Cough cough mark eldridge highest scoring vehicle the Nascar. Uses the 12 w6s in the kickpanels sealed.
The majority of sound quality cars have put a lot of time and effort into their installs, they chose what they chose because it makes the most sense and because it is what works best for their vehicle. Wether you like it or not, IB or sealed is optimal for sq, you can get a ported enclosure sounding very nice, but it still won't have the articulation.
I believe that those subs with stiff suspensions need to have the appropriate amount of motor force to overcome that resistance. If not, they become mechanically over damped in a sealed box, leading to a faster drop off down the response curve, especially in a box that is smaller than the subs VAS rating, which are typically quite high with subs that have stiff suspensions.
Mark was single seat I think. All I'm saying. If you design the ported alignment to do only what you need it to do its just as good as sealed.
But they have been proven to win??? How is that??? There has to be give and take. If you want flat out of ported you must lose output. If you want output you must lose flat.
Sealed and IB have time and time again been proven to win out over ported though. There of course will be exceptions to the rule.
Mark does both single seat and 2 seat. I believe that the only reason that he beat mark at this show was due to his install, Mark's sq scores were higher than Scott's IIRC.
When I tune for sq, you know that I have a very flat, very articulate sub stage.
Times are changing, software is getting better and so are drivers.
I would put money that the right IB sub in the right environment will score higher than the right vented sub in the right environment.
Can you jump over to the meter after you're judged and put up a good number?
I don't need to. My sub stage gets more than loud enough for me. If I want an spl car, I will go build one. Daily driving and sq mix very well in my book.
