Question for people that like ported..

[Insupasmomsom01]

so the whole point of this thread is that the OP wants to go from sealed to ported and wants advice on whether he should do it or not? Well, OP what kind of music do you listen to? And have you ever heard ported before?

 

[MTX520 10+ year member]

so the whole point of this thread is that the OP wants to go from sealed to ported and wants advice on whether he should do it or not? Well, OP what kind of music do you listen to? And have you ever heard ported before?

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[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

so the whole point of this thread is that the OP wants to go from sealed to ported and wants advice on whether he should do it or not? Well, OP what kind of music do you listen to? And have you ever heard ported before?

Yes, he has...it says in the first post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Infinite Baffle will be my next setup, sealed is my current.

Ported is good for that note you are trying to hit, but anything under tuning frequency is blah.

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

so the whole point of this thread is that the OP wants to go from sealed to ported and wants advice on whether he should do it or not? Well, OP what kind of music do you listen to? And have you ever heard ported before?

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Lets model this up and let him choose.

I'm going with IB next also, just because it's easier, I'm lazy, and FI has those new subs out.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

X3
Lets model this up and let him choose.

I'm going with IB next also, just because it's easier, I'm lazy, and FI has those new subs out.

Yea, I havent seen anyone using them yet...i'd like to have a listen

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Yes, he has...it says in the first post //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Thanks!

Basically I would like the have the increased output of ported, but I dont want to lose the LOW LOW stuff. I was thinking it was possibly something I was doing wrong, but I guess thats just how a ported enclosure is.

I dont have the space for a 22hz tuned box for two 12's and if I did I would probably run two 15's or 18's sealed instead.

Bass I love You is the song I chose because its popular, and has really low content. I wanted to see if the every day guy that runs ported can hear these notes that I speak of.

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

X3
Lets model this up and let him choose.

I'm going with IB next also, just because it's easier, I'm lazy, and FI has those new subs out.

I was thinking of trying IB also..

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

Bass I love You is the song I chose because its popular, and has really low content. I wanted to see if the every day guy that runs ported can hear these notes that I speak of.

Most likely not. The right ported enclosure could play them very well, but would also be very large, t-lines and horns could also play those notes better than sealed, but would be even larger than a ported box.

(a classic, but useful)

Small, Low, Loud.

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

(a classic, but useful)

Small, Low, Loud.

^True

Also true:

"Once you experience serious pressure at the 15-20hz range, it can be very addicting and pleasing, and porting at 20hz would just be ridiculous down there compared to 30-35hz"

 

[SavageBlackout 10+ year member]

the low note in bass i love you is subsonic. you can feel it, but not hear it. most people cant hear anything less than 20 hz or so. sealed will dip into the subsonic frequencies better, and have a wider bandwith. but there is absolutely no reason a ported enclosure cant sound as good as sealed. there is a lot of mis-information in this thread.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Well, I can test around quite a bit. My enclosure has an interchangeable port-wall that I can make whatever port setup I want for...so I think I will make a few really low-tuned port setups and try out a few things //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I think i'll make a 25Hz-tuned one and then a 20 Hz-tuned one and see the results //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif And i'll have plenty of power behind it, might make some crazy flex-vids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

the low note in bass i love you is subsonic. you can feel it, but not hear it. most people cant hear anything less than 20 hz or so. sealed will dip into the subsonic frequencies better, and have a wider bandwith. but there is absolutely no reason a ported enclosure cant sound as good as sealed. there is a lot of mis-information in this thread.

Once again this isnt a general discussion about which sounds better and I dont want it to turn into one.

So you're saying a regular ported enclosure tuned to the standard 30's can hit the low notes in "Bass I Love You" equally as well as a regular (medium) sized sealed enclosure? As in, they can be heard/felt in the same intensity?

 

[SavageBlackout 10+ year member]

Once again this isnt a general discussion about which sounds better and I dont want it to turn into one.
So you're saying a regular ported enclosure tuned to the standard 30's can hit the low notes in "Bass I Love You" equally as well as a regular (medium) sized sealed enclosure? As in, they can be heard/felt in the same intensity?

and i'm not turning it into one, there are just a lot of members suggesting sealed cause it sounds better, which isnt always true.

no, like i said, a sealed box will dip into the subsonic frequencies better than a ported box tuned at mid 30's

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Well, I can test around quite a bit. My enclosure has an interchangeable port-wall that I can make whatever port setup I want for...so I think I will make a few really low-tuned port setups and try out a few things //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
I think i'll make a 25Hz-tuned one and then a 20 Hz-tuned one and see the results //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif And i'll have plenty of power behind it, might make some crazy flex-vids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

This brings up another thought, based on your ava.

It seems in order to get the super low bass you need a low tuned large ported box. (already been said) Is it actually worth it to have such a large ported box when a sealed box can do pretty much the same thing in less space?