Ported sub box or sealed?!

**cracker** · 19-02-2008 03:33 PM

yeah i got a sealed sub now...i reckon it sounds better i mean...how loud do u want ur bass to be!?

**amurray** · 19-02-2008 04:12 PM

Working with the option audio subs we found ported are best.. also.. the little prefab sub and ported box.. works REALLY well.. u can buy the box seperatly.. we through all differant types of subs in there.. it sounded awsome with wat ever we put in there.. its tuned for 35 hz i belive

**LaZaZaL89** · 19-02-2008 09:38 PM

From what ive heard it also has a lot to do with your taste in music?

ie: if you get a good ported box, it works well with slow loud base hip-hop and r&b tracks, however not so great with fast techno, trance, house etc... which is where sealed really excels...

Is there much truth in this statement?

**xtc.thai** · 19-02-2008 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by tron07

lol at off the shelves box....

Not to pour cold water on you, but how much listening experience does your pals have?? Do you know what is cone break up, lead slap, etc is and how they sound??

On the plus side, its not that easy to damage a sub, unless you blast it excessively.....

lol do they have to have alot of experience to know what sounds good and what doesn't? you dont have to know that much to know hear/feel the differences

with the music i listen to, i think that its pretty good.

**mrwillz** · 19-02-2008 10:55 PM

i always had sealed thai

sounds good to me

**tron07** · 20-02-2008 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by xtc.thai

lol do they have to have alot of experience to know what sounds good and what doesn't? you dont have to know that much to know hear/feel the differences

with the music i listen to, i think that its pretty good.

If you say so, and you are happy with it

Cause at the end of the day, its your money and you are going to listen to it.

**arverson** · 21-02-2008 01:59 PM

sealed for me. making a sealed box is easier when you want to fibreglass your sub on a angle inside the rear quarter panels

if i was willing to lose most of my whole boot, entering spl comps or was very low on amp power to feed my sub/s THEN id go ported.

**euro_tr4sh** · 27-02-2008 01:05 AM

ported is great for sq... it gives yiou more control over the characteristics of the bass being produced... 35hz is way to high to be tuning a sub box for daily listening, it greatly reduces the bandwidth at which the sub can operate optimally at as a usual high pass for a sub is 80hz, its only playing a 45hz range haha... its well worth investing in a custom built and designed ported box... prefab, ported and sealed boxes are absolutely rubbish, best thing to use them for is firewood, and then they'd probably still fail miserably

**tron07** · 27-02-2008 08:12 AM

firewood.... FTW!

put in a red sony sub, and you can use it as a hazzard sign/marker too

**ICACHA** · 29-02-2008 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by LaZaZaL89

From what ive heard it also has a lot to do with your taste in music?

dont you mean, how much panadol you can take

**beeza** · 29-02-2008 06:46 PM

Ported.Also fill or even better line the inside if the sub with foam by glue.This will take away the fluffy airy sound and make it more solid sounding.