Ported and Sealed amp question

[Demi 10+ year member]

Okay there is something i dont understand. Does damage to a sub occur when the sub bottoms out and when its over extened, or can too many watts damage a sub by themselves. What i mean is I want to put my 3 10" type Rs in a sealed box, can i add more power than what they are rated at with them in a sealed box without damaging them? If so how much?

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Okay there is something i dont understand. Does damage to a sub occur when the sub bottoms out and when its over extened

Yes and yes.

or can too many watts damage a sub by themselves.

If you overdrive them to the point that you are exceeding the drivers' mechanical and/or thermal limits then yes, that can cause damage as well.

What i mean is I want to put my 3 10" type Rs in a sealed box, can i add more power than what they are rated at with them in a sealed box without damaging them? If so how much?

For starters let me say that I do not know from personal experience but the majority of people that have tried Type Rs in a sealed application reported less than impressive results. Your experience may vary but I just thought I would toss that in for an //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gifSecondly most people also report giving Rs more than they are rated for without problems but like everything else there are limits. I cannot say with any degree of certainty how much would be too much, though.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

I got a questoon pertaining to this subject. If sealed boxes can allow a sub to handle more power this means that more power is needed to make the sub have the same excursion as less power in a ported box...but......when I put my hand over my port on my box my sub seems the move ALOT more why is this?

 

[Demi 10+ year member]

Well for me, loud is important, but not nearly as much as it is to alot of people here. I dont compete, i listen to music. Right now they are in a sealed box, its not sealed as well as it could be, but its sealed, and two 10s on 600w rms gives me 3" travel on my backdash. I want it to be a bit louder, thats why im adding another sub and more power, but i dont want to lose the punchy sound that im getting close to now.