Benefits on using a bigger box?

[Octavio 10+ year member]

I seem some guys using a HUGE box, that the benefits of this? more bass , thanks for you comments in advance

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[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

if we're talking ported, the bigger the better. flatter sound with greater extension

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Get louder with less power also..

 

[Slowd N Throwd 10+ year member]

bigger box = bigger meat

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

is there a point where a ported enclosure is tooo big for a single sub?

 

[amartin_72]

Sometimes going too big is a little excessive, unless you really dont care how it sounds, and just want it LOUD. For daily driving you want to have a box that fits the response your looking for, and then gets as loud as possible hopefully keeping the sq your willing to trade off for the loudness. Huge boxes with tons of port area are very SPL oriented and generally are more one note or small bandwith monsters. Having my R's in 4ft each is definatley louder @ 30-40hz than when i had them in 2.2 before, but the transitent response with double bass is slaughtered and the 50hz+ is gone. Now they really only shine on low solid bass lines, but still have a clean hit to them as long as its not extremely fast double bass.

In one sentence, Bigger boxes are generally more efficient but handle less power.

A smaller box with more power on it will sound clearer, but may not hit as low as you want the bigger more efficient box to hit.

Its different for each sub/vehicle and really just depends what you like, maybe letting us know what you have for avehicle , what you have for power, subs, and music prefrence would help us send you on the right path, unless you were just wondering what a big box does.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

not to thread jack but....i see the specs on FI for a Q 18 say you can go as small as 4 cubes sealed. Opinions on that?

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

bump for question

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

if we're talking ported, the bigger the better. flatter sound with greater extension

If we talk about a seal box can it be big?

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

Sometimes going too big is a little excessive, unless you really dont care how it sounds, and just want it LOUD. For daily driving you want to have a box that fits the response your looking for, and then gets as loud as possible hopefully keeping the sq your willing to trade off for the loudness. Huge boxes with tons of port area are very SPL oriented and generally are more one note or small bandwith monsters. Having my R's in 4ft each is definatley louder @ 30-40hz than when i had them in 2.2 before, but the transitent response with double bass is slaughtered and the 50hz+ is gone. Now they really only shine on low solid bass lines, but still have a clean hit to them as long as its not extremely fast double bass.
In one sentence, Bigger boxes are generally more efficient but handle less power.

A smaller box with more power on it will sound clearer, but may not hit as low as you want the bigger more efficient box to hit.

Its different for each sub/vehicle and really just depends what you like, maybe letting us know what you have for avehicle , what you have for power, subs, and music prefrence would help us send you on the right path, unless you were just wondering what a big box does.

Would you recomend a CVR12 on a double the size box according to the manual

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

box size is dependent on mostly mechanical aspects of the driver...QES/QTS also have to do with it, but its not a huge factor... its simply the electrical damping, the higher the Q the wider the bandwidth of it's resonance is... this is why alot of SPL woofer tend to sport the lower Q figures, not more efficient but a narrower bandwidth so its easier to get a higher peak. someone here tried to make and SPL woofer with 10" spiders and a FS of 20hz, hehehehe

 

[4uha8ers 10+ year member]

i have a cvx 15 in 5.6 cuft. ported box tuned @34hz i wonder the same thing about box size its loud and plays deep for i sub i want to go with 2 15 but because of space i can only do 3.5cuft per and i love the way 1 15 sounds im afraid that if i get 2 15 with 600 watts going to each it wont be as loud as my 1 15 with 800 watts going to it

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

bigger box is going to have better low end

smaller box will be peakier, low end will go down and gain some upper end

i usually just try to fit the biggest box i can

my 2 MT 15s had 5cubes apiece, im going to 2 18s and they are only going to have 6cube apiece

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

box size is dependent on mostly mechanical aspects of the driver...QES/QTS also have to do with it, but its not a huge factor... its simply the electrical damping, the higher the Q the wider the bandwidth of it's resonance is... this is why alot of SPL woofer tend to sport the lower Q figures, not more efficient but a narrower bandwidth so its easier to get a higher peak. someone here tried to make and SPL woofer with 10" spiders and a FS of 20hz, hehehehe

I read allot of you guys taking about 20hz , 34hz , where do you guys that info from?