who runs/has ran L7's in a sealed box?

[SwiftCelGTS 10+ year member]

i want to hear from people who have actually done it or heard it, not what they think it will sound like. i realize i'm cluttering this section with threads but i'm trying to make the right decision before i buy an expensive sub.

i've had L7s in ported boxes and they sounded great, but they are HUGE and i want tighter response from it. but i had a bad experience putting my 10 in a sealed box. it soudned AWFUL. maybe this was because the box wasn't air tight, too small, or just crappy quality. i don't know.

but i just have my doubts that it will sound really tight/accurate and still loud in a sealed box. the one i'm looking at is a SubZone and it has 0.88 for the 12 and 0.66 for the 10.

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[SpasticGramps 10+ year member]

I use to have a L7 in a sealed box. I think it was around 1.5cuft. Sounded like total *** btw. Terrible response at low volumes. I don't know what kind of music you listen too, but if you wanted to get any kind of kickdrum/bass guitar response out of it you had to be blaring it. It gets a big 0 for transient response and being musical. It still got decently loud though. Not near as loud as a big ported box though. Needless to say I didn't keep it very long.

 

[StealthKill 10+ year member]

lawl

 

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

I have my two 15 inch L5s in 3 cubic feet each sealed. I dont think it sounds bad and it gets loud. I am eventually going to port them though once I figure out a way to fit it in my 94 accord trunk.

 

[enzowho 10+ year member]

I have my two 15 inch L5s in 3 cubic feet each sealed. I dont think it sounds bad and it gets loud.

Agreed when I had my two 10 inch L7's in a sealed box they didn't sound too bad. They hit double bass notes insanely well, an attribute they generally lost when I ported them (first ported box, probably screwed it up). Eventually I did get rid of them because I grew to dislike the L7 sound.

You should go audition a couple of them at an audio store sometime, chances are some shop will have a sealed one.

 

[SwiftCelGTS 10+ year member]

^^ how much airspace did each sub have?

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

i buddy has a 12" L7 in a 1cube sealed box with sime polyfill and it does the job. loud, tigt, and punchy. its ok on the lows but dont expect it do be a low end monster. jus add some polyfill and it will be fine, nice car also, clean looking

 

[SwiftCelGTS 10+ year member]

hmm.. polyfill makes the sub think the box is bigger right? isn't that pretty much the point of it?

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

yes.

 

[enzowho 10+ year member]

1 cu foot after displacement if I remember right (it was whatever Kicker's specs were). I eventually added some fiberfill and it helped the low-end.

 

[SwiftCelGTS 10+ year member]

it's 0.66-1.0 i think

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

who runs an L7 sealed...

hmm...

yeah, i'm thinking not too many responses in this one chief lol

 

[SwiftCelGTS 10+ year member]

..meaning?? no one runs Solos sealed??

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

theres no problem with running them selaed, they jus wont be at full potential

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

i ran 2 L7 15's sealed in my honda accord before and it slammed