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<blockquote data-quote="Raven" data-source="post: 2346620" data-attributes="member: 558368">That&#039;s the thing, a properly sealed box WON&#039;T hold the cone back. In fact in a properly sealed enclosure the woofer will return to it&#039;s resting position faster than free air.When it takes time to go from pushed-in to rest it means you DO have an air leak. The cone will travel back as fast as the inside of the box can re-pressurize after you pushed air out of it. An almost sealed enclosure will take a long time (like K3v&#039;s) while a very poorly sealed will be more like free air with less &quot;give&quot; to it.I&#039;ve worked with my fair share of sealed boxes, which is where what I&#039;m saying comes from. If yours is leaking, first try to find out where, then caulk the hell out of it. If you can&#039;t find where it&#039;s leaking from and the box and terminal are already caulked, odds are the sub hasn&#039;t sealed against the baffle, which has happened to me A LOT. Carpeting does wonders against this, as well as underside gaskets that some woofers have or come with. Otherwise you can get speaker gasket tape from Partsexpress or Realm Of Excursion to fix it.Hope this rant helps someone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven, post: 2346620, member: 558368"] That's the thing, a properly sealed box WON'T hold the cone back. In fact in a properly sealed enclosure the woofer will return to it's resting position faster than free air. When it takes time to go from pushed-in to rest it means you DO have an air leak. The cone will travel back as fast as the inside of the box can re-pressurize after you pushed air out of it. An [I]almost[/I] sealed enclosure will take a long time (like K3v's) while a very poorly sealed will be more like free air with less "give" to it. I've worked with my fair share of sealed boxes, which is where what I'm saying comes from. If yours is leaking, first try to find out where, then caulk the hell out of it. If you can't find where it's leaking from and the box and terminal are already caulked, odds are the sub hasn't sealed against the baffle, which has happened to me A LOT. Carpeting does wonders against this, as well as underside gaskets that some woofers have or come with. Otherwise you can get speaker gasket tape from Partsexpress or Realm Of Excursion to fix it. Hope this rant helps someone. [/QUOTE]

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