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Alright, so some people say go by port area, others, port area per sq foot. but who's right?

I've got 3 15's building a new box for them. tuning to 32hz, a website says min of 154sq in. One person told me 120 sq in for musicality.

Looking for SQL honestly.

Box vol is around 12-13.5 cubes (depending on port size) before displacements. going to be right around 12 when finished.

Using Brutus BRZ15D4 subs. 1000 WRMS

SO main question i need answered, port area or area per sq foot. 120 sq in, or 154 sq in. OR 12-16 per cube???

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What's up Austin

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On 10/20/2013 at 0:37 AM, KillaCam said:

Fucking with a Prius driver is like making fun of a disabled kid. Pussies.

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Haha, didn't know you were on here.

Those subs don't have much excursion either.

Some answers may say 12-14, or simply the lower port area like I said. See what everyone says first

1996 GMC Sonoma
Four Fi BTL Neo 18's In 2:1 6th Order Bandpass
2 Ampere 5k's @ .5

TEAM FI
TEAM #LITHIUMCANTDEMO

 

On 10/20/2013 at 0:37 AM, KillaCam said:

Fucking with a Prius driver is like making fun of a disabled kid. Pussies.

Posted

Haha, didn't know you were on here.

Those subs don't have much excursion either.

Some answers may say 12-14, or simply the lower port area like I said. See what everyone says first

Haha haven't been on in a while, i had no idea you were a SOTM winner. And i will take your advice and run with it, i just like to hear more input from others before the saw blade starts spinnin and dust starts a flyin.

Posted

Port area per cube (12-16) is a general approximation so you can avoid port noise. In your case since the site recommends min of 154 sq in, you divide either 154/12 or 154/16 which will give you 12.9 cubes or 9.6 cubes respectively. So those are the box volumes you should look at if you wanna use the sites minimum (154 sq in).

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Posted

There are a few things that are wrong with port per cube; a major thing that happened with the port per cube was that people came up with the absurd reasoning that the port per cube affected your playable bandwidth, saying that the lower it was the larger your range would be and the opposite for the higher.

Another is that with modern subs the excursions cause insane amount of air to travel and to keep the air under control at a reasonable velocity you need very large ports.

It's too late for me to care to check the area suggested for your subwoofer, but you can get a rough estimate from this site, http://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=31

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http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/186153-krakins-dipole-project-new-reciever-in-rockford-science/#entry2772370

Krakin, are you some sort of mad scientist?

I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . .

What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself

but what has drawn your attention

in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums

An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space

Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears,

thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.

Posted

on that calculator it gives you "length of a side for square vent". how exactly does the port dimensions play into the audio quality/volume of the sub if the port area is assumed constant?

nothing, gutted

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