Pre-Fab Sealed Vs. Custom Sealed.

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Ok, Well I can see the beef with pre-fab ported/vented/and bandpass enclosures.

But what is the problem with pre-fab sealed enclosures?

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[SHOemup233 10+ year member]

My friend is about to throw 2 RE SE's in a 2 cube sealed enclosure - exactly what they want. And I was wondering the same thing.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

for sealed as long as it's built tough then why not. no reason it would sound/perform worse.

i actually took a good sealed prefab box and custom ported it. works perfect.

 

[tee 10+ year member]

I bought a prefab sealed box because I didn't want to go through the trouble of carpeting. It also looked pretty nice too. I don't see how it would've have affected anything differently if I built one instead. Just make sure you get the right measurements first.

 

[Sparks]

some pre-fab boxes are only held together by glue.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

some pre-fab boxes are only held together by glue.

That's a bad thing? What should they be held together with???

If the pre fab is the right size and glued/sealed properly it should be just fine...

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

for sealed as long as it's built tough then why not. no reason it would sound/perform worse.
i actually took a good sealed prefab box and custom ported it. works perfect.

yes as long as it meets your spec and its built well then there is no reason why not to run a prefab but most prefabs are built like crap

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

some pre-fab boxes are only held together by glue.

the glue is what holds it toghter.

you can take the screws out and the glue will hold

 

[Sparks]

That's a bad thing? What should they be held together with???
If the pre fab is the right size and glued/sealed properly it should be just fine...

errr, screws.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I would make sure it's 3/4" MDF.

Even then very few pre-fabs are made to handle a 60+ lb

2000 Watt woofer. But I'm not in that market so pre-fab is

fine with me on sealed.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

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