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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
i was lookin at subs and there are a ton of things i don't understand.
what does the weight of the magnet have to do with how good the speaker actually is? i see a lot of information with companies bragging about heavier and heavier subs with seemingly ever increasing prices to match, does it make that much of a difference?
when building or bying an enclosure, is the volume of the box just a blind volume, or do i have to account for the air space offset by the speaker and mega magnet?
what is the difference in sound between sealed box, band pass, and ported? what is the diffeence between ported and band pass, are they both just a hole for air to move through?
that is all for now. tia
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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
what do you mean hit hard or tight? as in what range they work in or how loud the bass actually gets?
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Ok, i used to sell this crap at Citcuit City; hear is the deal. Bigger magnet = bigger boom. Simple really, stronger magnet makes a stronger sub which makes a louder noise.
you can get specific and acount for the air space the speaker and magnet take up, but unless you're building a high (and i mean super high) $$$ compitition system, don't even worry about it. Just use a "blind" volume.
as far as boxes here it goes:
sealed hits tight (for like rock music), ported hits tight but also "thumpy". Band pass just, IMO, makes a lot of sh*tty noise. it is what 17 yr old put in their civics to act like they r cool. just loud bass.
I have a sealed 10" sub in my car and it hits hard and sharp as hell. but that is b/c i have a hatch back.
The size of the sub 10", 12", 15", ect also determins the sharpness and "thump" of the sound, 10" hits sharper, but 12" has more of a "thump" (this all of course depends on where the system is installed, and if you have a hatch or a sealed trunk.
if you want, PM me the type of music you like, what kind of car you want to install it in, and ur budget and i'd me more then happy to give you my $.02 if you'd like.