negative effects of narrow enclosure?

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Topic: negative effects of narrow enclosure?

Posted By: sound
Subject: negative effects of narrow enclosure?
Date Posted: December 03, 2008 at 11:54 AM

How narrow can a portion of an enclosure be before it negatively affects the preformance of a sub? I want to put a sub into an area that is not big enough for a correct sized enclosure, however the enclosure could be extended into another area by a narrow passage/channel of some sort. Maybe the internal dimensions of the channel would be .75 by 5 by 5 inches.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 03, 2008 at 12:09 PM

In general, the geometry of a subwoofer enclosure does not matter. It is the net airspace volume that matters. So go ahead and make it whatever odd shape you need to.

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Posted By: sound
Date Posted: December 03, 2008 at 1:12 PM

ok. I was thinking more in terms of air movement inside the sub being constricted or choked rather than the actual geometry.

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: December 03, 2008 at 1:50 PM

sound] wrote:

nbsp; ok. I was thinking more in terms of air movement inside the sub being constricted or choked rather than the actual geometry.

Not an issue.

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Posted By: sound
Date Posted: December 03, 2008 at 1:54 PM

Alright! Thank you for the info.

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