Porting Type X Subs?

[Alpine CDA-9815 10+ year member]

Even though these subs are pretty much meant to be sealed I'm thinking of porting them low (28-30Hz). I would like to get the extra db's from porting, but don't want to lose that much SQ.

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[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

ummmm... ...ok.

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

Exs has a 12" type x ported and he haid its really loud and sitll holds its sq so i wouldnt worry bout it.but hes the onyl person i knwo of porting a type x anyone else got an opinion?

 

[ExS 10+ year member]

go with port. You will still have SQ.

 

[Alpine CDA-9815 10+ year member]

Well by looking at the specs, this sub is best suited for sealed enclosures. This is why I'm asking this question. My bud has these subs in a custom fiberglass sealed install and they are one of the better sounding subs I have heard yet. So I don't want to lose a lot of SQ by porting them. ExS what is yours tuned to, and how many watts RMS do you have going to it? I'm doing 2 12's and they will each have a MRD-M1005.

 

[FOSGATE JOE 10+ year member]

why so low of a tune //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif i have all so learnd on here that too low of a tune will give you bad sq too imo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Alpine CDA-9815 10+ year member]

Low tune=good sq, high tune=SPL/bad sq.

 

[MikeS 10+ year member]

not to hijack too much, but how much less SQ will you experience when porting a sub?

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

not very noticable at all. It all depends on the enclosure. It'll just be a bit louder and you won;t very much notice the SQ difference. But thats only if you make hte perfect sealed and ported enclosures //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif