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Should I Use A Passive Radiator
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<blockquote data-quote="JLJunkieMX107" data-source="post: 8652114" data-attributes="member: 577425"><p>Designing a passive radiator setup is very similar to a ported design. Slapping a random passive radiator in the other speaker cutout is going to sound like doo-doo. There are actual calculations needed to determine what size passive radiator you need based on the driver, enclosure, and desired tuning. I've forgotten more than I remember on designing these but I want to say the displacement of the passive radiator needs to be at least 1.5 times that of the driver (I am sure you can find a write up on this online somewhere). If you want to get a good idea of how it may sound, just unhook one sub and run it with both installed. Obviously, you are you going to gain a bit more air space without the motor on a passive radiator, but you can at least get an idea of how it will sound.</p><p></p><p>In all honesty, the answer here is to get a proper design for those drivers if you want them to sound better. Tossing a more powerful 10 into 1 cubic feet of air space and running it in a half-@$$ed passive radiator system is not going to yield any gains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLJunkieMX107, post: 8652114, member: 577425"] Designing a passive radiator setup is very similar to a ported design. Slapping a random passive radiator in the other speaker cutout is going to sound like doo-doo. There are actual calculations needed to determine what size passive radiator you need based on the driver, enclosure, and desired tuning. I've forgotten more than I remember on designing these but I want to say the displacement of the passive radiator needs to be at least 1.5 times that of the driver (I am sure you can find a write up on this online somewhere). If you want to get a good idea of how it may sound, just unhook one sub and run it with both installed. Obviously, you are you going to gain a bit more air space without the motor on a passive radiator, but you can at least get an idea of how it will sound. In all honesty, the answer here is to get a proper design for those drivers if you want them to sound better. Tossing a more powerful 10 into 1 cubic feet of air space and running it in a half-@$$ed passive radiator system is not going to yield any gains. [/QUOTE]
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