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I have a custom 2013 Q motor with a 6 spoke 18" basket and spl audio recone. I had it in 6 cubes tuned at 32 and it sounded great but i have to make space for my daughter. I was wonderingb could i put it in a box thats 22"x22"x22" with the sub inverted? Tuned to like 40hz? External ports

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Yieks

 

I have a custom 2013 Q motor with a 6 spoke 18" basket and spl audio recone. I had it in 6 cubes tuned at 32 and it sounded great but i have to make space for my daughter. I was wonderingb could i put it in a box thats 22"x22"x22" with the sub inverted? Tuned to like 40hz? External ports

Yikes.  The word "custom" means for anyone to answer anything you need to measure the T/S parameters otherwise it is a 1000% crap shoot.  

 

40Hz sounds awful for a Q....

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Yeah well its either 40hz q 18 or $500 to rebuild 2 w6s into 8s or 10s. Trying to go the wasier route first

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Neither options are good. Just run a sealed box

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Yeah thinking about just buying a hds2 sub and building a 4th for it.

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And that option would be even worse.*

 

*I assume you mis-used the 4th order term considering the way you wrote that I would assume a standard ported box which has a 4th order rolloff.  If you meant bandpass, which I assume the HDS in a 4th order BP will sound like complete shit compared to running the 18" Q sealed.

 

Btw, you can't recone your W6's that way, but you could run a pair of those sealed as well which would also smoke the HDS.

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You can also recone your Q to a smaller size, with genuine parts from Fi. It could be cheaper than reconing your W6s.

The 18" in a seled box can sound nice too. You will love it.

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Another vote to run the Q sealed =]

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Another vote to run the Q sealed =]

Thats if it has the high qts

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Is the High Qts a coil option, or a motor option?

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Sealed for the Q is my vote.  The High QTS is an option that is adjustments done to the motor when it is being machined.

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