HOw many of you use polyfill in ported enclosures?

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What would you call best quality sound and loudest all around setup?

Someone who was really confused.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I have never used polyfill before, ever...

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

Someone who was really confused.

I think you're confused, I basically asked what you would call an all around performer and you tell me I'm confused? Is it impossible to make a ported box that performs decent overall for daily driving?

You know, I hate douchebags like you who come into threads with nothing to add, not even comic relief.

This is the only the second box I have built. Just trying to find out if people commonly use polyfill in their ported enclosures. This was my first slot port, first carpeted, first time working with mdf, and first one where I actually knew enough to make it the recommended volume and tuning exactly.

That right there isn't the greatest box, but it's measured exactly to spec and isn't half bad for someones first attempt at that shit alone with NO local help and figuring that shit out strictly from help online. It's probably better than your second box, shittttt maybe even what you're rocking right now!

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

I have to remove my sub frequently for spl testing and with it being square I can't rotate it. I've found that threads in the wood will last longer when tightening the screws by hand.

Use hex screws and hurricane nuts. Never again will you need new holes or worry about messing up the box taking the sub out.

Done.

 

[Betrayer00GT 10+ year member]

ok, i should have just stated SQ or daily performer than. What would you call best quality sound and loudest all around setup?

Mutually exclusive?

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Your box looks well built. I am going the fiberglass route, but I am starting off with a temp MDF enclosure, just to verify the size/tune before committing it to fiberglass. It has been a while since I have made an MDF box, and yours seems to have come out rather a lot better than my "temporary" one.

I think what people really want to know is more exact detail. For example:

"I am using a in a box tuned at , and I plan to put through it. Here is the box plan. Does anyone think I should be using polyfil in this enclosure?"

I understand that you are interested in whether it is a "common practice" to use polyfil in a ported box, but that is kinda irrelevant. I know, personally, my "common practice" is to use what is best in a particular situation. That may require testing/adjusting polyfil usage, or not using any at all. It depends.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Imma is right, the poll is worthless. I have before, and will again in the future, but it depends on the application. You need to put it in pillows on the inside, not just loose.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I think you're confused, I basically asked what you would call an all around performer and you tell me I'm confused? Is it impossible to make a ported box that performs decent overall for daily driving?
You know, I hate douchebags like you who come into threads with nothing to add, not even comic relief.

This is the only the second box I have built. Just trying to find out if people commonly use polyfill in their ported enclosures. This was my first slot port, first carpeted, first time working with mdf, and first one where I actually knew enough to make it the recommended volume and tuning exactly.

That right there isn't the greatest box, but it's measured exactly to spec and isn't half bad for someones first attempt at that shit alone with NO local help and figuring that shit out strictly from help online. It's probably better than your second box, shittttt maybe even what you're rocking right now!

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif:laugh://content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif:laugh: Oh wow, you have no idea who you're talking to.
Anyway, you really should take a minute, calm down, and realize that what you're posting makes little to no sense. You ask us to tell you about whether or not we use polyfill, and it's all situation based. We say that, you get mad. You ask a vague question comparing two independent things (SPL and sound quality) as the same thing, and we call you on it and get mad again. What are you actually looking for from this thread? You're insulting members like frosty who have more audio experience (not to mention the power to ban your *** forever) in an eyelash than you'll ever have, and then post pictures of something to prove your point which were taken with a 1896 bellows camera. Just step back and realize you're not only making zero sense, but are also asking to get a one-way ticket to Ban street.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I think you're confused, I basically asked what you would call an all around performer and you tell me I'm confused? Is it impossible to make a ported box that performs decent overall for daily driving?
You know, I hate douchebags like you who come into threads with nothing to add, not even comic relief.

Unless you've been on any other forums I'm on, I don't know you and you don't know me...so calling me a "douchebag" is pretty uncalled for.

Calling something an "all-around performer" is meaningless - either you have a substage that gets very loud, sounds very good, or some compromise in between - once again, your first statement is one that's confusing, because it can't happen. They're just mutually exclusive as was mentioned before. Decide what your goals are and go from there, but realize that you aren't going to get the best of every world. That's what I was pointing out.

It's probably better than your second box, shittttt maybe even what you're rocking right now!

Once again, you have no idea what I've done...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

I'm an all-around performer. My substage gets quite loud when it wants to and can really hit the lows - nice, tight, and fast. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I only used fill once in a ported and even then it wasn't poly. I used owens corning insulation. The only reason I used it for a ported in this instance was because the cabinet was a center channel and will reproduce more than bass. So I used it to eliminate gremlins, because I hear those green ****ers hate fiberglass insulation.

In a strictly sub bass cabinet it isn't needed unless you need it to give the effect that the enclosure is larger than it is. If you build the enclosure to spec, then why are you trying to make it behave bigger? Just make a bigger box!

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I have to remove my sub frequently for spl testing and with it being square I can't rotate it. I've found that threads in the wood will last longer when tightening the screws by hand.

Werd! Threaded inserts or T-nuts FTW.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

That is probably the most fundamentally flawed sentence I've read in a while.

Sounds like he just wants it all dammit!

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I think you're confused, I basically asked what you would call an all around performer and you tell me I'm confused? Is it impossible to make a ported box that performs decent overall for daily driving?
You know, I hate douchebags like you who come into threads with nothing to add, not even comic relief.

This is the only the second box I have built. Just trying to find out if people commonly use polyfill in their ported enclosures. This was my first slot port, first carpeted, first time working with mdf, and first one where I actually knew enough to make it the recommended volume and tuning exactly.

That right there isn't the greatest box, but it's measured exactly to spec and isn't half bad for someones first attempt at that shit alone with NO local help and figuring that shit out strictly from help online. It's probably better than your second box, shittttt maybe even what you're rocking right now!

Don't be E-thuggin on my Frosty!

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like he just wants it all dammit!

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif So do I.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I'm an all-around performer. My substage gets quite loud when it wants to and can really hit the lows - nice, tight, and fast. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Fast bass = Treble //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif