Can it fit???

[bumpn_gt 10+ year member]

I have dimensions of 10x28x10 to fit some 8" subs......which comes out to 1.62 cubes........the subs I have (RE8's) need .217 cube each sealed........how many can I fit in that box????

Or should I just got ported?? How many could I fit then at .5 cubes each???

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[DirtySchemer 10+ year member]

Hmmmm... let's do the math. If you have 1.62 cubes and a sub that requires .217, then simple math would say that you could fit 7.47 subs in that box. I believe that Resonant only sells the RE8's in full subs, so we'd have to round down to 7.

However, then you have to look at where you'll be mounting the subs. Your largest panel will be 10x28 which could fit 3.5 of those bad boys in a line... again we'll round down to get 3. I believe that the mounting depth is less than 5 inches for top mounting, so you could probably get a way with mounting them on multiple sides without having the magnets touch each other.

If you wanted to port it, you could get 3 in there at most. However, I think it'd be a close call after sub displacement, port displacement, bracing, etc.

I personally would build a sealed enclosure that looked something like this, with a side panel taken off.

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I would put an 8" on each of the angled baffles. Since you have more volume than you need, this would give you the cone area of 4 subs in the space it would take to mount 3. Your total cubic volume would drop to about 1 - 1.1 cu ft. Which would be more than enough for the 4 subs.

 

[bumpn_gt 10+ year member]

ok, cool.......I might do it up that way..........

so you say to do 4 sealed instead of 2-3 ported??

 

[DirtySchemer 10+ year member]

I'm no expert on whether 4 sealed would be louder than 3 ported. But, I've always liked the sound of ported enclosures better, they tend to have a flatter response and go deeper. From what I hear, you should have no problem getting a lot of volume from 4 RE 8's.