what are the effects of making a sealed enclosure to big?

[cooldudejz 10+ year member]

i am a first time box builder, so i built a sealed enclosure. the sub i am using is a treo ss 12.22 it is the older version and can take 500w rms. i am not really sure how big the box was supposed to be, the guy that sold me it told me to put it in a 1.75cub box, but ported. i built around a 2.2cub sealed enclosure. what are the effects of building too big of a box for the sub. thanx

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

- less overall output

- better group delay

- lower mechanical power handling

- more efficiency, easier to reach Xmax

- flatter frequency response

- better transient response

Depends on whether or not the sub likes low Qtc alignments though...not all do.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

- less overall output- better group delay

- lower mechanical power handling

- more efficiency, easier to reach Xmax

- flatter frequency response

- better transient response

Depends on whether or not the sub likes low Qtc alignments though...not all do.

And you may not like a low Qtc alignment //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif