Need sub advice

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

Well ****, learned something new today. I didnt realize that when you went ported it has to be "tuned" to the speaker. I thought you just went with appropriate volume for either sealed and ported and all boxes created equal kind of thing.
Ok obviously I need some more advice on whether to go sealed or ported. Most of my music is like Linkin Park type stuff but I do enjoy dropping in something with a little bass and being able to have that nice drop and pound on it for a while.

Which should I go with and if I go ported...how the hell do I find a box built properly?

subs do have a recommended tuning frequency, but that doesn't mean that building a box with a little different port tuning will sound bad. most subs will perform just fine in a box tuned between 30-40 hz. there are even reasons to go lower or higher than that, depending on what you are trying to accomplish. finding a box, unless you have it custom built, will be difficult. prefabs are almost always too small, and the port is almost always tuned too high for music. don't go cheap on the box, or any sub will sound like every other sub in a crap box. better off to get a cheaper sub, and a better box.

 

[Zimak 10+ year member]

Ok I'm with you still.

So basically get a pre fabbed sealed or learn to build a box?

 

[GregU 10+ year member]

Ok I'm with you still.
So basically get a pre fabbed sealed or learn to build a box?

Yup.

If your trying to recover space, you may really want to consider a sealed enclosure. Generally, it will be atleast half the required space of a ported enclosure.

A lot of peolpe on here will tell you to port it to get more SPL out of it while still retaining some SQ, personally I like the SQ of sealed boxes, even if it sacrafices some SPL, I'm all about SQ. I've already been there and done the whole SPL thing.

Totally up to you though. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Zimak 10+ year member]

Thanks a lot.

Gonna order that RE and a sealed box this evening and see how she goes.

....ok one more question, something about amps that I've never been able to figure out.

My P6001 says:

300X1 at 4 ohms

600X1 at 2 ohms

And it has 2 speaker outputs.

A + -

B + -

...so when I do get my one, RE 12 in its box and ready to hook up since its a DVC speaker (my first) how do I connect it properly?

 

[Zimak 10+ year member]

Well...****... I missed the sale.

Jacked the price up on me!

http://www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/re-audio-se12d4-12-600w-rms-dual-4-ohm-voice-coil-se-series-sub-16508.html

 

[drumman8524 10+ year member]

Well...****... I missed the sale.
Jacked the price up on me!

http://www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/re-audio-se12d4-12-600w-rms-dual-4-ohm-voice-coil-se-series-sub-16508.html

Are you sure? i just checked and it is showing up $99 for me

 

[Zimak 10+ year member]

Cool its back! Ordering right the hell now!