Do subs need to break in?

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

So a 2.0 cu ft box tuned at 28hz ? How much of a noticable difference will this yield me? Little, Lot, or a TON

 

[VereChronicus 10+ year member]

a 2.5 cubic feet enclosure with a 40 square inch port. make the port 22" long; drive by your friends houses and piss off their parents.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

a 2.5 cubic feet enclosure with a 40 square inch port. make the port 22" long; drive by your friends houses and piss off their parents.

You don't know how to spell loser.

Loser.

nG

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

How are the http://www.klausaudio.com boxes ??

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

I think i'd like to do about a 33hz box. What do you guys think?

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

Look pretty well built, and you can customize and tune to your liking using your trunk specs and the specs of your sub. Nice find

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

sounds good to me

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

should be good

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

So my other question is...How much of a difference will there be going from a sealed 1.3cu ft box to a ported box tuned at 33hz?

LITTLE LOT TONS of a difference?

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

It should make a significant difference. Like i said, it will let the woofer reach its full potential with less power. If the 500d really puts out 600w (I've had one and I will agree with what Memphis told you ), then you should be close to the RL-p's potential. How much difference there will be between the type s and the RL-p, I can't tell you. I haven't heard either. But, generally speaking, switching to the bigger sub and a larger, ported enclosure should yield a nice increase in output.

 

[jeremiah 10+ year member]

So my other question is...How much of a difference will there be going from a sealed 1.3cu ft box to a ported box tuned at 33hz?



LITTLE LOT TONS of a difference?

for me going from a .75cu.ft to a 2cu.ft 32hz was like 10db..

so A TTTTTTTOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Ported = better.

I will agree that ported is a more efficient enclosure design than sealed as it takes less power to get loud. FACT: Louder does NOT mean BETTER. In my 15 years of car audio I've always preferred the sound of a sealed enclosure over a ported. It is a matter of taste so if one person likes his loud at all costs then ported would definitely be the way to go.

 

[SirSyko 10+ year member]

You bought the wrong sub to get loud. If thats all you wanted you could have spent your money better. Although with a good amount of power the RLP is nothing to laugh at.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

I'd turn your gains up. Remeber, your putting out max power at 80% on your volume with a 0db test tone. You'll never see full power out of your amp on music, ever, not with that setting. Sure, you'll never clip, but it's like having a ferrari and then putting a govenor on it and wondering why it's not going fast. If you don't want to set by ear use a -6db test tone. You'll see quite a bit more power out of your amp, you will only clip slightly at high volume trasients meaning at high volume levels with bass heavy music, but unless you plan on listening to really heavy stuff all the time (like a 0db test tone) you wont' clip. It's much more realistic for the intended purpose of the sub (playing music).

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

To answer the very original question though, YES, subs do require break-in before performing optimally. But it wont be a night and day difference, so don't count on it to sound any louder with time. Better perhaps, but not louder.

All speakers have break-in, because there are moving parts.