Sealed or Ported box sounds better in a 2GS???
08-10-09, 07:11 PM
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BIG MACK you said that sealed box's dont wear the woofer's life down, you r quote said that """There are plenty of home speakers that are sealed designs from very high end companies, and they do not have failures due to being in a sealed enclosure.""" So as im sure you already know that most home systems arent running the same wattage that cars are and that car systems are put the hell by many people. Your exactly right when you said if the box is built Correctly but lots of people dont get correct air spaced box's. Also home systems are more for sound quality like THX and what not these car systems are Thumping rap music or whatever kind of bass song after song. The life like i was talking about and you said the same thing is the voice coil. Bottom end is that I agree with you that you MUST have a correctly built box or your woofer wont do what its ment to do and if you dont have a "high end quality" woofer it wont last that long
08-10-09, 10:51 PM
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08-10-09, 11:15 PM
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What you could look into doing later is running a port from your box up to where the stock sub was in the back baffel board, so the bass thumps are dumped in the inside of the car which = louder bass like trucks. Trucks are loud cause they have the cab of the truck, which acts like a trunk, we have a trunk that separates the SPL's from the woofers and the passengers. So Really you want loud heart thumping bass go with a ported box but then you better dynamt the **** out of your trunk to eliminate the rattle. but if you hard hitting but solid bass then go with a sealed box. Oh yeah if you get a sealed box it also wears the life of the woofer down faster than a ported box. The air has nowhere to go in a sealed box so thats alot of stress on a woofer.
08-10-09, 11:26 PM
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I would agree with Mack. The box should be built according to what the sub will perform best in. There are some subs out there that don't do well in a vented enclosure. It is a far more critical build to get a ported box correct vs. a sealed enclosure. Seale di sjust getting airspace correct...or pretty close 
a vented enclosure needs sapce, port length and diameter, and even port palcement to make it accurate. Ported vs. sealed depends on the sub more than your preference.
a vented enclosure needs sapce, port length and diameter, and even port palcement to make it accurate. Ported vs. sealed depends on the sub more than your preference.
08-11-09, 01:25 PM
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Tony, we're on the same page, I agree, but even a "high end quality woofer" won't mean a hill of beans if it's in a poorly constructed or ill designed box - sealed or vented. Much like you have to pay to play in the Lexus game, the same is true in quality audio. If you're going to spend the green, do it right, do it once, and enjoy. Cheers, my man!
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Cheers Too!!! Tony
08-12-09, 10:10 AM
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update: spent about 4 hrs last nite taking everything apart and running the wire n junk but didnt have time to put in the compassitor... later today maybe haha if it aint too hot... Hooked everything up to my stock NAvi deck, nothing special but it slaps... suprisingly no rattle... sounds super clean but i think i want something a little better but this will do for now... ported box 
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