Inverting a subwoofer.

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May 14, 2004 | 01:35 PM

#11

Dave MacKinnon

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Westec is right.. you can now hear all sorts of nasty motor noise.. I wouldn't recommend it.

May 14, 2004 | 03:33 PM

#12

hobbes26

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Oh yeah... Forgot that point. Gotta find one that has venting taken care of in a way that doesn't cause too much noise...

May 14, 2004 | 03:37 PM

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DLS SP or UR series have huge flares on their back plates.

May 14, 2004 | 03:38 PM

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Chadxton

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Quote:

Originally posted by scarlemthug:
u should reverse the phase of the driver aswell

Bah. Only if you have one driver inverted and the other normal. I notice no difference either way with my sub inverted.

As far as vented pole noise, I hear none. In a vented box, would you really think it would be different if the sub was mounted normally? I found it amplified the vent noise more that way than inverted.

And I gained a precious .3 cu ft from inverting.

[ May 14, 2004, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Chadxton ]

May 14, 2004 | 06:15 PM

#15

Claudio Piccolo

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Again, if the box is designed correctly you will not have an issue.

May 15, 2004 | 02:49 PM

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13idnyk

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Mines inverted. Mainly cuz i have no room to mount normaly! Looks nice. Sounds fat. Im happy

May 15, 2004 | 09:47 PM

#17

Blinddemonz

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Quote:

Originally posted by defro:
inverting woofers is strictly cosmetic, no benefit whatsoever sonically

I agree, though I feel that when people do this for cosmetic reasons it only really looks good when its in a fibreglass install IMO.

May 17, 2004 | 02:54 PM

#18

Dave MacKinnon

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it's not the subwoofer enclosure vent that makes the noise, it's air flowing around the voice coil and spider at high velocities. This can vary from a mild whooshing noise to chuffing and puffing as low frequencies are produced.