses who listens for the musical aspects and who listens for output. It's also obvious who knows how to tune an enclosure based upon more than just regurgitated info. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Specs of the driver must be known, the transfer function of the vehicle must be known, and your musical tastes must be known. You can't just say to someone that 28Hz is too low and that it [I]will[/I] result in a lack of midbass or otherwise unacceptable levels of performance. Far too many variables. OP, if you like metal and hip hop, there's a pretty good chance you would enjoy a sealed setup. It would probably offer the balance of performance that you're looking for. If that sounds like something that would work for you, try to find a relatively efficient driver with low moving mass and low inductance with a Qts that would be suitable for sealed enclosures, about .5 and higher. The low mass and low inductance will lend itself to those fast, tight drum sounds and will reveal rich harmonic structures in the bass lines. If one driver sealed isn't enough output, maybe go with a pair. Vented enclosures are resonant by nature and resonance stores energy, which corresponds with a high group delay. Group delay is responsible for robbing you of fast transients. Tuning low does help quite a bit to improve overall transient performance and there are many vented alignments with outstanding group delay and excellent transient response but none come close the transient response offered by a sealed enclosure. [/QUOTE]

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