my ported vs. sealed thread.

[BOOKER 10+ year member]

yes port the w3's but tune it low and they will sound sweet
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I have the plan to build a wedge shaped slot ported enclosure tuned at 32 Hz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

I think it's a good sql tune frequency, what do u think?

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

I think you got confused on which box size for each application, 4 cu ft ported and 3.5 cu ft sealed makes a lot more sense.

nope i got it right--2 cf per sub sealed is the max recommended by the manufacturer, and JMAC from this forum designed my ported box based off of my space constraints and the manufacturers specs.

 

[DFW40 10+ year member]

You are both wrong and right, first it depends on the freq or the kick drum, some are lower and some are higher. If you have the midbass/subbass blended together and the phases of the different speakers correctly matched to the ear you will have a hard time noticing where either is coming from. forgive thy spelling

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Sorry man ... I couldn't get anything that looked good ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif IIRC, I went with the maximum amount of internal volume (~3.5 ft^3) you had and the same tuning because it was only slightly less volume than the manufacturer's recommendation ...
Mechanical power handling should be much worse in the 2 ft^3/sub sealed enclosure ...

i got no problems with the box you designed---as a matter of fact it sounds great. i just decided to do a nice trick set-up and thought i would experiment along the way. I'll be building another ported box tomorrow that will fit the space i decided on.