TheJ Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 A friend of mine bought be this sub: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=299-106 as a grad present. I want to use it as a home theater/gaming sub. It will be powered by a 5.1 receiver (yet to be determined which one.) We're debating on what kind of box to build for it. We plugged the T/s parameters into WinISD and it recommended a 13 cube box at 17Hz! But we were thinking somewhere around 3.5-4 cubes at 22-26Hz. The sub is rated for 150RMS and will probably be getting about that. here's the two plans we have: 3.63 [email protected], with a 3x8 slot port, or [email protected] with a 2x8 port. Which would you recommend? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreekDesignz Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 A friend of mine bought be this sub: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=299-106 as a grad present. I want to use it as a home theater/gaming sub. It will be powered by a 5.1 receiver (yet to be determined which one.) We're debating on what kind of box to build for it. We plugged the T/s parameters into WinISD and it recommended a 13 cube box at 17Hz! But we were thinking somewhere around 3.5-4 cubes at 22-26Hz. The sub is rated for 150RMS and will probably be getting about that. here's the two plans we have: 3.63 [email protected], with a 3x8 slot port, or [email protected] with a 2x8 port. Which would you recommend? Thanks in advance 3.15ft^3 tuned to 29-30 Quote ♠ FreekDesignz Demo Collection ♠ Everything You Need To Know About Car Audio Torres' Box Tuning Calculator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJ Posted July 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 3.15ft^3 tuned to 29-30 Any suggestions for port length or size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Our main concerns are how much port area we need and how low to tune for movies and games. I thought we should tune lower because of explosions and stuff like that, but I have never done HT before. (I am helping him with design and construction.) Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 You wanna tune somewhere between 20-25. I'm guessing that when you plugged it in, it gave you a design for a t-line. That's the only reason I can think of the box being so big. Quote under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 You wanna tune somewhere between 20-25. I'm guessing that when you plugged it in, it gave you a design for a t-line. That's the only reason I can think of the box being so big. Not sure, think it may be glitching or something, because it said to only use a 4" tube port for that huge-ass box. How much port area would you recommend? Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Well I'd say that 2x8 port would work. Tune to 22 hz. You just don't want to tune too high, I had a 15 in a t-line that was at 19hz and it DOMINATED the lows. Movies were never the same Quote under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white4d96 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Awesome, thanks for the help. Hopefully we will be building if not this weekend then next weekend, and there will be pics. Quote Too many projects, too little time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Fizzy Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Cool. Get to work. Lol Quote under construction I hate People with crappy primered cars rolling on hubcaps that are louder then me. u hate c-fizzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkolfo4 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 If you want to use a round port, a 4" is enough for that driver. ~12 sq in. That is enough for a 10" sub with 6mm xmax. It has a low Fs, so 22-25 Hz tuning will definitely work. Quote Current system: 1997 Blazer - (4) Customer Fi NEO subs with (8) American Bass Elite 2800.1s Previous systems: 2000 Suburban - (4) BTL 15's and (4) IA 40.1's = 157.7 dB at 37 Hz. 1992 Astro Van - (6) BTL 15's and (6) IA 40.1's = 159.7 dB at 43 Hz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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