i was wondering which will sound louder

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

i heard some say if i put my sub in the rec. sealed enclosure it will sound louder (0.85 cu. ft.) and then there are other people that are like it doesnt matter what they say a ported box is goin to be louder whats ur oppinion. thx:veryhapp: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

plz people help me out

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[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

ported is louder

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Ported is louder- WHEN DONE PROPERLY!

If you stick a tube in a sealed box you aren't going to always get the best result. YOu have to consider waht you are doing.

I guess as a general rule, the more SPL you want is the higher you tune your box to the resonant or nominal (i dunno //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif) freq of the woofer . Howevwer, the more listening value you want (more important than you may think) the lower (down to 20 to 18htz) you may tune. THe lowest I have heard is 28htz though.

BTW, If I don;t get corrected on this, this forum has gone to hell, LOL.

What is your situation, waht are you working with???

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

i just purchased a orion p12d4 (500watts rms and 1000 watts max) with an audiobahn A8000t amp (800watts rms x1 @2 ohms)

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

oh yeah by the way if im gion to have a ported box it cant be larger than 1.5cu.ft cause i really dont want to take up my whole trunk and the port would be set at the rec. 40hz for the sub.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif by the thank u very much for the help

 

[redswingline 10+ year member]

ported

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ok ok ok, I have a question. I have also heard that......sealed can SOUND LOUDER TO THE EAR...but ported will put up better numbers...can THAT be true??

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

ya ported at 40hz is gonna be loud, but also sound like ***. i wouldnt go much higher than 36hz.

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

so even if i had a rec. sealed box compared to a NON rec ported box set at rec. 4 hz. the ported box will still be louder. lol that was a mouth full. thx for the comments everybody

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

40 hz sry

 

[imaspaceguy90 10+ year member]

Ported.

 

[Big-Cat 10+ year member]

oh yeah and im a noob so how do i set a box at say 35 hz anyways. like that doesnt have to do with my amp does it

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

just pay someone for plans or to just build your box for you all together

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Ported is louder- WHEN DONE PROPERLY!
If you stick a tube in a sealed box you aren't going to always get the best result. YOu have to consider waht you are doing.

Amen.

You also have to consider that most ported enclosure will only benefit the frequency around the tuning freq. You can have a box tuned to 40hz and it'll sound loud around there, but once you go down to 25hz or whatever, I'm sure the Sealed enclosure has no trouble keeping up.

A ported box will usually roll-off earlier (one or the other) than a sealed box.

So really, we can't say ported will always be louder because if we were to consider the whole bandwidth, we'll realize only certain frequency will be louder.