What would happen if...

[pervertatoid 10+ year member]

You had multiple boxes of different types? Would that degrade sound quality?

For example, if I had two 10" subs in a ported enclosure tuned to 31Hz, and two other sealed boxes, each containing one 10" sub...how would this affect everything?

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

cancellation out the ***. kiss sq goodbye, and spl will suffer as well.

 

[pervertatoid 10+ year member]

Dang. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

cancellation out the ***. kiss sq goodbye, and spl will suffer as well.

nope, the ported will give you depth, while the sealed gives you the punchy upper frequencies. First hand experience with this one. Innovative Audio Utah, did two sealed 10 L7's and a ported L7 12" in Rich Richards SQ truck.

 

[rpfuror 10+ year member]

cancellation out the ***. kiss sq goodbye, and spl will suffer as well.

This is a good "blanket statement" because in most cases it is correct, although not all.

I have seen/heard many setups over the years that have varied between size of the drivers and box types to product great SQ. It can be done if done right, just not for the novice.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

If he is asking, one would assume he is a novice.

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

its most surtainly posible. i have seen it done plenty of times, have done it my self. not an extreamly difficult task. you just have to take into consideration a couple of factors that would cause issues.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Make sure the sealed box has a high pass crossover on it and the ported one has a low pass crossover on it. Or just build a proper ported enclosure and call it good. In the upper bass range a ported enclosure that is designed for flat response should behave almost exactly like the same driver in a sealed box.