Does the shape of a box matter?

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

Does the shape of a sealed box affect performance or anything of the sort? What about the shape of a ported box? If the port is the correct area, would the shape of the rest of the box matter at all?

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[Blados 10+ year member]

no

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

no

yes it will.

if you have a perfect cube, standing waves will occur.

the best shape would actually be a sphere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Although the effect is decreased for subbass...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Even in midrange cabs, a deflex pad placed behind the speakers goes a long way to reduce standing waves.

 

[Ctesibius 10+ year member]

yes it will.if you have a perfect cube, standing waves will occur.

the best shape would actually be a sphere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Subbass soundwaves are too long for standing waves to occur, unless you were using a room of your house as a sub enclosure.

Not really till you start getting into the higher midbass to midrange region that standing waves become an issue.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

the answer to the question is yes...

especially with ported enclosers...port and sub placement along with the overall shape make a huge difference.