Does Enclosure Depth matter

[JayRich 10+ year member]

I'm looking to have a sealed enclosure made for a 15 titanium sw9152 woofer that I will be getting this friday and wondered if the depth of the box makes a difference. I was going for between 2.0-2.3 cu ft sealed, and wanted it to take up as little space in my coupe as possible, and wanted it more wide than deep, with that said, will the shallow depth affect the output or low end extension from the speaker?If anyone has any input it would be appreciated

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[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

The depth shouldn't affect the sound quality assuming all other things are equal such as interior net volume and the enclosure's rigidity. Just make sure that the enclosure is deep enough to fit that magnet in there without hitting the rear of the enclosure.

 

[JayRich 10+ year member]

Thanks, and yeah the woofer's depth is 9.5 inchs, and the box will be 13 or 14 inches deep

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

If the sub has no pole vent you can mount the sub right to the back of the box.

700th post too ftw.

 

[JayRich 10+ year member]

well its sealed and would have 4 inches clearance in the rear

 

[jinx8402 10+ year member]

If the sub has no pole vent you can mount the sub right to the back of the box.
700th post too ftw.

Just wondering...but what if it does have a pole vent? How much space should I leave in between?

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

Just wondering...but what if it does have a pole vent? How much space should I leave in between?

few inches on the safe side.. if u plug that pole up, u get alot less voice coil cooling, lowers the thermal power handling

 

[jinx8402 10+ year member]

Thanks. I'm in the middle of planning my new box out as well, and I'm actually trying to do a slim box like the OP. My OZ ME 10" has a mounting depth of about 6.5". So if my box is 9.5 deep, using 3/4 mdf, that would leave about 2+" behind the pole. Is that sufficient enough?