How to get more lowws from my Rl-p

[hardhitta47 10+ year member]

Okay, thanks. When I get my new amp I'll try my sub in a sealed box and compare the two. Then I'll see which one I like better.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

try to get a system q of about .7 or a bit lower, someone on here can design a box to do that.

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

hmmm..ill have to try that "Cross the Line" and see what happens.....but maybe u are to picky haha....i mean hittin the low note the loudest in Throw it Up is pretty low tunin......but i know how u feel....love the lows..always need more

So like i said first and everyone jumped on...haha.......j/k...but more power good luck

 

[carguy83 10+ year member]

try to get a system q of about .7 or a bit lower, someone on here can design a box to do that.

I emailed mike at SS regarding that .7 alignment, and he didn't recommend it for the RLp-15. So I just stuck with his recommendations for a 2.0 net sealed for my RL-p15, and the sub gets really low.

To the original poster, I would aim for 2.0-2.2 NET box volume if you're going to experiment with a sealed enclosure for your RLp. Output won't be as high as your ported box, but the lows I get are pretty nice.

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

Box size and tuning can really be different between cars, I had one car that had nothing but low end on a 2 cubed box tuned to 30 hz and then I would put that box in another car and it would sound completely different. To hit the low note on Throw it up you with authority you will not be able to do this with a box tuned around 35 hz. You need a box that is on the large size of what the manuf. recommends and tuned around 28-30 hz. You can go sealed in a box with a QTC around .6 but it will not get as low as a large ported box tuned low.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

a large sealed should get as low, or lower than a low tuned ported, just not as loud

 

[joebangaa 10+ year member]

but the fact that it isn't as loud is very deceiving to the ears... especially since hardly any songs go low enough to really take advantage of the inherent characteristics of an acoustic suspension enclosure....

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

a large sealed should get as low, or lower than a low tuned ported, just not as loud

true, but with a ported box you can control where you have the "extra output" which is nice if you have a car that has a huge cabin gain around 55 hz then you can tune low to conter that or if your car has a huge cabin gain around 25 hz you can tune higher. You can do similar things with a sealed but your options are either a bigger box or a smaller box. I usually play a sub in a sealed box with a Qtc of around .7 and listen to several songs and then I build a ported box and tune it depending on how the sealed reacted in my car.