3 12's ported vs 3 12's sealed

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

lol thats why the car audio shop says to make the subs inverted.

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With a car, going ported on 3 12"s is going to be tough. How much room do you have for a box? Can not be too much those cars look rather small.

 

[cunokyle 10+ year member]

lol thats why the car audio shop says to make the subs inverted.

Still going to need a large box. Inverting the subs will not save you much room. Plus then you have the magnet and everything to make room for as well.

 

[///M5 10+ year member]

Those subs beg to mounted IB, but you will lose output.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

how will i lose output by the subs being inverted?

i am asking this cause this is my first time to invert subs if i do the echo has a pretty big trunks not huge like a grandprix but decent size.

so what does inverting and not inverting make a difference.

 

[HowLowd 10+ year member]

because the room you save in "enclosure size" you now have a forty lb magnet sticking out just as far. and i think he meant if you went ib instead.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

so i will be losing output if i do it inbox??

now is this only b/c i dont have a big trunk correct?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

how will i lose output by the subs being inverted?i am asking this cause this is my first time to invert subs if i do the echo has a pretty big trunks not huge like a grandprix but decent size.

so what does inverting and not inverting make a difference.

You are confused. M5 said IB, which stands for Infinite Baffle, not inverted.

Inverting doesn't change alot performance wise. More chance for motor noise (noise from the speaker's motor due to being exposed), other than that not much. It will allow your box to be slightly smaller due to not housing the speaker motor structures, but that also means you need that much more room in font of your box for the exposed speakers.

Inverting speakers is mostly done for looks and nothing more.