Where should I add bracing?

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

4.5@30

33wx22dx16h

Is adding bracing to the smaller sides pointless?

how much should I add?

sorry searching didnt provide good enough answers for me

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[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

What I usually do is cut a square piece to fit inside the box. Then I cut a couple little squares out of it. Round over all the inside edges and put it near the middle.

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[phatcat600 10+ year member]

hmm I dont think I could do that unless I did two of them and that sounds like a lot of work...is that a lot more effective than boards connecting the sides?

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

I have one sub so its a lot different than your setup

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Do you have pics of the enclosure, or a plan? Would be a lot easier to say WHERE to put the bracing.

As far as the bracing material: Home Depot has some great thick dowels in the molding section.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

http://www.subwoofertools.com/forum/ported...=&Vas=&Fs=&CE=0

exact enclosure

i have a mag in it and i can hear the enclosure vibrating bad, its killing output

i saw dowels today but they were like 5 bucks for a few feet

cant i use 2x4s or mdf?

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

bump, is there any disadvantage to using 2x4s besides displacement?

 

[Abel 10+ year member]

Bracing isnt really needed, its an over hyped step that most people on CA.com feel needs to be done.

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

I can hear my box rattling though

bracing doesnt help? my higher frequencies ****

 

[Abel 10+ year member]

tuned at 30 the high notes will sound bad no matter what you do Trust me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

Well its like half the sounds sound perfect and the other half sound like crap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Abel 10+ year member]

i had a box tuned to 30hz and for me anything above 45hz sounded horrible and this was a very solid box!! Anytime you play to high over your tuning its going to sound bad

 

[phatcat600 10+ year member]

I dnot wanna go sealed cuz it doesnt seem as loud as it should be even when its ported. Now I dont know what to do

 

[406er 10+ year member]