Tough decisions

[s.abushaikha]

Im 50/50 with deciding between two Dayton 12"s in a custom sealed box fitted for my trunk. Or the same 12" Daytons in a custom built ported box that I'd make. I'm really attracted to the benefits of a sealed box. I prioritize quality, ability to play low, depth of the bass, but I also like to show off sometimes.

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I don't know which I should go with. I mainly listen to rap/hip-hop and my seats don't fold down, only the skid pass through the arm rest and the opening from the factory sub being removed from the rear deck. I'd also be adding polyfill to either box I choose.

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[Jimi77 Premium Member]

For rap & hip-hop, I think ported tends to work better. Ultimately, it depends on how much bass you want and ported gives you more bass. Sealed tends to work better with jazz, classical, rock, metal, country & blues or other genres were the bass instruments sound muddy/inaccurate when the sub bass frequencies are exaggerated.

 

[s.abushaikha]

For rap & hip-hop, I think ported tends to work better. Ultimately, it depends on how much bass you want and ported gives you more bass. Sealed tends to work better with jazz, classical, rock, metal, country & blues or other genres were the bass instruments sound muddy/inaccurate when the sub bass frequencies are exaggerated.

But does it matter the genre as much as the overall quality? Isn't a more accurate sound better overall. What benefit does ported have over sealed for rap other than being louder more efficiently? Ported boxes are really peaky.

 

[Old_Slapper]

That will depend on what means the most to you. Do you feel you would SQ is more important than SPL? It sounds like sealed would be better for you.

 

[s.abushaikha]

That will depend on what means the most to you. Do you feel you would SQ is more important than SPL? It sounds like sealed would be better for you.

Yeah but I'd also like to be able to get loud at certain times. But quality is very important as I daily drive the vehicle

 

[s.abushaikha]

I was watching a comparison on sealed vs ported and saw that the sealed sub had a lot more excursion and flexed more the lower it went, in theory wouldn't this be moving more air thus resulting in deeper bass at lower hz than the ported that didnt move as much. Or is it equal due to the port which is moving the air also?

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I was watching a comparison on sealed vs ported and saw that the sealed sub had a lot more excursion and flexed more the lower it went, in theory wouldn't this be moving more air thus resulting in deeper bass at lower hz than the ported that didnt move as much. Or is it equal due to the port which is moving the air also?

1 Ported will be roughly as loud 2 sealed but the lower you tune the more port area you need so the box becomes bigger.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

I used a dayton RSS265HO-4 as a front sub in my saturn in a sealed box barely big enough for it to fit in...it still got fairly loud for a single 10 in a tiny box

It would've been more impressive had I not had it not been crossed to reinforce my midbass

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

don't know which I should go with. I mainly listen to rap/hip-hop and my seats don't fold down, only the skid

Go with ported. I doubt you will hear much difference being in the trunk and your main music choice benefits from it.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

But does it matter the genre as much as the overall quality? Isn't a more accurate sound better overall. What benefit does ported have over sealed for rap other than being louder more efficiently? Ported boxes are really peaky.

Porting allows you to shape the response curve. Rap tends to be peaky in the 35-45hz range and most ported boxes will peak in that range. Sealed has a flatter response and usually blends to the front stage better, so bass guitar and drums sound more accurate. Bass instruments tend to sound muddy when there is a peak in the 40hz range.

 

[s.abushaikha]

So how would I get the most sound quality out of my setup with ported? Because I definitely feel some sloppiness with my current two 10”s but then again they are skars lowest grade sub.