Enclosure recommendations for These MB Quarts?

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May 20, 2004 | 06:28 PM

Toolman

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http://www.mbquart.com/2003/en_US/pr...&model=RWC+304

there is a link for the specs on the page. Any thoughts? this is for a buddy of mine. Thanks guys....
btw.....he has two (dual 4 ohm)

[ May 20, 2004, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: Toolman ]

May 20, 2004 | 07:01 PM

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George has found that the 10" version of those woofers had to be placed in the perfect box. George found that any devation from the perfect speced box makes the woofers sound very poor. George was scared due to the sound from those woofer when put into a 1 cubic foot premade box.

May 20, 2004 | 07:20 PM

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thats the thing.....these things sound like chit right now....I want to find the right box.

May 20, 2004 | 07:22 PM

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George found the easiest way to make them sound good was to not use them. George thinks they spec out as a great subwoofer but it should not be so difficult to make a subwoofer sound a little decent.

May 20, 2004 | 07:40 PM

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We just did a system in a Prelude with two of the 10" versions of that sub. We did a fiberglass box, I think it gave each sub about .75 cubes sealed, maybe a bit more, but it sounded fairly accurate and had decent output. I ran the numbers through Bassbox, it recommends around 1 cube sealed for a flat Qtc, and around 1.7 cubes vented. Not sure if these numbers match up with what Quart recommends though.....

May 20, 2004 | 07:51 PM

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the 2001 mbq speaker guide I have says 1.0 cubes sealed and 1.5 cubes ported

I can e-mail you the guide if you give me your e-mail address

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May 20, 2004 | 09:04 PM

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Thanks for the help guys!! dodgeram.....ygpm!

May 20, 2004 | 09:06 PM

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Ahaaa, I use the 10" version of this sub in a 1.25 cu.ft. ported enclosure. A slot port of 6"x1"x6" makes this sub perform extremely well. Great sound quality and bottom end extension.

Waits for Dukk to say, Rob is recommending a ported box [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img]

My guess is that the 12's will also perform quite well in a ported box, be it slighly larger in volume.

May 21, 2004 | 12:39 PM

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Well Rob, at least you had the right idea putting it into a vented enclosure. You'll come around..

IMO, from what I have heard though, the best box for those woofers is the one they were shipped in... Leave it in there and sell it

May 21, 2004 | 07:55 PM

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Toolman

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Quote:

Originally posted by Dukk:

IMO, from what I have heard though, the best box for those woofers is the one they were shipped in... Leave it in there and sell it

LOL...that is what I told him yesterday. BUT...he can't afford anything new right now so I built him a box today that is 1 cubic foot per sub sealed after displacement. Sounds WAY better than before....but not good enough for what they are sold for.