View Poll Results: Ported VS Sealed (Sub Boxes)
Ported
51
69.86%
Sealed
22
30.14%
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Sealed vs Ported
#21
Originally Posted by Dukk
There's nothing wrong with a good bandpass. They offer a couple of unique advantages to other box designs. The problem comes in building a good bandpass and having the support gear for it.
This all assumes an anechoic chamber, of course; in a vehicle, I prefer sealed because it mates best with the transfer function of the vehicle for a realistic and relatively accurate reproduction of the source. In the house, I need something to pick up that bottom end for me, more times than not. There is no single correct solution: it's simply a matter of matching the utilization to the intended by-product.
#22
Originally Posted by Dukk
^ yeah ok John - the Pioneer truck wasn't exactly a simple sealed box.
Vented is better. sorry, had to...
Vented is better. sorry, had to...
Any news on that hearse with the gigantic ported enclosure in it?.....
#23
For burping, a design that load the woofer more will always be louder, when done right.
When it come to listening to music, sealed is louder, in the end. When you consider what you need to get a ported box behave as close as possible to the theorical model (port location vs woofer, size, lenght and flare; box shape) you understand that you rarely end with a box that is smaller or take less room than the sealed box needed for the next-size woofer, wich overall, is gonna be as efficient or more, won't suffer from port noise, phase/delay shift and unloading.
I'm not saying that you cannot make good sounding ported box that get loud, i'm saying that in most case, it won't get any louder out of the same power than a similary sized sealed enclosure with woofers that will take advantage of this space.
When it come to listening to music, sealed is louder, in the end. When you consider what you need to get a ported box behave as close as possible to the theorical model (port location vs woofer, size, lenght and flare; box shape) you understand that you rarely end with a box that is smaller or take less room than the sealed box needed for the next-size woofer, wich overall, is gonna be as efficient or more, won't suffer from port noise, phase/delay shift and unloading.
I'm not saying that you cannot make good sounding ported box that get loud, i'm saying that in most case, it won't get any louder out of the same power than a similary sized sealed enclosure with woofers that will take advantage of this space.
#28
I USED to say a properly ported box would be louder but a Pioneer truck proved me wrong
In terms of bandpass though, technically a ported box is a 2nd order bandpass so saying a bandpass is better than a ported is a very vague assertion.
A PROPERLY TUNED ported box will always be louder than a sealed box at or near the tuning frequency.
Last edited by seege; 07-19-2007 at 07:44 PM.