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I'd like to see what that middle one could do

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Yea. The middle one I did for a little experiment in a coupling chamber kind of thing so the back wave comes out at the same time and place as the front wave but it really wouldn't fit well in my car (it would fit but it would be kinda weird) and I really don't know how well it would work with the walls being so short. Idk if I would want to waste the 50 dollars in wood.

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i would think the last one you showed the larger of the images, would work best, becasue it is important to have the sub as close to the port as possible i believe, the other designs although seem to be able to work fine, they seem like the sub would work harder in that environment, i think having the port opening close to the sub helps it perform

but im not great at t-lines, just very interested and enjoy the math needed to make them and design them

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So I've been back to the drawing board on my t-line design for a minute now. I think I've finally got it. Take a look and let me know what you think. I might start building this sometime in September.

Sub: Elemental Designs 13Kv.4

T-Line Height: 14inches

T-Line Depth:24 3/4inches

T-Line Width: 46inches

Acutal Line is

Line Height: 12 1/5inches

Line Width: 7inches

Line lenght: 156inches

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So I've been back to the drawing board on my t-line design for a minute now. I think I've finally got it. Take a look and let me know what you think. I might start building this sometime in September.

Sub: Elemental Designs 13Kv.4

T-Line Height: 14inches

T-Line Depth:24 3/4inches

T-Line Width: 46inches

Acutal Line is

Line Height: 12 1/5inches

Line Width: 7inches

Line lenght: 156inches

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So based off of your measurements that you are saying, are you trying to create a line length that is tuned to 22 hz roughly?

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man this looks good, i would think about tryin this next time

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So based off of your measurements that you are saying, are you trying to create a line length that is tuned to 22 hz roughly?

Roughly, here are my notes and pics of the first box I had designed using sketchup. The problem with that box was that there was no way physically that the sub could have fit inside that box.

T-Line (eD 13Kv.2)

To calculate length of Freq divide 1130 / (Fs freq) = Full wave Length

To calculate Quarter Wave length divide (Full Wave Length / 4)

Take the SD (cone area) if in cm2 (squared centimeters) convert to in2 (squared inches)

1.) 1130 / 21.5Hz = 52.55 ft – rounded to 53 ft

2.) 53 ft / 4 = 13.25 ft Q-wave length

3.) SD =545cm2 which is 84.48in2. The line has to be 84in2

So based off of what I have, I'll need a line that is around 13 feet long with a port area of around 84sq inches.

Ok so I sketched up a drawing in google's sketchup. Now I didn't add the top to this but the box height with the top on is only 12inches high. So if HxWxD then the box is 12 x 45 1/2 x 27 3/4. The three drawings are of the same box just showing different measurments for what I wanted to illistrate. Now to get my 84sq of line I did a HxW of 10.5 x 8 = 84sq. So the lines wide is 8 inches high by 10 1/2 height.

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So based off what I had for the orignal design I tried to build the box as closely tuned to the subs's Fs as possible. I'm thinking this might be a home theater subwoofer. So should I just build the damn thing or what?

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i finally built a tline. it was for my brother inlaw. he has a DC lvl4xl 10. he did a 143.8 with it in his kia sportage off a kicker 1000.1

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i am trying to build a t-line, but i dont think i know where to get started. Right now I have a 13w7 in a ported box tuned to 34hz. i am pushing it with 1200 watts running at 3 ohms. it hits hard. a lot of flexing and vibrating. But i wanted to try something different. If you can give me some pointers on where to get started it would be greatly appreciated. Like i understand 1130 /23.5 = 48 / 4= 12 ft long. And my port area is 107 sq in. So does that mean that my line is gonna be 12ft long with a 10-10.4 sq in port?

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