which is better ported or sealed box for subs?

[DC5TYPER]

thansk for clearing alot of that up. ^^ listen to him.

I was basing my comment about Ported boxes being smaller than sealed boxes on the user manual that came with my sub:



For the 12" sub;

SEALED: 573x368x236 Volume = 32.7Lt or 1.15CuFt
PORTED: 521x355x208 Volume = 23.5Lt or 0.82CuFt

The figures you have given us are NET volume. That is the volume of the box without the volume of the sub and the volume of the port. Thus the reading of the ported is smaller. In reality the ported box will always be bigger because if you added the volume of the port with the volume of the box. The ported box will be bigger.

It is a little misleading the way SONY has provided those specs to the consumer.