Reasons to have my sealed box custom built

[JoshC 10+ year member]

I just switched my jbl from ported to sealed and i will NEVER do that again. Honestly just have a ported box built for the sub, most all subs will do better ported...

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

Sealed does not mean better SQ.

Enclosures size and type are based on the driver itself and application. The sound reproduced is based on the same things.

If you get it wrong you will know. If you get it right you will also know. LOL

Kind of a double edged sword here, You rarly see ported enclosures in SQ cars because the port pulls the bass back and making it easy to pin point were the sub is located and with a ported enclosure you have more boom and less woofer control. I got dinged every time because I had a ported box and the ported enclosure kept pulling the stage back no matter how much I dialed it down.

With a sealed enclosure you have much more accruacy and control and the boom factor is less, I have ditched my DD1510's in a tuned ported enclosure and I am now going to be using a MB Quart PWE-352 15", This sub is ment for sealed enclosures only. As you know in SQ the point is to not to be able to locate were the sub is and the sound stage is not being pulled back due to sub bass blah blah blah.

But I will agree that just because you have a sub that is in a sealed box that it does not mean its a Sound Quality driver or will even sound good.

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

Kind of a double edged sword here, You rarly see ported enclosures in SQ cars because the port pulls the bass back and making it easy to pin point were the sub is located and with a ported enclosure you have more boom and less woofer control. I got dinged every time because I had a ported box and the ported enclosure kept pulling the stage back no matter how much I dialed it down.
With a sealed enclosure you have much more accruacy and control and the boom factor is less, I have ditched my DD1510's in a tuned ported enclosure and I am now going to be using a MB Quart PWE-352 15", This sub is ment for sealed enclosures only. As you know in SQ the point is to not to be able to locate were the sub is and the sound stage is not being pulled back due to sub bass blah blah blah.

But I will agree that just because you have a sub that is in a sealed box that it does not mean its a Sound Quality driver or will even sound good.

Thanks for the response. So are you suggesting one way or the other, or just presenting some opinions? Do you think for the setup I'm going for I should do ported or sealed?

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

build a ported and be done... also i have the wire outta my car.. pm me your addy

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

Because you have no idea ,what the hell you are doing !!! Thats why!!!

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Damnit... you're making this decision a lot harder! hahah I think a ported box COULD be the better choice, but to have my shop build me one for 150 more than a prefab one makes it a tough call.
What did your's sound like in a sealed?

see if you can find another shop. seems pretty high for a single 12 sealed. I paid 150 for my single 18 box sealed. Paid 105 for my current aeroported 2 10s box and he even supplied the ports.

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for the response. So are you suggesting one way or the other, or just presenting some opinions? Do you think for the setup I'm going for I should do ported or sealed?

if youre not looking to compete SQ, I'd go ported, you'll get more sound and you can always turn down if its too loud but cant necessarily crank up without clipping and whatnot.

even some SQ competitors have been successful with ported boxes, every car/ install is different.

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

Thanks for the response. So are you suggesting one way or the other, or just presenting some opinions? Do you think for the setup I'm going for I should do ported or sealed?

If you want output go ported, nothing wrong with sealed if you want a tighter response. Sounds to me like you would rather have more output.

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

Because you have no idea ,what the hell you are doing !!! Thats why!!!

What was that supposed to be in response to...?

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

What was that supposed to be in response to...?

The amount of questions you have asked that with little research would have been answered. Most people view newer people to audio to be lacking the ability to do somethings on their own. If you do not take the time to do your own research to figure out the best possible solution, you will more then likely end up with one you are not happy with or one that you can not do on your own correctly.

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

I've actually googled and searched the forums for this exact question, every result I found was of people discussing prefab or custom boxes already knowing all the pros and cons of both of them. People talk a lot less about the benefits of custom built sealed boxes then you might think

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

I've actually googled and searched the forums for this exact question, every result I found was of people discussing prefab or custom boxes already knowing all the pros and cons of both of them. People talk a lot less about the benefits of custom built sealed boxes then you might think

Most of the time custom sealed enclosures are just for those that want something that they 100% for sure is what they want. Most are willing to pay a few extra bucks to have it be exact instead of being a guessing game with anything "prefab".

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

Most of the time custom sealed enclosures are just for those that want something that they 100% for sure is what they want. Most are willing to pay a few extra bucks to have it be exact instead of being a guessing game with anything "prefab".

Yeah I realize that now. Now that I asked the forum... Lol

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

I'd still like to know exactly which post the "Because you have no idea ,what the hell you are doing !!! Thats why!!!" was in reply to lol. Such a funny comment considering I never asked any question regarding *why I don't know anything*

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I'd still like to know exactly which post the "Because you have no idea ,what the hell you are doing !!! Thats why!!!" was in reply to lol. Such a funny comment considering I never asked any question regarding *why I don't know anything*

probably replying to the title of the thread