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<blockquote data-quote="blazian87" data-source="post: 8467835" data-attributes="member: 574798"><p>Yea I would choose ported every time if possible. It just feels like such a waste of money to buy 2 JL subs and put them in a sealed box. You can outperform 2 subs of the same driver and same power with 1 sub just by going ported. Not only loudness but also the bringing in more low end extension, giving you more playable bandwidth. When people say custom box, they usually mean ported or any other design besides sealed.. but I just had to ask. There's a misconception that ported box cannot have good sound quality and that is simply not true. If you're seriously gonna go sealed, you might as well buy a prefab box for cheap because it'll be the same thing. When it comes to ported, you wanna design the box around the driver spec, so buying a prefab will not yield the same results. JL's recommended specs are on the smaller side. They only post it up like that so it can fit in more applications so they can sell more. Go get yourself a custom ported from an experienced builder. I think a single sub setup will be a better idea for your car since trunk space is limited. A single 10w7 ported would work good in that space. I would measure your trunk, maybe you can fit a 12" ported. If it ends up being too loud, just turn down your amp gains and you'll be golden.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blazian87, post: 8467835, member: 574798"] Yea I would choose ported every time if possible. It just feels like such a waste of money to buy 2 JL subs and put them in a sealed box. You can outperform 2 subs of the same driver and same power with 1 sub just by going ported. Not only loudness but also the bringing in more low end extension, giving you more playable bandwidth. When people say custom box, they usually mean ported or any other design besides sealed.. but I just had to ask. There's a misconception that ported box cannot have good sound quality and that is simply not true. If you're seriously gonna go sealed, you might as well buy a prefab box for cheap because it'll be the same thing. When it comes to ported, you wanna design the box around the driver spec, so buying a prefab will not yield the same results. JL's recommended specs are on the smaller side. They only post it up like that so it can fit in more applications so they can sell more. Go get yourself a custom ported from an experienced builder. I think a single sub setup will be a better idea for your car since trunk space is limited. A single 10w7 ported would work good in that space. I would measure your trunk, maybe you can fit a 12" ported. If it ends up being too loud, just turn down your amp gains and you'll be golden. [/QUOTE]
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