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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 4077794" data-attributes="member: 549629">I stated the enclosure dictates it moreso than the speaker, and you disagreed. *shrug* First off, you are comparing an ideal situation, to a compromise. That does not set the norm. Second of all, one of the first projects we did at the installer school I attended years ago was to build an enclosure for a small speaker (3.5&quot; iirc). It wouldn&#039;t shake windows, but yes it hit the low notes. A valuable lesson was learned that day.My point was, spend 20% of your time worrying about which brand name of sub you purchase, and 80% of your time designing/building the right enclosure, placing it properly, tuning it correctly, etc... (namely, spend more time on install than brand choice) and you can&#039;t hardly go wrong. However, spend 80% of your time finding that one speaker whose specs make your shorts stiff, and 20% of your time on the install, as per the normk around here these days... and you&#039;ll likely end up with a mediocre system.&quot;The performance of an enclosure volume and tuning depend entirely on the sub used in the enclosure. You can&#039;t just say build a box to this volume and tuning and any sub you throw in it will work well. &quot;I believe you are misinterpreting this quote. Helo is not stating the speaker choice is phenomenally important, he&#039;s stating enclosure requirements change per speaker/situation, therefore its not a &#039;one box fits all&#039; situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 4077794, member: 549629"] I stated the enclosure dictates it moreso than the speaker, and you disagreed. *shrug* First off, you are comparing an ideal situation, to a compromise. That does not set the norm. Second of all, one of the first projects we did at the installer school I attended years ago was to build an enclosure for a small speaker (3.5" iirc). It wouldn't shake windows, but yes it hit the low notes. A valuable lesson was learned that day. My point was, spend 20% of your time worrying about which brand name of sub you purchase, and 80% of your time designing/building the right enclosure, placing it properly, tuning it correctly, etc... (namely, spend more time on install than brand choice) and you can't hardly go wrong. However, spend 80% of your time finding that one speaker whose specs make your shorts stiff, and 20% of your time on the install, as per the normk around here these days... and you'll likely end up with a mediocre system. "[I]The performance of an enclosure volume and tuning depend entirely on the sub used in the enclosure. You can't just say build a box to this volume and tuning and any sub you throw in it will work well. [/I]" I believe you are misinterpreting this quote. Helo is not stating the speaker choice is phenomenally important, he's stating enclosure requirements change per speaker/situation, therefore its not a 'one box fits all' situation. [/QUOTE]

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