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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 7015828" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>Not if you want it to sound right, you can't.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sound quality also fades away if you tune it too low or have the wrong enclosure size for the driver as well.</p><p></p><p>I've got subs that would sound like crap tuned below around 40Hz. Throwing generalizations out there just makes you generally wrong. You can manipulate the sound and response a great deal by varying the enclosure parameters but you have to realize that you can only make a sub sound so good if you have crap to work with. Also once you start moving away from the standard alignments you start making trade-offs. You can increase box size for efficiency but at the cost of a smooth response and low freq extension. You can tune higher with a similar result. You can tune lower at the cost of efficiency and transient response, same with going smaller on a box. You could go with a 1/4 wave based enclosure at the cost of a lot of space.</p><p></p><p>If you're really concerned about how it sounds, the answer for more output isn't more power, its more cone area. Output volume requires you to move air. Adding power is a quickly diminishing return and costs you accuracy. As the suspension and coil move away from center, you lose efficiency and accuracy. Adding more subs will allow you to get more output without pushing an individual driver any harder allowing you to maintain an efficient and accurate system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 7015828, member: 550915"] Not if you want it to sound right, you can't. Sound quality also fades away if you tune it too low or have the wrong enclosure size for the driver as well. I've got subs that would sound like crap tuned below around 40Hz. Throwing generalizations out there just makes you generally wrong. You can manipulate the sound and response a great deal by varying the enclosure parameters but you have to realize that you can only make a sub sound so good if you have crap to work with. Also once you start moving away from the standard alignments you start making trade-offs. You can increase box size for efficiency but at the cost of a smooth response and low freq extension. You can tune higher with a similar result. You can tune lower at the cost of efficiency and transient response, same with going smaller on a box. You could go with a 1/4 wave based enclosure at the cost of a lot of space. If you're really concerned about how it sounds, the answer for more output isn't more power, its more cone area. Output volume requires you to move air. Adding power is a quickly diminishing return and costs you accuracy. As the suspension and coil move away from center, you lose efficiency and accuracy. Adding more subs will allow you to get more output without pushing an individual driver any harder allowing you to maintain an efficient and accurate system. [/QUOTE]
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