Bandpass vs Sealed for 12" Dual 4 Ohm Titanium DVC Series Sub

[kirby242007]

Hi new to the Forum and was needing some help. Ok Here is what I have>>> Kenwood excelon KDC-X995 Head unit, Boston GT2300 amp,Eclpise sw 7200 dual 4 ohm 12 inch. I have always used sealed boxes but have been told to use a band pass with this sub. I have no problem building a box for this sub but If a bandpass will do better with this sub I will just buy one. I do know this is a older sub. I bought it from a audio shop it was the display model and was never used. Here is the subs specs>>>Power Handling:

Peak: 1500 watts

RMS: 500 watts

Impedance: Dual 4 ohm

Solid aluminum cone

Special 2" Wide polyether surround

Dual mirror image spider

Cast alloy frame

3" 4 Layer Dual 4 ohm Aluminum voice coil

Triple-stacked magnet

Aluminum cast basket

Thruster air vent cooling system

Rubber magnet boot

Injection santoprene surround

Rubber Gasket

Vortex design basket heat sink..................Minimum Sealed Box Volume 0.5 cubic feet

Maximum Sealed Box Volume 1.5 cubic feet

Minimum Ported Box Volume 2.0 cubic feet

Maximum Ported Box Volume 2.0 cubic feet

Top-Mount Depth 6-9/16"

Cutout Diameter 10-13/16". Thanks for any help

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[duanebro 10+ year member]

As you don't have any t/s specs, I'd stick with sealed. If you can find more info other options might be better. But don't buy a bp box they need to be designed for the sub.

 

[kirby242007]

Thanks for the info. Here is the only other info I could find on the sub>>>Frequency Response 28 - 2500 Hz

Sensitivity 85.7 dB

Xmax (millimeters) 11.29 mm

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

You need more pertinent information like: qts, qms, vas, fs, etc....the Thiele/Small parameters on the sub.