Ported Boxes....

[dkim1385 10+ year member]

I just bought a single 12" Q-logic ported box from Best Buy. However, it is not ported yet. Am I supposed to cut a hole through the box to make it ported? Also, is it a good idea to port the box for a rockford fosgate HE sub? Or should I just leave it sealed without any ports? Which would be the better?

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[Inferno13 10+ year member]

well its not "ported yet" because you bought a sealed box. for a RF if you were leaning more towards spl then you should have bought the pored but the sealed will give you more sq. It depends on which one you prefer. if i were going to buy a sub like that id buy a ported box cause id go all out spl. but different strokes for deifferent folks.

 

[kithut84 10+ year member]

those boxes have a port plug if it is a type 2 or 3 box. take the sub out and look into the box and find where it is, then just cut the carpet on the outside. you might want to call q-logic first and find out exactly how to do it

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

putting a RF HE or HE2 in a ported box is a stupid thing to do. not only do they sound a hell of a lot better in sealed but also blow extremly easy in a ported box. they sound horrible and are not worth the effort to put them in a ported box b/c it will do worse than it would good.

adam