ported or sealed?

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Topic: ported or sealed?

Posted By: xs154
Subject: ported or sealed?
Date Posted: September 17, 2002 at 6:02 PM

I have a 96 accord..with 2 phoenix gold 15's bumpin in the trunk..currently i'm using a sealed box..but i was told if i ported the box id get more boom out of it. Im lookin for as much bass as i can get..what would be the better choice..(bandpass is out of the question.)

any info will help ..thanks

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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: September 17, 2002 at 7:15 PM

Stick with the sealed box especially with 15's. The ported box will make the 15's sound muddled near the low end while the sealed has a smoother frequency response at the same spot. I don't think that you will notice the SPL difference between the two but the SQ will be better in a sealed box.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: mytloud1
Date Posted: September 17, 2002 at 9:15 PM

if you were to change to a ported box, you show see a very noticible difference. but as jeff said, it will not be as clean sounding. a ported box will produce the db's, but will have a boomier sound to it. alot also has to do with your choice of port tuning. if this is your every day driver, and you want clean sound, leave it sealed, but if you want to compete or whatever ported is the way to go.

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