Figgerin out a sub box?

[LWW 10+ year member]

When a size is listed for a sealed sub box are the using the total internal size of the box alone or are they using the remaining box size with the sub installed?

If it is with the sub installed how can one quickly determine the volume of an 8" or 10" sub alone so that the total box volume can be derived?

Also how important is the SHAPE of the box? My particular design will be roughly the same in width and height but pretty shallow and may need to slope in at both ends?

Lastly what is the best material for SQ? I have seen many using MDF but I doubt it would taking an accidental bang as well as wood.

Thanks in advance for all the help.

PEACE

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[spiffy182 10+ year member]

i dont know much about building sub boxes but go to this sight, http://www.xtant.com/html/techSupport/enclosures.cfm

they have some good info on that shit.

i hope it helps

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

a: your a dummy if it's gonna take an accidental bang......boxes should always be bolted

down....

B: MDF if the only wood you should use for making your box, and after you are done it should be strong enough to jump on it....you could do fiberglass if you wanted...glass looke better and takes less to be as strong as 3/4 mdf....

C:box shape don't matter, as long as you get your airspace needed, i usually just build it to EXAMPLE .4 cubes for my 8, then just stick the 8 in there.......that little amount of space taken up by the magnet aint no big deal....