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Vented sub box design help!!

1.4K views 33 replies 6 participants last post by  vince32837  
#1 ·
I have 4 mach 5 UXL's ordered and what to get boxes built for them, found Baltic Birch on sale locally till Feb 22. So I want to get going on it while I can save some money on the wood.


Requirements are as follows:


Tune between 15 and 18 Hz


Foot print can be 20 inches wide ( have 21 inches from screen frame to side wall) by 24 inches deep ( can be less don't want more) height can be 60 inches high (sheets come in 60 inches by 60 inches).


Can get either 3/4 inch (18mm) 13 ply stuff that's on sale $59 per sheet or 1 inch (24mm) 18 ply at 90 per sheet not on sale. What would be better? By other builds I assume 3/4 is fine with double front baffle.


I will be using JTR 212HT-Lp for LCR and either Slant 8 for side and rears or DIY sound V-8's


Thanks in advance, I'm lost with design software!!
 
#28 ·

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Originally Posted by BrentTHX  /t/1517818/vented-sub-box-design-help#post_24363521


Ok so that's with the port coming out top then? Which is fine by me. I should be able to figure out the lumber order from that.
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Yes, be sure to run the divider down the middle like previously suggested. Since your doing 4 subs I doubt very much you would have any air velocity issues if you're still going to feed them 3000w each, but you are up there at 28m/s at 3000w. It would take some serious sine tones to put you there though.
 
#30 ·
LOL.. yeah you have a good point there but I wasn't going to bring it up.
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well I opted to put it in a different way. You can round your vent ends with a round-over bit if you have a router also.
 
#32 ·
And hide that driver! No I get it, cool! I have a gut feeling your project is going to come out really nice.
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#33 ·
Is there a design build for this cabinet?
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Originally Posted by LTD02  /t/1517818/vented-sub-box-design-help#post_24360062


i think this is what steve is talking about, but i'm not 100% sure...


it would be really simple and perform great. single slot port running down the back and firing up. if that is a cool design for you, all you really need to do is pick a tuning frequency and the port length can be calculated.

 
#34 ·
what about the dust entry with a top vent?