4th order BP

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Is $50 plus cost of wood a good price to get one of these made for 2 12's?

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[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

If it is good quality and built to correct specs, I would say yes.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

it will be built correctly.. and he has great quality he built my last box.. Regular ported..

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

yes, as long as he can design one, that is the critical part. Does he have a program or something?

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

I personally don't like BP's. They tend to lose output after / before tuned range... and even at tune range is normally just a little over regular ported.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

I personally don't like BP's. They tend to lose output after / before tuned range... and even at tune range is normally just a little over regular ported.

Not true at all, it's not the BP it's the design. If I tuned a ported box to 100hz and you heard it and realized it had no low end would you think ported boxes tend not to do well for low bass?

OP if you trust that he knows what he's doing with the design, and you've given him a good description of what you're looking for, yes that is a very good price imo.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Not true at all, it's not the BP it's the design. If I tuned a ported box to 100hz and you heard it and realized it had no low end would you think ported boxes tend not to do well for low bass?
OP if you trust that he knows what he's doing with the design, and you've given him a good description of what you're looking for, yes that is a very good price imo.

I will put it this way.. He had two bottom of the line mtx subs.. 4000 i believe and he put them in a 4th order and it blew my w6's in there ported away!! And hes cool If it doesn't come out right We will work out something..

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

yes, as long as he can design one, that is the critical part. Does he have a program or something?

Idk what he has to be honest.. He has built several boxes and they all are great!!

 

[AudioJunkie73 10+ year member]

i think its a good price. but will the w6s sound good in a bp?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

i think its a good price. but will the w6s sound good in a bp?

I wouldn't see why not..

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like he's reliable...if he knows what he's doing and you know he'll take care of it if it's no good, I don't see why not. Go for it, that's definitely a good price.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

alright.. I will charge my camera up and bring it over to take pics tomorrow and have the pics up tomorrow night after work.. which is 10est

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Not true at all, it's not the BP it's the design. If I tuned a ported box to 100hz and you heard it and realized it had no low end would you think ported boxes tend not to do well for low bass?
OP if you trust that he knows what he's doing with the design, and you've given him a good description of what you're looking for, yes that is a very good price imo.

I suppose so. I've only heard one, maybe 2 BP's before, and the rest just dB graphs. So, I have no real world experience with them.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

I suppose so. I've only heard one, maybe 2 BP's before, and the rest just dB graphs. So, I have no real world experience with them.

When designed properly, they can have an extremely flat response in comparison to a sealed or ported box, extending well below and above tuning with authority. Also, in terms of efficiency, keep in mind that when you're looking at those graphs in winISD they don't account for the real difference in base efficiency between different boxes (ported vs bp vs sealed, etc). All winISD will show you is the output of the sub combined with the output of the port, which is why a ported box seems to have the same kind of overall output potential as a bandpass

keep in mind, as with anything else, it's driver-dependent as well...not all subs will work well in all enclosure types

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

if you have the room a BP honestly is the way to go, get it flat 30-60, before 30 there are some songs that have material there, it will still pick it up, not like before 30 there is NO output, and after 60 your midbass should pick up in a good well tuned ACTIVE front stage. Of course this is alot of work and a BP takes about twice the space, for most on here that volume could be used more subs and sheer db. I like BP, to each their own. They all have their place.