Is bigger better?

[_paralyzed_]

My girlfriend keeps talking about the size of her last boyfriend and....

Whoops... wrong forum.... anyway....

My Boston Acoustics G2 15"s call for 2.0 cubic feet in a sealed box. I have the room, will a little bit bigger be any better? I would port, but these subs really weren't designed for ported use.

[hazestorm23]

My girlfriend keeps talking about the size of her last boyfriend and....

Whoops... wrong forum.... anyway....

My Boston Acoustics G2 15"s call for 2.0 cubic feet in a sealed box. I have the room, will a little bit bigger be any better? I would port, but these subs really weren't designed for ported use.

nice intro lol. You should ask tell her well did he have big subs noooo didn't think so. then make her sit in your car for a gruesome demo as far as the box I'm sure you could make it a bit bigger .5 cu ft especially if you go sealed as far as if you port it then I'm not so sire

[Triticum Agricolam]

How much bigger can you make it? It takes a pretty big change in volume to have a noticeable difference with sealed enclosures.

As you make the box bigger it will lower the enclosures Qtc. A lower Qtc will start rolling off at a higher frequency but will do so at a slower rate, so you will pick up some low end output at the expense of some upper end output.

[afro]

How much bigger can you make it? It takes a pretty big change in volume to have a noticeable difference with sealed enclosures.

As you make the box bigger it will lower the enclosures Qtc. A lower Qtc will start rolling off at a higher frequency but will do so at a slower rate, so you will pick up some low end output at the expense of some upper end output.

So then, it would be ideal to create a larger sealed enclosure if, say, you have 8" midbasses picking up around the 100hz frequency range on the front stage? Also, does overpowering the sub slightly become a bigger or smaller concern if you do increase volumee? My assumption is bigger concern.

[SICKSPD]

According to my girlfriend, yes

[Brent Anderson]

My girlfriend keeps talking about the size of her last boyfriend and....

Whoops... wrong forum.... anyway....

My Boston Acoustics G2 15"s call for 2.0 cubic feet in a sealed box. I have the room, will a little bit bigger be any better? I would port, but these subs really weren't designed for ported use.

lols don't sound like shes over her last bf

[deathcards]

How much bigger can you make it? It takes a pretty big change in volume to have a noticeable difference with sealed enclosures.

As you make the box bigger it will lower the enclosures Qtc. A lower Qtc will start rolling off at a higher frequency but will do so at a slower rate, so you will pick up some low end output at the expense of some upper end output.

So then, it would be ideal to create a larger sealed enclosure if, say, you have 8" midbasses picking up around the 100hz frequency range on the front stage? Also, does overpowering the sub slightly become a bigger or smaller concern if you do increase volumee? My assumption is bigger concern.

bigger concern due to less back pressure in a bigger enclosure

[ncochran]

A larger box will reduce the power handling (as Deathcards said) due to lower back pressure. Basically your subs will bottom out on less power, and the box will sound more "boomy" and less "punchy".

For people that aren't competing and/or don't have a specific reason to run bigger/smaller I would advise to stick to manufacturer recommendations. Just my $.02 though.

[afro]

How much bigger can you make it? It takes a pretty big change in volume to have a noticeable difference with sealed enclosures.

As you make the box bigger it will lower the enclosures Qtc. A lower Qtc will start rolling off at a higher frequency but will do so at a slower rate, so you will pick up some low end output at the expense of some upper end output.

So then, it would be ideal to create a larger sealed enclosure if, say, you have 8" midbasses picking up around the 100hz frequency range on the front stage? Also, does overpowering the sub slightly become a bigger or smaller concern if you do increase volumee? My assumption is bigger concern.

bigger concern due to less back pressure in a bigger enclosure

So it's either 1) go by Manufacturer's recommended sealed volume (or roughly within 10% of it) or 2) just port it

[Triticum Agricolam]

A larger box will reduce the power handling (as Deathcards said) due to lower back pressure. Basically your subs will bottom out on less power, and the box will sound more "boomy" and less "punchy".

For people that aren't competing and/or don't have a specific reason to run bigger/smaller I would advise to stick to manufacturer recommendations. Just my $.02 though.

You got it backwards, its the smaller boxes that sound boomy and the larger ones that sound tighter.