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SPL only box for alpine swr12's


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dirtdr 
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Posted: August 20, 2002 at 9:35 PM / IP Logged  

I want to build a box for MAX SPL only with 2 Alpine swR-12's

I am currently running a common sealed box on them and occosionaly enter spl drags. I hit upwards of 143 with the sealed box and an alpine mrv-1507. Any chance of getting to 150 in a jeep cherokee without changing to diff subs or amp??

So i guess my question would be-- what dimensions of box should i build - Size doesn't matter as the box is just for SPL and would be changed out for daily driving / SQ comps??? (mabee)

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Posted: August 23, 2002 at 11:38 PM / IP Logged  

Well a vented enclosure could give you a 3 db gain....

Problem is that I don't think the SWR-12's are made for a vented enclosure.....not that it couldn't be done...It will just take a lot of math and precision to do it....and I'd be glad to help you with it, if you wanna attempt it...

A bandpass would also give you a DB gain.....but, it's a huge enclosure and, well, the frequency range it has...sux.  so for SQ I wouldn't recommend it...

The vented also has it's limitations as far as SQ go, but can be worked with a lot more than a bandpass....

But overall, if you don't wanna get new subs or a new amp....you'd probably have to go with a vented...of course this is if the sealed enclosure you currently have is built to the theile-small specs of the subs in there....if it's not...try that first...

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Posted: August 24, 2002 at 9:39 AM / IP Logged  

Go for a ported box and the most important thing to consider is the port tuning frequency. Find the frequency that your Jeep and the subs produce the most SPL from and make a port to reflect this freqeuncy. You have a parametric EQ on the 1507 that you can boost a single frequency so make sure that frequency is what the port frequency is and your set.

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dirtdr 
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Posted: August 25, 2002 at 7:33 PM / IP Logged  

Thanks for your help...

ok to start with... the sealed box is probably not built to the theile small perameters, as it was an off-the shelf box. Where do i find all the info about my subs that I need for the theile-small perameters??

As for frequency, in the sealed box i have now, it hits at 51hz, is that what i tune the ported box to??

dirtdr 
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Posted: August 25, 2002 at 7:37 PM / IP Logged  
oh yea, I am not too worried about sq, I will keep the sealed box for that, and just switch to the SPL box for DB Comps.

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