Subs that hit lows

[Team_DC-Derrick]

actually, i might be able to pull off a hairtrick with my sealed box.. which is sad because my 8 cube 32hz tuned box couldnt move as much air as this.. lol But its always good to test stuff

[liftedranger08]

Your right, it never hurts to try. I think ill build the ported box first, and if i dont like it, then ill go with a sealed setup. I got some cool ideas runnin thru my head for looks of the box. Hopefully it will include plexiglass and leds.

[Gregggg]

33 is what my box is tuned at and i still get the low lows.

Edited August 4, 2009 by mccanng

[Boon]

4 cubes for 2 15's? Maybe if you're giving them, hmmm, 4 times their RMS power?

4 cubes EACH and you might start hitting the lows properly.

[liftedranger08]

4 cubes for 2 15's? Maybe if you're giving them, hmmm, 4 times their RMS power?

4 cubes EACH and you might start hitting the lows properly.

I done a 7 cubic ft wall in my ranger for these 2 15s and they are louder in my current box that is 2.5 cubic ft per chamber. I looked up the specs of these subs, and cerwin vega says 2 cubes for each. I did a 141 with a wall and a 144.9 with a 6 cubic ft box and i havent metered my current box but it moves more air than the past 2 boxes.

[Team_DC-Derrick]

im also talking about a sealed box, but i have a hatchback, so yeah i can prob pull off a hairtrick, granted it wont be the best one, but its a start.. now if i hung out with white chicks it would make it easier

[tequila]

imo box tuning and size is key.

i used to be tuned at 38hz and then dropped it to 33hz and it was crazy lower!

i can imagine though that when u have an eighteen or even two or more that itll hit the lows either way

[Fish Chris]

When I first designed and built the box for my two 12"s, the manufacturer recommended an enclosure (for the pair) of 3 cubes, and a tuning of 30hz. It hit rediculous lows.... I mean like below the human hearing range, on the lowest notes of a techno bass track......

However, I felt like it was missing a little bit of the more "normal" musical bass (bass guitars, drums, etc). So, I opened it up, took up about .2 cubes (with chunks of glued down 2 x 4) and shortened the port by a few inches, to raise my tuning to about 32-33 hz.

That move seemed to cost me about 25% on those "very few" stupid low notes...... but it made a big improvement with 99% of the other stuff I play with them. Tighter, more audible "normal" bass.

Was it worth it ? In my case, totally.

I think when / if I ever built another tuned orted enclosure, I will shoot for 32-33'ish.......

But what I really want to do, is to build a t-line that hits flat as $#!+ from 20hz to 80hz. My mid-bas drivers can take it from there ;-)

Peace,

Fish