Going Ported. Upgrade Or Downgrade???

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Right now I have 2 10 Inch JBL Power Series on a jbl gt1201.1 amp. They are sealed with about .85 cubes each. Sometimes they dont have enough hit or bass for me. I listen to mainly rap and they miss that deep low end most of the time. Would porting one of the tens in about 1.4-1.7 cubes @ 30-34 hz be better for me?

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[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

fo sho

especially with rap music

install dependent, but alot of the time, 1 ported is louder than 2 sealed, speaking in terms of the exact same model subs.

why not use both?

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

those lows are gonna get a LOT louder

 

[mtdewelf 10+ year member]

i hope you don't mean porting 1 and leaving the other sealed, that would be no fun.

if only using 1 to save room then i think you'd enjoy it, but don't sell other 1 incase you wanna go back.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

no, sealed boxes get lower.ported boxes can be louder at tuneing. turn your ssf off, x over at 60 and turn gains up.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Ok yea I will probably do that then.

I would use both of them and I do have a design ready but that would take up my entire trunk and leave no space at all.

And I would only port one and sell the other one.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

those lows are gonna get a LOT louder

Totally dependant on the design...tune low and yes...they will be a lot louder //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

well, he said he's tuning to 30hz

there's no way he has flat response that low in that sealed box

not only that, but that ported box isn't big enough to give flat response that low either, so it's gonna get a LOT louder if he's going from a rolloff to a peak in the same freq. range

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

well, he said he's tuning to 30hz
there's no way he has flat response that low in that sealed box

not only that, but that ported box isn't big enough to give flat response that low either, so it's gonna get a LOT louder if he's going from a rolloff to a peak in the same freq. range

Ok so ported is sounding a lot better right now.

http://jbl.com/car/products/product_detail.aspx?prod=P1024&cat=SUB&ser=POS&language=ENG&country=US&region=USA

JBL recommends 1.25 cuft @ 33 hz. 1.5 cuft sounds better to me. Still dont know what tuning would be best for me tho. I want the lows to hit. Sound good but still get it loud. Maybe 32?

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

I think you would be better off someone designing a box for you...its really worth it and I wish I had done it this time around for my 15...

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Ok so ported is sounding a lot better right now.
http://jbl.com/car/products/product_detail.aspx?prod=P1024&cat=SUB&ser=POS&language=ENG&country=US&region=USA

JBL recommends 1.25 cuft @ 33 hz. 1.5 cuft sounds better to me. Still dont know what tuning would be best for me tho. I want the lows to hit. Sound good but still get it loud. Maybe 32?

Go with JBL's recommendation if you aren't sure of what you want. A 33hz tuning will get plenty low. Design a box according to those specs and you won't be dissapointed.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

O yea I never design the box on my own. I doubt I will go with the JBL recommendation... it seems to small.

Moe Lester is the one that hooks me up wit the designs.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Finished box



Other sub in my room

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Havent really tested out the single sub in the ported box. Its 1.75 @ 32 HZ by the way. Tmrw I will know how it sounds.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

looks beastly,review FTW!!