POrt area for 4 SA-8's ?

[Bama Shadow 10+ year member]

I am thinking of trying 4 SA-8's but I'm not sure I have enough room for the port. My opening is 38x11 and subs and port will both be there, facing foward. This would leave me with 40-45 sq in or port area for the 2.4 cu ft enclosure after displacement/port. Power will be 2000 watts RMS. Will this be enough port area tuned to 33hz ?

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[Bama Shadow 10+ year member]

sorry for the double post, please delete one mods

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

That should work out ok, albeit a little on the small side considering the fact that you have four SA-8's. I don't know if you did it this way, but if you stagger the subs you can get some more room for the port on one side.

 

[Bama Shadow 10+ year member]

Well i was planning on a center port in a T shape. Not sure if staggering would help much with my limited space.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Putting the port to one side and staggering the subs will give you that little extra space for some more port. The SA-8 is a pretty capable woofer to be using in .6ft^3, so the usual "12-16in^2 per ft^3" isn't really applicable in this case. I like to use about 12-15in^2 per SA-8, if possible.

 

[Bama Shadow 10+ year member]

Thanx Ram, I'll have to do some figuring and see what I can come up with.