Brian2435

What would consider to be a small or large enclosure? .25(small) to .5(large) cu ft?

Ya I was looking at a component set so maybe I'll get lucky and each driver for each set is 4 ohms. Thanks

Ya I'm familiar with that site. I was mainly looking for a set of speakers so I could build my own enclosures and just make something to my liking. I'll take a look at the site to see if they have home speakers that I'm looking for. Thanks

So I'm looking to put car speakers in my home theater setup, for curiosity and something to do. I'm specifically looking at 6.5 components, audioque/pioneer/focal/jl audio. My question is how big of an enclosure should I make for the midranges? And would ported be worth the effort? I've never done this before so I would like to get this right the first time... Thanks

That...is the definition of "sexy"

So just messing around in WinIsd, I saw that a 8w3 has a good response curve that I like when in a 2 cubic foot box and tuned to 28 hz. But, seeing as this is only an 8 inch sub, would it still "work" in a 2 cu ft box? And do what it says it would do? If any one has any experience with the 8w3's and good setups, feel free to share. Thanks

Ya this topic mainly derived from my enclosure where I undersized the port area a lot and therefore port noise is a huge issue. So I mainly wanted to know how about I would be able to make a new enclosure with a great port that would maximize the subwoofers performance, mainly sound quality wise. like i said, my first ported box, not enough port area, low scores and i forgot to mention the port noise. Built a new box with the right port area, and it did better on the meter, sounded louder and cleaner to my ears, and the annoying chuffing sound of the port was gone. Ya I'm definitely going to follow that path and make an overall better box. Using winisd, my design looks a lot better than my current build. Plus about 150 feet per second less port airflow, which, I know, is ridiculous. I'm really looking forward to seeing better output from my sub

Alright then, do you suggest I use an enclosure software to design my box?

I'm looking to make a ported enclosure for my vmax 15. In the manual it says that the internal volume for both the recommended sealed and ported enclosures are the same, 2 cubic feet. From my experience, I've always seen the recommended ported enclosures to be larger than the sealed. So my question is, has anyone had any experience with these subs and found/know if the 2 cubic feet volume for a ported enclosure would work? Or should I go with one a little larger...

Ya this topic mainly derived from my enclosure where I undersized the port area a lot and therefore port noise is a huge issue. So I mainly wanted to know how about I would be able to make a new enclosure with a great port that would maximize the subwoofers performance, mainly sound quality wise.

Yeah so going through all the comments, I got an answer here and there haha. But if any of you would like to share stories or experiences about ports, go right ahead. We're all still learning Thanks for all the feedback

12 to 16 square inches of port area PER cubic feet of net volume for slot ported boxes, High excursion subs are given more port area so lean towards 16 with those. It's just a rule of thumb that makes it easy to have a viable port without having use math/modelling oriented methods. Sounds good man thanks

Thanks for the responses. I saw online that per cubic foot of enclosure volume you should have 15 sq inches of port area. Has anyone heard of anything like this?

So let's just say(this whole situation is hypothetical) you had two enclosures with equal volume. You also had two cylindrical ports. One with a 2 inch diameter and with a length of 8 inches, and one with a five inch diameter and a length of 15 inches. Let's just also say that both ports would have equal tuning when put in the enclosure. Would there be any sound difference in the two different ports, even though they have the same tuning with the enclosure volume?

Ya I got a receiver with a built in equalizer, so it's all good. Thanks for the info guys