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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 388308" data-attributes="member: 550915">As long as you are careful with the frequencies you feed to it and correctly tune the enclosure the sub will handle just as much power with a ported as a sealed.&nbsp; Power handling goes to almost nothing below the tuning frequency of the enclosure.&nbsp; A sealed enclosure does not suffer from this limitation and can still handle power at lower frequencies.&nbsp; Above the tuning frequency a ported enclosure exhibits greater control of the cone than a sealed enclosure and can actually handle more power.&nbsp; The best way to figure out how much power you can throw at a sub is to model the enclosure in an enclosure design program that provides an excursion plot and check it out.As far as sound, the ported enclosure will typically have more output from around 30-50 hz.&nbsp; Below that it drops off quickly and above that it roughly equals the sealed.&nbsp; Sealed generally takes the edge in transient response and extreme low frequency extension.&nbsp; The sound difference is noticable and the only person who can decide which is better is you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 388308, member: 550915"] As long as you are careful with the frequencies you feed to it and correctly tune the enclosure the sub will handle just as much power with a ported as a sealed. Power handling goes to almost nothing below the tuning frequency of the enclosure. A sealed enclosure does not suffer from this limitation and can still handle power at lower frequencies. Above the tuning frequency a ported enclosure exhibits greater control of the cone than a sealed enclosure and can actually handle more power. The best way to figure out how much power you can throw at a sub is to model the enclosure in an enclosure design program that provides an excursion plot and check it out. As far as sound, the ported enclosure will typically have more output from around 30-50 hz. Below that it drops off quickly and above that it roughly equals the sealed. Sealed generally takes the edge in transient response and extreme low frequency extension. The sound difference is noticable and the only person who can decide which is better is you. [/QUOTE]

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