Stay sealed or go ported?

[Menace89]

If you're grossly under powering them you won't be reaching xmax with them so the smaller vent area won't be an issue. But if you ever put a ton of power on them in that box, they'll not do well.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Thanks

[Aj11]

a Lower tune box will perform like its in a sealed box. it will give a much more natural sound threw all the hz. but unlike a sealed it wont just stop producing hz below 40. depending on the size of the sealed box. i believe a sealed box has to be 4cubic feet for a ten inch sub to have a 20hz flat response. which is huge! the whole reason you tune a box is for optimal sound you like. say 35hz is the optimal point where your sub will perform.(in a box tuned to 35hz) so at 40hz the sub is still performing great 35hz the best but below that it will bottom out. so if you put a 30hz tone to them it wont sound nearly as good. but if you tune low it will sound good all the way down. if you tune to 20hz your sub wont wobble and xmax like crazy when you put a 20hz tone to it.

ican tell I'm.making this sound difficult sorry!