What ever happened to Snail Shell enclosures?

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

They used to be all the rage back in the XBL^2 haydays... i dont see anyone doing snailshell's or horns etc. etc. depressing.

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[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

I use to rock one...

 

[JeremiahCoffel 10+ year member]

I have heard about them, always wanted to see one in action, but haven't yet.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'm building a pair now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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[jonnybusa 10+ year member]

They used to be all the rage back in the XBL^2 haydays... i dont see anyone doing snailshell's or horns etc. etc. depressing.

I have a snailshell now w/ a RE XXX 15 in it and it BANGS. I've been taking small vid. clips of the system, and will post in the next couple days. I couldnt be happier w/ it. It is a great box because I dont have to feed the sub enormous power to get loud.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

id like to try a ss, wanna give me plans?

 

[JeremiahCoffel 10+ year member]

Can someone show me some pictures? I want to know what they are... I'm sorry for my slowly evolving bass brain. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

its a folded horn.

have you ever seen a trumpet?

well instead of blowing into it with your mouth, imagine a speaker there. hey, kinda like a bullhorn.

as far as car audio suboofers go, the USUAL folded horn looks something like this inside.

but for suboofers. so they are big. and i have yet to learn how they work or are made. so dont ask.

or maybe a transmission line. wich is essentially a ported box, but with no "chamber" just a real long tube.

"A transmission line is the material medium or structure that forms all or part of a path from one place to another for directing the transmission of energy, such as electromagnetic waves or acoustic waves"

basically its a waveguide for real low frequencies (in this case for suboofers) - generally speaking, they are "tuned" by having the "tube" 1\4 the wavelength you are wanting the box to peak at- from what i recall correctly that is.

think of all "ported" enclosures as a physical amplifiers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

anyone got vids of one?

 

[jonnybusa 10+ year member]

anyone got vids of one?

I'll have some up middle of the week

 

[jonnybusa 10+ year member]

here's what the inside looks like............

......the tape shows the internals................

.....another.....

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

I still design and use them.

And to req, and anyone wondering THEY ARE NOT FOLDED HORNS!

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

id like to try a ss, wanna give me plans?

I'll sell you plans lol.

If you want free try to find the existing plans from a couple years ago

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

I still design and use them.
And to req, and anyone wondering THEY ARE NOT FOLDED HORNS!

bla bla bla.

its a transmission line horn thing. you cant get over it. it has some weird taper in the throat of the lense like a horn and then a transmission line looking port.

what else are you going to call it then?

a loaded port ported box?

 

[One Bad MOFO 10+ year member]

I still design and use them.
And to req, and anyone wondering THEY ARE NOT FOLDED HORNS!

x2 aren't the subs inside the box on folded horns?