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wat will sound betta in my hatch sealed box or ported one.
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wat will sound betta in my hatch sealed box or ported one.
Depends. What kind of boom are you looking for?
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ported box. but remember when you have a ported box you need a bigger amp than you would for a sealed one.
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Yeah, either a ported or a bandpass box will do you good.
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bandpass = big space requirement. o btw, which order of bandpass were you referancing specifically?
if you goto the kicker website, when using a "sealed box" power handling is lower then when using a "ported enclosure"
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Yeah, either a ported or a bandpass box will do you good.
Bandpass is where its at. Ported won't shake you enough, and sealed won't be loud enough.
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wat will sound betta in my hatch sealed box or ported one.
Depends. What kind of boom are you looking for?
like deep sound everyone outside the car can here
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bandpass = big space requirement. o btw, which order of bandpass were you referancing specifically?
if you goto the kicker website, when using a "sealed box" power handling is lower then when using a "ported enclosure"
Where does it say that? The power handling is shown as a single number without any indication of box type. The SIZE of the box is different, with the ported requiring a larger box- but power handling will always be higher with a sealed box than a ported box.
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bandpass = big space requirement. o btw, which order of bandpass were you referancing specifically?
if you goto the kicker website, when using a "sealed box" power handling is lower then when using a "ported enclosure"
Where does it say that? The power handling is shown as a single number without any indication of box type. The SIZE of the box is different, with the ported requiring a larger box- but power handling will always be higher with a sealed box than a ported box.
Kicker manual
goto page 6 and page 7. its a solo-X, but it behaves like any other woofer. higher power in a vented box vs. a sealed box.
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bandpass = big space requirement. o btw, which order of bandpass were you referancing specifically?
if you goto the kicker website, when using a "sealed box" power handling is lower then when using a "ported enclosure"
Where does it say that? The power handling is shown as a single number without any indication of box type. The SIZE of the box is different, with the ported requiring a larger box- but power handling will always be higher with a sealed box than a ported box.
Kicker manual
goto page 6 and page 7. its a solo-X, but it behaves like any other woofer. higher power in a vented box vs. a sealed box.
It's not quite that simple:
http://www.rdrop.com/users/billmc/hp48/spkr48_3.6.shar.old
The Pmax figure is a maximum momentary power handling number, not anything that you should use as a reference for how much "constant" power you can feed from an amplifier. The higher the frequency being produced, the higher your Pmax becomes. Since the ported box is tuned to a higher frequency, the Pmax for the whole system is higher- it doesn't mean that the speaker can take a larger amp and be ok. The function of the ported box is to increase the efficiency of the speaker by allowing sound waves from the rear of the cone reach the listener's ear- but you lose the acoustic suspension of the sealed enclosure. Since you don't have an air spring supporting the cone anymore, you have less control of the cone's movement- so you shouldn't push as much power into the speaker as you would with a sealed box. A high power level that would be safe in an acoustic suspension enclosure (sealed) can easily cause overexcursion in a ported enclosure, then upset the voice coil and blow everything apart.
If you read the disclaimer on page 7 of the manual, you'll get a little bit of what I was talking about in the beginning of the paragraph:
"This enclosure is designed for SPL ONLY! It is designed to be used with test tones above 56Hz! Playing music with frequencies below 56Hz will results in very, very bad things happening!!"
Sure, you can drive more peak power into the speaker at specific frequencies and benefit from it with a specific box design, but try to load up your ported box with the same low frequencies and power that you can push through the sealed box and you'll end up blowing stuff up. I know I don't listen to music that consists of only 60Hz sine waves- do you?