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toledo5189

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Posted: September 08, 2009 at 3:34 PM / IP Logged

I am trying to come up with some measurements to house my 12" Kicker CVX. I want to build a ported enclosure but when it comes to port specs I am lost. I don't know how big to build the port or how deep inside the box the port should go. How do I come up with measements for a port size?

If anyone has a Kicker CVX and could you please give me some input from peronal setups.

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dude just go to the kicker web site and download the manual for free. they also have a spot to help you understand how to build a ported box

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toledo5189

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Ok I went to Kicker.com and found some specs and this is what I came up with. Please give some feedback. Again it is for a 12" Kicker CVX.

toledo5189

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Kinda hard to read here are the essentials.

(W) - 25"

(H) - 14"

(D1) - 18"

(D2) - 18"

Box Volume - 2.354

Tuned Frequency - 40.9

laynlower

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that kinda says it all. but will that fit in your car?

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toledo5189

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Yea anything with a relatively low height will fit and this deff will. What about the tuned frequency I don't know much about that but I listen to mostly rap and want deep clean bass, is 40Hz going to do that for me?

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GAH! Perfect for rap. I'd never tune that high, but those woofers are apparently designed to blast your eardrums, not go deep.

That being said, you and I will VERY likely have very different definitions of "deep bass". First of all, rap has very little truly deep bass, if that helps you see where I am coming from.

Make sure you apply a subsonic filter at around 35 to 38Hz, or you'll beat 'em on the stops!

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

toledo5189

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haemphyst wrote:

GAH! Perfect for rap. I'd never tune that high, but those woofers are apparently designed to blast your eardrums, not go deep.

That being said, you and I will VERY likely have very different definitions of "deep bass". First of all, rap has very little truly deep bass, if that helps you see where I am coming from.

Make sure you apply a subsonic filter at around 35 to 38Hz, or you'll beat 'em on the stops!

Yea I know what you mean. Originally I put one together on this website using different dimensions that was tuned to 33hz. The main difference was the total port length was almost 30" and that seemed like a lot. Also the port was 2.5" wide. From reading up on kickers manual it sounds like I would want a 3" width with a 20.5" length but the tune shoots up to 40hz. Is there a happy medium that you think I would like better?

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Posted: September 09, 2009 at 2:50 AM / IP Logged

tune to whatever you want

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drew454u

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Posted: September 09, 2009 at 4:52 AM / IP Logged

haemphyst wrote:

Make sure you apply a subsonic filter at around 35 to 38Hz, or you'll beat 'em on the stops!

What do you mean by this??

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