anyone ever meter a sealed box set up?

[t-money 10+ year member]

just curious as to what subs you were running and how much power. I want to get my set up metered cause its loud as hell and i have a sealed set up.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

no. no one has ever metered a sealed box in the history of car audio. ever.

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

apperently sealed setups post just as high, or higher numbers then ported boxes so i have heard. i imagine they have lots of power then what they would use with a ported box. but what sounds loud to the eat, isnt loud to the meter

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i metered 140 , with my sealed box. sq set up too...

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Highest I did with a sealed box is 142.7 on the New TL. With 2 RL-p 12" and an Orion 1200d

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

didnt someone win a catagory at finals sealed.

with like 24 MD sidewinders

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

no. no one has ever metered a sealed box in the history of car audio. ever.

lol. you know what i meant.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[irupp33 10+ year member]

hmmmmm isnt tommys HO problems truck sealed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

apperently sealed setups post just as high, or higher numbers then ported boxes so i have heard. i imagine they have lots of power then what they would use with a ported box. but what sounds loud to the eat, isnt loud to the meter

ported boxes normally are louder //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

a properly designed ported box that is

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Small sealed enclosures can be very loud with a ton of power.

I had two MTX8000 12s meter a 142.1 on an older AC mic with about 150rms each at around 45hz in a trunk sedan.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

2 IDQ12's barely 300-400 watts each, metered 135.6 1cft each think it was 42-48hz area forgot the exact frequency.

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

ported boxes normally are louder //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
a properly designed ported box that is

well ya, off of the same amount of power. i thought i remebered someone talking about people using sealed boxes in an spl application, can you fill me in on why that would be lol. cause i have always thought ported is louder, but why would anyone use sealed for spl??

i may just be talking out of my *** but who knows //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Putting a sub in a small sealed enclosure will increase mechanical power handling and give you a peak in the upper frequencies. If you match the peak with the vehicle's cabin, you can have an SPL vehicle that could put up decent numbers. I have no idea how how you could go though but I'm sure there are people out there who have done it.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

when u dont have enough room for a ported box you use sealed

sealed boxes inside a larger ported box ( 4th order bandpass ) takes advantage of the best properties of both sealed and ported... the seald box ups power handling and the ported part makes it louder

 

[KRD 10+ year member]

I had a 15" Tempest is a 4 cube sealed box in a 95 ext can S-10. It was pretty loud, plus I only had 100 watts going to it. I was told by an adire tech once apon a time, that the smaller a sealed box is the more power it needs, and a large sealed box requires less power. Do not know if it is right, just what I was told. (about 4 years ago)