sealed clamshell vs ported clamshell? pros and cons

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Yea just trying to get some info I plan on doing one this summer I want a lowwwwww end monster want people to not even want to sit in the car lol but still want to be able to do a 150 this is for four 18's

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[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

What subs? With 4 18's I would assume a ported clam, probably 4th order. I run AQ's in a 6th order clamshell since they don't work well in 4th orders.

FYI, I highly doubt you'll be loud enough down low to make people jump out, lows don't hurt like that. I've sat in a few cars that do 55+ @ 30Hz, can take it all day long. Do those numbers mid/upper 40's and it gets uncomfortable...

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

Lol I've sat in Gary killians excursion 150+ dbs at 20 Hz yea u don't wanna sit in that too long

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

ya man 55's in the 30s dont hurt at all.... I actually find it quite enjoyable.... but lets say you were hitting 60s in the 40hz range... I would be jumping out

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

55's in the 20s not too easy to breath 40's just sound like *** not too enjoyable lol a different jump out

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

I'm working with the same question on a clients build for 24 10s lol.....

I think we may just ditch that and jump on a different enclosure design all together lol.