magnet out on a seald box?

[mile098 10+ year member]

i was just wondering is there any difference in sound if i reverse the sub on a sealed box?? i know i have to reverse the polarity and i know if its a vented ox that i gain on the box volume and lower the tunning but i need to know on the sealed ones..

thnx

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[Propimp 10+ year member]

no diffrence, you MIGHT hear a little bit more mech noise, and you'll have no sub displacement

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

You would gain a bit on box volume but not an amount that would result in a significant sound difference. I assume you are planning to do that for the *** appeal of staring at a rear end?

 

[mile098 10+ year member]

k i know that, but wanna make the box as small as posible cuz ill be using that sub just for kick....anyone think differently?

edit: ^^ yea sort of in addition to the previously stated reason

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

i was just wondering is there any difference in sound if i reverse the sub on a sealed box?? i know i have to reverse the polarity and i know if its a vented ox that i gain on the box volume and lower the tunning but i need to know on the sealed ones..
thnx

You actually only have to reverse the polarity on the driver if you are running two isobarically mounted. IE one mounted normally then one mounted reversed on top of it...in which case if both were playing w/ normally polarity they would fire at each other. Reverse the polarity on one and they set up like a push/pull deal. They both move the same direction, just one in and one out.

Reverse mounting pretty much gives you a minimal amount of extra air space inside the enclosure, not large enough to notice much if anything.

 

[mile098 10+ year member]

^^in a sealed box???dunno tried it b4 on vented plays better when i reverse it...

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

^^in a sealed box???dunno tried it b4 on vented plays better when i reverse it...

Yes in a sealed box.

Could be a phasing issue w/ your port and driver...yes they can be out of phase, and reversing the polarity on your sub fixed the issue.

 

[mile098 10+ year member]

dunno could be...ill try it both ways and see..thnx guys for the help, and i dont think mechanical noise will be an issue but thnx 4 the heads up...

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Personally, I would rather be in phase than 180* out of phase - especially in a vehicle. Reversing the polarity of the inverted sub would be my choice.