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Dropping low... big port or small port?


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Download the Torres box calculator, put in all your measurements for the box and port and it will give you your box tuning

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2001 chevy cavalier

Rebuild in progress

what happens when your CD player skips and you accidentally drop a 22 hz sine bomb at an unholy volume on 7-8 year old subs? Mechanical failure floppy sub knockage on at least 2.

well...as i see the level 6 is compared to a lamborghini.....but a corvette?

i was thinking more like a chevy volt. its cute and new and "hip", but i would just rather stick my dick in a blender.........

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funny since that torres box calculator came out everyone thinks they are a pro and think they can design a box all the sudden. there is more than just plugging in numbers to building a great/correct box. every vehicle and every subwoofer is different and it also depends on how much power you plan on using so there is many factors that make up how u wanna design something.

honestly the fad on this forum and most others is huge box huge port to drop low. its not neccessary but its a way to make it work. as far as port size goes it depends on your application. you can get away with a smaller port if you are unable to get the port length. port length plays a roll on wave travel and all that jazz that torres fails to calculate out

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ur panties are in a bunch lately hank

give me another demo and ill go in there and retrieve the vag floss

:drinks:

on a serious note, a common fad/trend thats occuring is people putting way more power into a sub than rated/needed... there seems to be a less and less interested in efficiency of the enclosure, more are worried about what it does on a TL ("i wanna hit a 50 at least," is very common)

back to OP, like hank said every sub is different, the power it sees and the cabin its in should dictate how u manipulate the enclosure to your benefit... at/near tuning the port is doing most of the work, but cone control plays a huge roll in the ability to play below tune frequency... and when the trend is towards huge boxes with huge ports u no longer have the range or control that should be sought out

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