Enclosure Vs. Bandpass Enclosure?

[BigPanch 10+ year member]

I am trying to see what will sound good with 2 ,15" audiobahn AW1571 , 500watt on my astro van. So Enclosure or Bandpass Enclosure?

Click to read more...

 

[yamaha326 10+ year member]

bandpass sucks go with ported or sealed you will be more happier with the sound quality

 

[BigPanch 10+ year member]

yeah i want it to sound loud with out giving me the enoying sounds i have herd in other cars

 

[BigPanch 10+ year member]

I have been asking people if Bandpass for my 15's or seald sound better and some say bandpass is better because it lets the air out. And seald will damage the subs? Is it true?

I dont know much about witch boxes will sound right without damaging my subs.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

sealed wont damage ur sub...

bandpass is worthless in my mind they are so huge and really does make the SQ drop

go ported or sealed

 

[BigPanch 10+ year member]

Oh and are these good messurements?14 Width-23 Hight-8Depth

in CM

My max Volume is 3.0 for one sub only if any one whants to help me out with the messurements that would be great

thanks

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

since you have audiobahn which is mainly an spl sub go ported to get the most out of it.

 

[BDIDDY 10+ year member]

Go with the ported, audiobahn's arent known for SQ anyways...

BTW is that your van in your avatar?

 

[BigPanch 10+ year member]

BDIDDY -BTW is that your van in your avatar?

nah i am almost on the process of havin it look like that only some stuff will be diffirent but the same cadillac grill

 

[subsonix]

I have been asking people if Bandpass for my 15's or seald sound better and some say bandpass is better because it lets the air out. And seald will damage the subs? Is it true?

Sealed is the safest enclosure for subs. There is always air pressure to control the cone's motion. Playing the sub at loud levels below a ported boxes tuning frequency is likely to destroy it. I tried designing a bandpass box that sounds good and it's pretty much impossible. They're good for SPL competitions but not much else. Go with either sealed or low-tuned ported.

 

[DCMax22 10+ year member]

sealed wont damage ur sub...
bandpass is worthless in my mind they are so huge and really does make the SQ drop

go ported or sealed

They are huge, but it depends on what you are trying to achieve. Everybody has a different plan to compliment their existing system. See Definitions

In my case, I already have pretty loud 9 speaker system in my Tahoe, including a factory installed 8" sealed subwoofer that gets pretty low. So I decided to get a"boombox" bandpass enclosure for the heck of it.

I'm sayin yung, dis joint puts out some lows, I mean chest kickin, bone shakin, subsonics. Nam sayin. . . . Just depends on what you are trying to achieve. Now if these mugs were in a sealed enclosure, they would have a lot of up front knock and clear bass, but I am pretty much OK on that with my other 9 speakers. Ya dig what the rock is cookin . . . . . . . . .

 

[gettnbig 10+ year member]

They are huge, but it depends on what you are trying to achieve. Everybody has a different plan to compliment their existing system. See Definitions
In my case, I already have pretty loud 9 speaker system in my Tahoe, including a factory installed 8" sealed subwoofer that gets pretty low. So I decided to get a"boombox" bandpass enclosure for the heck of it.

I'm sayin yung, dis joint puts out some lows, I mean chest kickin, bone shakin, subsonics. Nam sayin. . . . Just depends on what you are trying to achieve. Now if these mugs were in a sealed enclosure, they would have a lot of up front knock and clear bass, but I am pretty much OK on that with my other 9 speakers. Ya dig what the rock is cookin . . . . . . . . .

Hahaha....your kidding right?

 

[DCMax22 10+ year member]

Hahaha....your kidding right?

Kidding about what?

 

[BDIDDY 10+ year member]

Kidding about what?

Your subs...

Sony + Bandpass = [no]

 

[DCMax22 10+ year member]

Your subs...
Sony + Bandpass = [no]

Then what are the best 15" subs for bandpass, since I made a goofy mistake?