Subwoofers Inside Or Outside?

[BrokenSilence1 10+ year member]

do subwoofers sound better inside the box? or reversed with the magnet facing out and the face of the woofer on the inside of the box?

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

same.....no difference

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

x2

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

i thought it mattered. . but it doesnt.

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

It will very slightly change the internal volume of the box, but other than that I can't see it making a huge difference.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

it will change the sound with a little bit of diffrence but not much at all to notice it.

 

[lookitsjim23 10+ year member]

can somebody explain to me why your able to have a sub outside of a box and it will be fine with the magnet out and cone in....but if you dont have a box then its not good..

sorry for the shitty wording of my sentence

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

well when i used to have three twelves sealed, my wipers would jump with the subs inverted, and they wouldnt do squat with the subs in the box.(very small box)

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

flipping the subs takes the driver displacement out of the box, making the internal space larger. if 99oldsintrigue would have built a larger box, and mounted the subs normally, it would have done the same thing.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

can somebody explain to me why your able to have a sub outside of a box and it will be fine with the magnet out and cone in....but if you dont have a box then its not good..
sorry for the shitty wording of my sentence

when the subs are inverted the box is still being used, the only thing that it changes is driver displacement. And most subs need boxes to have an accurate sound or frequency response. But I don't really feel like typin a super long explanation. I'm sure someone will though

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

yea but how does it hit when everything out of the box i dont get it either

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Because there's still a volume of air inside the box, and the cone is still pushing in and out when power is applied.

Doesn't matter which side of the cone is showing, the movement is the same...

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Ignoring the box internal volume change, and assuming you built a box for each mounting type (inverted setup is abit smaller to account for loss of speaker inside box), technically the normal (non-inverted) setup would sound better. Why? Motor noise. That's all.

A speaker works by moving its cone in AND out (should be equal amounts). This means the speaker works virtually identically when its mounted with the box on the rear side of the cone (normal), or on the front (inverted). Pretty simple concept, abit difficult to explain concisely. But Im sure you get it now.

So yes, the speaker should perform basically identically whether or not its inverted, but with the motor out, motor noise can become audible if the speaker(s) is mounted fairly close to the listener. A perfect example are arm-rest enclosures in pick-ups with inverted subs right between the passengers. Motor noise is impossible to avoid in that situation. Most noobs wouldn't hear/recognize it most times though.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

Ignoring the box internal volume change, and assuming you built a box for each mounting type (inverted setup is abit smaller to account for loss of speaker inside box), technically the normal (non-inverted) setup would sound better. Why? Motor noise. That's all.
A speaker works by moving its cone in AND out (should be equal amounts). This means the speaker works virtually identically when its mounted with the box on the rear side of the cone (normal), or on the front (inverted). Pretty simple concept, abit difficult to explain concisely. But Im sure you get it now.

So yes, the speaker should perform basically identically whether or not its inverted, but with the motor out, motor noise can become audible if the speaker(s) is mounted fairly close to the listener. A perfect example are arm-rest enclosures in pick-ups with inverted subs right between the passengers. Motor noise is impossible to avoid in that situation. Most noobs wouldn't hear/recognize it most times though.

i was thinking about inverting my tc5200 for shits and giggles but i was worried about the motor noise too. that and it wouldmake the very exspensive woofer in my hatch WAY more noticable to people with sticky fingers..

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

i was thinking about inverting my tc5200 for shits and giggles but i was worried about the motor noise too. that and it wouldmake the very exspensive woofer in my hatch WAY more noticable to people with sticky fingers..

Plus, your basket/motor is just UGLY. Mine on the otherhand...was designed to be inverted //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif