Sealed or Ported for a single 10'' 150rms

[Torino47 10+ year member]

am selling my type R's

and i am gonan go with a single 10'' kicker C10

they are pretty sweet

only 150rms-300watt

i cant decide which box to get 10'' sealed off ebay 50$

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...MEWA:IT&ih=021

or a 10'' Ported box 65$

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...MEWA:IT&ih=002

i will prolly pump 200rms only-400watt amp onto this sub

not expecting much just somethin small yet bassy

but i dont know if its even worth geting a vented box for such a small setup

any ideas? if which box to get?

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[Torino47 10+ year member]

bump

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

refer to other thread

 

[Macklessdaddy 10+ year member]

bump

your links don't work but you should port it

 

[Torino47 10+ year member]

port it even tho its only 150rms ?

 

[Torino47 10+ year member]

tttttttt

 

[TeoTorriatte 10+ year member]

port it even tho its only 150rms ?

Why not? Porting is more efficient than sealed, so it will do better off low power. But since you're willing to run 300 to 400W, why not get a CVR instead?

 

[Torino47 10+ year member]

it will be louder but the bass wont be as good as in a sealed

i am juust talking from expeirance i never powered a really low rms sub in a ported box

i went from a L7 15'' kicker to a JL 10w0 with only 200rms and i swear the jl with only 200rms in a sealed sounded super loud inside the car not so much on the outside but all i care is aboutt he inside anyway thats why i am going back to a 10'' sub just dont know if it will actualy sound much better in a ported when only pumping low rms.. i always used poorted for 1000rms+

 

[Symon_say 10+ year member]

I had that sub in a 1.4 cu.ft@33hz and it sounds really good.

 

[Torino47 10+ year member]

so u had it in a ported ?

 

[Symon_say 10+ year member]

yes, kicker is not a good friend of sealed boxes

 

[BEAVER.989 10+ year member]

port it even tho its only 150rms ?

Port it ESPECIALLY SINCE it's only 150w. A ported allignment is much more efficient and will make the most of the power you have available.

And for the record, a properly built ported enclosure can be made to sound just as good as a sealed one.

 

[reed dollaz 10+ year member]

well i know from experience that two c10's on 300w rms (150 a peice) got me a 137 on music in a trunk. it was in the prefab ported box that kicker sells with the c10's

 

[Cbass 10+ year member]

those comps are very nice subs... port it! Kicker sub love ported boxes