Suggestions for a good small sealed box 12"?

[anthropas 10+ year member]

Hi all,

Ok, here's my situation. I just put a new amp onto my 12" old Eclipse sub. I can't remember its model number, but it was there lowest model with a regular polyproplyne cone, not the aluminum or titanium models. Its about 5 years old now. I have it in a pre-fab standard looking trapezoid box. However, the box isn't big enough for the sub and its Q is really high right now and kinda sounds like ***. It plays loud, but I looking for more quality. I used to be very well versed on the subwoofer market, but I haven't looked at the market in 4 or 5 years now so I'm wondering what's out there for decent 12's that sound good in a small sealed box. If someone can remind me of the math formula used to calculate the volume of a trapezoid, I'd be appreciative. I can then give my exact cubic ft. requirements. I can give the woofer about 500 watts. I would like it to be able to play loud of course, but I'm primarily looking for an improvement in quality. My budget is $150, New or Used.

Thanks all,

Anthropas

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[yamaha326 10+ year member]

alpine type e or if u wanna spend a lil more for better quality.....alpine type r

 

[justsayk 10+ year member]

Phoenix gold Titanium Ti12d. Can be put in very small sealed box. I have the 15 inch version and the max recomended sealed box size is 1.75 cubic feet. If you go to a ported box, the minumum is over 3 feet though. This is a high output sup that has great sq too, especially since you can get them for $120 dollars including shipping off ebay (insane deal).

 

[emack727 10+ year member]

A trapazoid = the total sum of both triangles.

Area of a triangle = beats the hell out of me.

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

Elemental Designs K... Image Dyanmics IDQ...

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

A trapazoid = the total sum of both triangles. Area of a triangle = beats the hell out of me.

area of a tringle is base x height / 2.