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<blockquote data-quote="Scarenius" data-source="post: 600158" data-attributes="member: 555987">Prefab? Cheaper? HAHAHA. You guys are nuts. I figure $15 to $20 towards JMac or Moe Lester to design one hell of a ported enclosure. I can build it like a frickin&#039; boulder for $35 in materials. You&#039;re telling me that a cheap shitty 5/8 chipboard universally ported enclosure that&#039;s $35 is really worth saving $20?My current enclosure I built myself. You see, the last enclosure was an Audio Craft, one of those quality factory made prefabricated enclosures. My cheap subs BLEW IT APART AT THE SEAMS. I ended up re-caulking it more than once. It was flaking off because it wasn&#039;t MDF. There were so many problems with that enclosure I don&#039;t know where to begin.Not to diss inexperience, but seriously, just for fun, build your own box. It will be nearly $33 in materials at Lowes, 3/4 MDF for $19, 1.5&quot; or 2&quot; screws (Same price, I used 2&quot;) for $5, Silicon I caulk for $2.70 and liquid nails for $2. I bet you&#039;d be so impressed by this new box, you wouldn&#039;t want to go back to your pre-fab. If you don&#039;t like it, well, spend a little more, carpet it, and sell it for $70 to $150, because that&#039;s what a custom enclosure is worth.I will be looking into a&nbsp; pair of Type Rs in the near future.rant&amp;gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scarenius, post: 600158, member: 555987"] Prefab? Cheaper? HAHAHA. You guys are nuts. I figure $15 to $20 towards JMac or Moe Lester to design one hell of a ported enclosure. I can build it like a frickin' boulder for $35 in materials. You're telling me that a cheap shitty 5/8 chipboard universally ported enclosure that's $35 is really worth saving $20? My current enclosure I built myself. You see, the last enclosure was an Audio Craft, one of those quality factory made prefabricated enclosures. My cheap subs BLEW IT APART AT THE SEAMS. I ended up re-caulking it more than once. It was flaking off because it wasn't MDF. There were so many problems with that enclosure I don't know where to begin. Not to diss inexperience, but seriously, just for fun, build your own box. It will be nearly $33 in materials at Lowes, 3/4 MDF for $19, 1.5" or 2" screws (Same price, I used 2") for $5, Silicon I caulk for $2.70 and liquid nails for $2. I bet you'd be so impressed by this new box, you wouldn't want to go back to your pre-fab. If you don't like it, well, spend a little more, carpet it, and sell it for $70 to $150, because that's what a custom enclosure is worth. I will be looking into a pair of Type Rs in the near future. rant> [/QUOTE]

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