Greetings-
Not trying to make a fight club here...Ive been modeling subs for the last week, and every one with all things being equal sealed spank ported. Again this is with all things equal, same number drivers same cab same power. Sealed always extends deep into a black hole where as ported don't but you get a bit more spl(sometimes).
Example here is Two RSS390HF modeled in 6FT3 cabs both with 800 watts- Sealed barely crests excursion but im sure it'll be fine. I run mine now 500w 4.3 no filter all day and they laugh.
Ported has tiny bit more SPL - But sealed is like see ya! and keeps on digging. I used REW to measure mine- and YES I KNOW they need tweaking(MTG advised me im just working a lot this week) but mine dig into the single digits in my opinion like a boss. Mine are single woofer loaded 4.3ft3 sealed cabs.
Even doubling the ported cab to 12ft it still got left behind in extension. Also I chose 6ft3 because its a decent size(middle ground for me) and with excursion it was actually way easier to tame with the ported.
Yes I can go horn/TL style, heck i bought THTLP plans!!!! I was about to build two 7' tall monsters! until i heard they weren't meant for under 20hz..And as a Theater Junkie who goes all kid in a candy store when LF is shaking my room...I cant live with out it. Also the plywood total price it would have costed me was insane- I could have bought two more woofers for the cost of all materials. And honestly I was sad, I really wanted them to be my subs for the next few years. I had plans to make them into family collage- Of all of my kids from birth to present day- Figured that be a awesome thing to have in our theater/family room.
I gave ported a chance..Hell i cut a large ass hole in the tops of my cabs and stuck big ol PVC in there(modeled of course lol) and made a port tuned to like 18HZ based on WinISD and 12volt and it sucked. I felt like I lost all bass
Again I know my sweep is sloppy as i have not tamed it or tried to make it flat-but you cant deny that extension is good for a $180 driver.
Anyway- Im a broke a@@ bi@@@, i support my wife and three kids with a crappy income, so I cant afford big ticket woofers. Even the UM18 are out of my reach, I can possibly buy two more of these when i save a little but unless the UM15 drops on sale again to $190- HF woofers are my golden ticket.
In closing---This is not a troll post, Its full of grammar mistakes and full of my experiences and what im seeing using WinISD/BB-Pro and Basta. and I just want to see some ideas and hear what this awesome community has to say and offer.
--What he forgot to say why!!! Well because I want a weee bit more, as we all do. And ive seen a lot of designs revolving around slapping twp woofers and gobs of power hehehe
Not trying to make a fight club here...Ive been modeling subs for the last week, and every one with all things being equal sealed spank ported. Again this is with all things equal, same number drivers same cab same power. Sealed always extends deep into a black hole where as ported don't but you get a bit more spl(sometimes).
Example here is Two RSS390HF modeled in 6FT3 cabs both with 800 watts- Sealed barely crests excursion but im sure it'll be fine. I run mine now 500w 4.3 no filter all day and they laugh.
Ported has tiny bit more SPL - But sealed is like see ya! and keeps on digging. I used REW to measure mine- and YES I KNOW they need tweaking(MTG advised me im just working a lot this week) but mine dig into the single digits in my opinion like a boss. Mine are single woofer loaded 4.3ft3 sealed cabs.
Even doubling the ported cab to 12ft it still got left behind in extension. Also I chose 6ft3 because its a decent size(middle ground for me) and with excursion it was actually way easier to tame with the ported.
Yes I can go horn/TL style, heck i bought THTLP plans!!!! I was about to build two 7' tall monsters! until i heard they weren't meant for under 20hz..And as a Theater Junkie who goes all kid in a candy store when LF is shaking my room...I cant live with out it. Also the plywood total price it would have costed me was insane- I could have bought two more woofers for the cost of all materials. And honestly I was sad, I really wanted them to be my subs for the next few years. I had plans to make them into family collage- Of all of my kids from birth to present day- Figured that be a awesome thing to have in our theater/family room.
I gave ported a chance..Hell i cut a large ass hole in the tops of my cabs and stuck big ol PVC in there(modeled of course lol) and made a port tuned to like 18HZ based on WinISD and 12volt and it sucked. I felt like I lost all bass
Again I know my sweep is sloppy as i have not tamed it or tried to make it flat-but you cant deny that extension is good for a $180 driver.
Anyway- Im a broke a@@ bi@@@, i support my wife and three kids with a crappy income, so I cant afford big ticket woofers. Even the UM18 are out of my reach, I can possibly buy two more of these when i save a little but unless the UM15 drops on sale again to $190- HF woofers are my golden ticket.
In closing---This is not a troll post, Its full of grammar mistakes and full of my experiences and what im seeing using WinISD/BB-Pro and Basta. and I just want to see some ideas and hear what this awesome community has to say and offer.
--What he forgot to say why!!! Well because I want a weee bit more, as we all do. And ive seen a lot of designs revolving around slapping twp woofers and gobs of power hehehe