How do you all feel about metal and ported boxes?

[Chrisrizzy]

I finally got some metal loaded onto my phone as I was looking to add variety to my phone's music collection and I decided to give it a try in my car. My 12 Kappa is in a 1.0 cuft sealed box and it's performance with metal disappointed me. I listened to some Trivium and Bullet for my Valentine and I expected the bass to give me a decent thump in the body but it just failed to deliver. Hell, I even popped in Metallica's black album and it was the same way. The bass came out clean but I felt that it just blended... Yet, I can go to regular rock such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and get a little bump with that.

I'm planning a 30hz tuned ported box build more for the rap and edm I listen to, but how do you guys feel about ported and metal? Do you really feel it in your body with a well built ported enclosure?

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[MANTI5 10+ year member]

Source? Mp3, flac, cd? Also the actual recording can make a difference. Sometimes you may expect sub bass while the abundance of the track is mid bass.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

metal is more towards sealed enclosures, but have heard of people running ported for metal.

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

The sealed for fast bass, ported for slower bass is a myth.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

It's more about midbass like said before. Upper end sub bass but the harmonics are midbass.

 

[Chrisrizzy]

I use MP3s but the Metallica was the actual CD and that had the least bass. If it's midbass like you guys are saying, will the amp to my comps and Roadkill on the doors really help me feel it (adding those very soon)?

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

The sealed for fast bass, ported for slower bass is a myth.

Really? Didn't know there was "fast bass" for either enclosure.

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

Really? Didn't know there was "fast bass" for either enclosure.

Some people call metal fast bass and hip hop slow bass.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I use MP3s but the Metallica was the actual CD and that had the least bass. If it's midbass like you guys are saying, will the amp to my comps and Roadkill on the doors really help me feel it (adding those very soon)?

A kick drums fundamental is around 60-400hz

 

[MANTI5 10+ year member]

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[Chrisrizzy]

Yes, but I would think metal's kick bass would be in the 60-100 hz, correct?

MANTI5: Thanks for the link. I checked them out briefly, but will do so more thoroughly.

 

[Flipper245]

The black album actually has a lot of lower bass in it but you might have to turn your levels up on your sub for it to come in stronger. Their is some crazy bass guitar hidden in their.

 

[Chrisrizzy]

By low do you mean under 30hz? My gains have all been set with the multimeter and volume was plenty high and I don't hear/ feel much bass, it just blends. Do you have a remastered version or something?

 

[EnvoyDenalii]

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[Chrisrizzy]

just get that fade to black decaf //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Once the ported box is done lol