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<blockquote data-quote="mvw2" data-source="post: 6252655" data-attributes="member: 574722">It is a large portion of the presentation we do hear, but it&#039;s an adjustable factor.&nbsp; I prefer to differentiate characteristics I can change and characteristics I can not.&nbsp; As well, frequency response is not an end-all aspect.&nbsp; Two subs with the same frequency response will sound vastly different from each other.&nbsp; It&#039;s the same as two different mid woofers or two different tweeters.&nbsp; Even though you can set them to output the same frequency response, no two will sound the same.&nbsp; Subs are no different.When it comes to enclosures, I&#039;ve run a good portion of the variety of subs I&#039;ve owned in both a sealed and ported configuration and have used several of these subs both in-car and in-house for testing and general playing around.&nbsp; The enclosure largely is a tool for adjusting frequency response.&nbsp; Sub A still sounds like sub A whether it&#039;s in a ported enclosure or sealed enclosure.&nbsp; Sub A will never sound like sub B irregardless of enclosure type.&nbsp; Now, we can change the Q of the design and influence some aspects of sound.&nbsp; The same sub at 0.5 Qb and at 1.0 Qb configurations will sound different.&nbsp; We can make the sub looser or tighter, fuller or punchier.&nbsp; We can affect excursion use and power handling.&nbsp; We can modify the roll off point or create a peaky response.&nbsp; There is some variation we can do.&nbsp; We just can&#039;t make one sub sound like another.&nbsp; We can make two similarly sounding subs more alike maybe, but they need to sound similar to start with.&nbsp; I&#039;ve run 7 different subs in my current car.&nbsp; I can&#039;t say any one sounded remotely close to each other, and I can&#039;t say the enclosure has the majority of influence on the end sound beyond frequency response change, which can be EQed, and potentially relative damping depending on how correct the box is for the sub.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mvw2, post: 6252655, member: 574722"] It is a large portion of the presentation we do hear, but it's an adjustable factor. I prefer to differentiate characteristics I can change and characteristics I can not. As well, frequency response is not an end-all aspect. Two subs with the same frequency response will sound vastly different from each other. It's the same as two different mid woofers or two different tweeters. Even though you can set them to output the same frequency response, no two will sound the same. Subs are no different. When it comes to enclosures, I've run a good portion of the variety of subs I've owned in both a sealed and ported configuration and have used several of these subs both in-car and in-house for testing and general playing around. The enclosure largely is a tool for adjusting frequency response. Sub A still sounds like sub A whether it's in a ported enclosure or sealed enclosure. Sub A will never sound like sub B irregardless of enclosure type. Now, we can change the Q of the design and influence some aspects of sound. The same sub at 0.5 Qb and at 1.0 Qb configurations will sound different. We can make the sub looser or tighter, fuller or punchier. We can affect excursion use and power handling. We can modify the roll off point or create a peaky response. There is some variation we can do. We just can't make one sub sound like another. We can make two similarly sounding subs more alike maybe, but they need to sound similar to start with. I've run 7 different subs in my current car. I can't say any one sounded remotely close to each other, and I can't say the enclosure has the majority of influence on the end sound beyond frequency response change, which can be EQed, and potentially relative damping depending on how correct the box is for the sub. [/QUOTE]

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