air movement

[fast85_gt]

i have heard that tuning lower will produce more air movement from subs mine will be tuned to 31hz with 2 18"treo ssx subs in 8 cube after displacment in a 97 probe hatchback will i get alot of air movement of 2 saz3000's

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[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

"alot" is very subjective..

and yes...its hard not to move air with 6kw

 

[andrew2944r 10+ year member]

Yeah you should move some air, maybe even a nice hair trick...

 

[fast85_gt]

thank for the reply

 

[5.3bowtie 10+ year member]

the lower the tuning the more air displaced by the sub. On my 10" soloX I originaly had it in a box tuned at 38 then moved it down to 32 and there was a considerable difference in the amount of air moved and the amount of rattling of my truck.

Thomas

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

the lower the tuning the more air displaced by the sub. On my 10" soloX I originaly had it in a box tuned at 38 then moved it down to 32 and there was a considerable difference in the amount of air moved and the amount of rattling of my truck.
Thomas

How do you like the 1008?

 

[fast85_gt]

the lower the tuning the more air displaced by the sub. On my 10" soloX I originaly had it in a box tuned at 38 then moved it down to 32 and there was a considerable difference in the amount of air moved and the amount of rattling of my truck.
Thomas

did you like the lower tuning better mine is going to be 31hz

 

[5.3bowtie 10+ year member]

How do you like the 1008?

I will be picking up the 1008 tomorrow actually but the box I had built for it did not come in today so it will be after christmas break before it is hooked up(going home for the holidays).

did you like the lower tuning better mine is going to be 31hz

On my personal application I did not like the lower tuning. Kicker recommends 40hz tunning on the soloX and I must say it sounded much healthier at 38hz than 32. That being said the box for the 1008 is tuned to 31.5hz so it varies from sub to sub as to weather they like lower tuning or not. It definately shook the truck at 32 but sounded like crap on the higher notes.

Thomas

 

[boomin spl 10+ year member]

i big part of air movement is not only the tuning frequency, but the characteristics of the port itself. port A could be 100 sq inches, 18 inches deep, tuned to 36Hz, port B 75 sq inches of port, 14 inches deep, also tuned to 36Hz, but port B will actually move more air than port A. Go too small, and it is choked off too much. Trial and error FTW!