low (22Hz) port tuning in real world trunk applications

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I'm looking at a pair of AP Epic 12 d4 woofers.

WinIsd says I should tune these babies at a

nice deep 22Hz in a reasonable 3.75 cu ft.

I was wondering about the real world application

of such a low tuning, many woofers can tune that low.

Most manufacturers still recommend 28-32 Hz even though

that graphs a little peaky for thier woofer. The same peak

happens for the Epic 12's if tuned higher.

So what is the real world result for a very flat response down

to 22 Hz (basically 20 Hz @ -3db). Does a slightly higher tuning

end up sounding better (say 28 - 32 Hz), or only louder?

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[86yota 10+ year member]

I would never tune that low... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Sounds like it would only be good to act as like a home theater sound, and not musical ,if that makes any sense

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I've never heard of a lower tuning characterized as less musical?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

It's very possible and it can easily work if you're looking for a wide sub range without a ton of total output.

Many manufacturers recommend higher tunings using the trade of of bandwidth for output. Tuning higher will give you higher output over a smaller range while tuning lower will decrease total output but extend your range.

It can be very musical and more so than a system that cannot get down that low or one that is very peaky in a narrow spectrum.

It's really all in your listening preference.

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

yea higher you tune, realistically the less musical it gets, because your output is peakier and drops off earlier and it becomes more and more good for just a single note the higher you get

it sounds like you'd be happy with a 22hz tuning

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

ima tune to 2hz...top that!

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

ima tune to 2hz...top that!

1 hZ ha i win

 

[Alpineforever 10+ year member]

0hz *****es, with my 4 single one ohm subs at 0 ohms final

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

1 hZ ha i win

fuck

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

fuck

could've just said .5hz

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

0hz *****es, with my 4 single one ohm subs at 0 ohms final

haha that didnt take long //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

once you get down to 1hz or 2hz tuning it would be like having a sealed box type output

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

im tune to sealed!

 

[TreyE 10+ year member]

lol this thread went down the shitter quick

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I got 2 people saying it's okay and one that it's less

musical //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

And don't forget the folks having fun, which I don't mind at

all btw.

Anybody else?