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arnhemb 
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Posted: September 29, 2006 at 4:33 AM / IP Logged  

Hello All, long time reader, first time poster

I have been experimenting with creating fibreglass boxes, and i need some advice. I hade a 10'' sealed box, there is hardly any flexing on the walls but the wooden version of the exact same box still gives better bass. I just threw some quite dense cloth inside, and it did improve the sound a lot.

My question is what can be put inside a fibreglass box to make it sound as good as a wooden one without adding too many layers of f/g which makes it heavier and then you may as well use wood? I have heard of foam, cant remember the name but it is kind of a egg shaped on the surface, would that work well too?

Tks in advance.

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sound deadening (brush on stuff usually) the inside of a fibreglass box helps it alittle bit, havtn heard of foam thou, maybe sum1 else can help
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you're talking a bout recording studio sound deadener/blocker. it'd better be a big box... that stuff is usually 2 - 3 inches thick. a 10 in box with that on every wall and you have a 3 in square left on the inside.
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Did you make the fiberglass enclosure to the subwoofer's specifications ? Normally if the enclosure is not the proper volume, your going to get a poor SQ from the enclosure.
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The question on the FG box is, were there enough layers of cloth with the FG? The cloth will give extra strength and rigidity (wow that didn't look right for some reason). Try pressing your thumb against one of the sides of the box. If it flexes, there wasn't enough layers of cloth and FG. I don't think the right amount of cloth and glass will make the box as heavy as an MDF box unless it was seriously over engineered. VM is correct, of course, spec the box to match the subs.
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arnhemb 
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Posted: October 02, 2006 at 2:22 AM / IP Logged  

There is virtually no flexing on the walls and yep, box is pretty much to the standards. Going to do more testing, and will keep everyone posted.

Thanks for the advice

arnhem


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