Is it ok to put midbass speakers in a sealed enclosure?

[FSUNole17 10+ year member]

i want to put some midbass speakers in their each small sealed enclosure due to space savings and i dont want to cut in my car and i was wondering if doing this will adversely effect the performance of the speaker.

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

go for it

 

[1972chevelle 10+ year member]

I have the same kind of problem. Because im putting my system in my 72 chevelle and its white leather i dont wanna cut any of the doors up. So im not sure how im going to put my componets or mid bass in my car? any body have any ideas?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Totally depends on the speaker in question. Some speakers (including midbass) are optimized to perform in infinite baffle setups (i.e. no box), because they were designed to work in car doors or on rear-decks. These speakers would likely not perform well in a small sealed enviorment.

Other speakers, such as the RE XXX mids, would work well in a small sealed enclosure.

Also, where do you plan on placing these midbass speakers? As mentioned in the other thread, you don't want your main midbass speakers behind you.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I have the same kind of problem. Because im putting my system in my 72 chevelle and its white leather i dont wanna cut any of the doors up. So im not sure how im going to put my componets or mid bass in my car? any body have any ideas?

Either make door pods out of fiberglass that go on top of the door and attach in a non-permanent way (like via velcro or something), or make kickpanels.

 

[1972chevelle 10+ year member]

ok thanks

 

[1972chevelle 10+ year member]

How come its bad to put them behind you ?

 

[1972chevelle 10+ year member]

oops i guess i missed the other thread.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

How come its bad to put them behind you ?

Because you want the sound to radiate from in front of you for proper imaging and such. Correlate it to a concert; when you go to a live concert, does the band stand behind you or infront of you??

 

[1972chevelle 10+ year member]

yea good point.

 

[loserpunk 10+ year member]

Because you want the sound to radiate from in front of you for proper imaging and such. Correlate it to a concert; when you go to a live concert, does the band stand behind you or infront of you??

it's just too bad i don't have a porsche so i can get my sub state up front as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

it's just too bad i don't have a porsche so i can get my sub state up front as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You don't need a Porsche.....just need to get creative //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

haha ive seen 10" subs in kickpods before..

thats creative..

or the one blazer with fiberglass enclosure for a 8w7 on the top liner thing near the rear view mirror...and 4 13w7's in a wall behind him

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[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

haha ive seen 10" subs in kickpods before..
thats creative..

or the one blazer with fiberglass enclosure for a 8w7 on the top liner thing near the rear view mirror...and 4 13w7's in a wall behind him

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

got pics of that?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Earl something-or-other had a 15" sub in each of his kicks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif If I could get my blasted scanner to work (PC won't recognize it for some reason), I'd scan in the pics for ya.