In other words, Mike, a ported box will sound better if enough tech is applied. Bang out a box and slap it in? Go sealed...if your woofer is good for that. Most crap today is best suited for sealed. Remember, it is NOT your choice...if you actually design your box. The guy who designed the woofer made the enclosure decision long ago.
Learn enough to properly design and build an enclosure that works with the cars accoustics...go ported, just like the pros. It will sound better AND hit harder.
Just remember here...I have been building SQ systems since 1980. I think I just may have a bit more experience than the 8 dollar an hour tech support dorks at kicker!
I sure as hell have built more cars than they (or you) have even seen, for that matter.
So, lets see...2 industry pros say ported works best...one kid says sealed is best...hmmmm...the car stereo guy says learn more, kid.
Go read Vance Dickason's "Loudspeaker Cookbook". Buy (and read) 10 issues of Speakerbuilder. Get anything by Dick Olsen, even the aincient Radio Shack book I first read 30 years ago. If you quote Kicker again, I am gonna continue laughing. Try to get into some real shit, man. Quit reading marketing department propaganda!.
Remember, ported boxes are HARD to make sound good, so most companies are reluctant to ask you to do so, since most boneheads will fuck it up! Shitty ported boxes blow up woofers, so the manufacturer has to warranty them...more cost...worse reputation...even JL is tough to get real tech help from anymore.
Cars are far more predictable than any room, any time. Talk about a fixed environment...what living room, or even sound studio can boast that it has the listener at the same spot every time they listen?
We havent even talked about what a sealed box does to impedance, have we? Wanna know some neat shit? Find out what happens to amplifier power when your supposedly 4 ohm driver hits 40 ohms when it is near the resonant frequency of the box/car....think your amp just might have a hard time making its rated power when it sees a 40 ohm load? Worse yet, that shit happens right where you need the most power, between 30 and 70 Hz. Try and build a Zobel network to flatten that impedance curve....heh...lemme know when you find out just what a Zobel network is, would you?
Luke
Learn enough to properly design and build an enclosure that works with the cars accoustics...go ported, just like the pros. It will sound better AND hit harder.
Just remember here...I have been building SQ systems since 1980. I think I just may have a bit more experience than the 8 dollar an hour tech support dorks at kicker!
I sure as hell have built more cars than they (or you) have even seen, for that matter.
So, lets see...2 industry pros say ported works best...one kid says sealed is best...hmmmm...the car stereo guy says learn more, kid.
Go read Vance Dickason's "Loudspeaker Cookbook". Buy (and read) 10 issues of Speakerbuilder. Get anything by Dick Olsen, even the aincient Radio Shack book I first read 30 years ago. If you quote Kicker again, I am gonna continue laughing. Try to get into some real shit, man. Quit reading marketing department propaganda!.
Remember, ported boxes are HARD to make sound good, so most companies are reluctant to ask you to do so, since most boneheads will fuck it up! Shitty ported boxes blow up woofers, so the manufacturer has to warranty them...more cost...worse reputation...even JL is tough to get real tech help from anymore.
Cars are far more predictable than any room, any time. Talk about a fixed environment...what living room, or even sound studio can boast that it has the listener at the same spot every time they listen?
We havent even talked about what a sealed box does to impedance, have we? Wanna know some neat shit? Find out what happens to amplifier power when your supposedly 4 ohm driver hits 40 ohms when it is near the resonant frequency of the box/car....think your amp just might have a hard time making its rated power when it sees a 40 ohm load? Worse yet, that shit happens right where you need the most power, between 30 and 70 Hz. Try and build a Zobel network to flatten that impedance curve....heh...lemme know when you find out just what a Zobel network is, would you?
Luke
lol, ok dude.. Calm down.. You are starting to make assumptions about me, so I am going to make a couple of assumptions about you..
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