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enclosure (sealed or bandpass)

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Topic: enclosure (sealed or bandpass)

Posted By: daslabb
Subject: enclosure (sealed or bandpass)
Date Posted: April 20, 2003 at 10:25 PM

I have a pair of performance teknique 12" subs in an bandpass box with an 800watt performance tek. amp.it sounds aight but i think it can soung better.I was wondering would it sound better in a seal box.



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Posted By: Cletis
Date Posted: April 21, 2003 at 3:14 AM
Did you have a box built, or did you put them in a premade box.  Sometimes if you put them in a premade box you won't get the best performance out of your setup, especially dealing with a bandpass box.




Posted By: Blazermedic
Date Posted: April 21, 2003 at 3:36 AM
99% of the commercially sold bandpass boxes will not acoustically match any subs out there. Unless they are matched very closely to the T/S parameters of your subs, you'll either get sadly inaccurate performance (even with the best subs) or you'll have a "one-note monster."
     If you can find a sealed box that has a matched internal volume, you'll see noticeably more accurate performance, but you might also notice less thump. What type of music do you listen to?

CTW
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Posted By: Big Purds
Date Posted: April 21, 2003 at 6:20 AM
you are pretty much always better off to custom build any box to the specs of the subs you have...prefab boxes are a poor idea, because nothing is optimized...

typically, with a sealed box, you will get better sound quality and increased power handling...the music often seems a bit tighter and livelier...if you are after SQ then this is probably the way you want to go...you may lose some volume (depending on the boxes you have now) but you should gain some clarity and cleanliness...





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