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is a single 4"ID x 5.5"L port enough for an SSD 15 in 3.5cu ft. the box will be tuned to 33. trying to finish up the details on my enclosure and i keep questioning this.

My enclosure is built at 2.5 cuft, my current port area is 10x4x21, tuned to 39 hz, I want to change this so its tuned to 32 and I would need to add 14 in in length, unfortunatly not possible. So I looked into it and I could change my port to 10x3x25, what will I lose(or gain) by changing the port area ?

What is the recommended amount of port area for an SSD with copper Coils? Think I need to build another enclosure but I want to get everything panned out before I do so..

Im in the process of designing a box for one Fi Q 15 and I have a couple quick questions. If went over the 12-16 square inches of vent area per cubic foot of volume would this affect the sound Quality? I was just curious because I have seen a few enclosures that definatly go over this and sound amazing. I am going for more sound quality vs. SPL but want to get the most out of my subs. Also I am planning on tuning the box to 32 hz, that was the recomended optimal freq. for the 12" Q but does this also apply to the 15" Q? Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance, Zach

what is the recommended port area for ssd's? box will be around 5 cubes tuned to around 33hz. 1 port 5" wide 20.75" long would give me 75 square inches. and 4.5" wide 17.25" long is 67.5. is one better that the other? and y? also just curious how much does a 12" SSD weigh and a 12" Q?

So I'm fixin to build a box to house an 18. I don't, however, know how to calculate my port size or to tune it. My maximum external dimensions are 35"W 30"D 17"H. I want the sub to face the ceiling of my vehicle. I don't know if thats gonna effect the port location or not. If someone could kindly walk me through the process of designing and sizing the port for my box, I'd be eternally greatful and totally post a picture log of the build process. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys Im going to build a new box for my 18" Q. I have 6.7cu. ft. before disp. and port.. which I know is small, which is why I need to use aero's. Right now I have 4x 4"x10" aero ports. can someone give me recommendations. Do I need to get 6" ports?? I know for port area that 2 of these 4" aero's isnt enough, but I think if I go to 3, mine are to short... Can I use the flares, and use PVC pipe to make them longer??

Well it's time to move my set up from the S10 to the 325ix and have been crunching numbers to draw up a box. Right now I'm running my Q10 sealed at about 0.4ft^3 on a SAE-1000D at 2ohms. I will have considerable more space in the trunk of my car so Im wanting ported tuned to 27~28hz. I planned everything out so at net box volume of 1ft^3 I can use 3'' PVC at 22'' length to get 28hz. Now i'm no expert at enclosure design but I feel one 3'' port not flared will be too small? Pi*1.5^2= 7.06in^2 of port area. Id like some opinions on the matter. What do you guys think? Thanks, Mike B.

I'm currently trying to design an enclosure for 3 Bl 10's i've got 1.85cu.ft of volume (total), with displacement. What sort of port area and length would i be looking at. Also, i can increase the volume slightly, as that is with 1inch MDF

If I have a traditional trunk (large 300c trunk) and I fire the sub towards the back but fire the port up on the passenger side of the car, does the direction of the port make any difference, up, back side? I assume it would a little if there was resistance from say a seatback or side trim but up into the rear window or towards the empty trunk in the back, will there be much of a difference in the cabin as far as sound etc... Just got my 15 BL today ($105 extra for DELIVERY WTF?!) and can't wait to get it in... I am going to tune it to 33 or 34 hz PS: How reliable is the ported box calculator at reaudio?

After speaker displacement I have 2.46 cu ft, I need to figure the port for tuning to 32 hz (recommended by Fi) I was looking at about 28 sq in of port, how long would the port be ? Do I need more port area ? If so what would recommend ? My enclosure is 43w x 14h x 7.5d(combination of top and bottom divided x 2). Thank you for all your help.

if i have round 8 cubic feet will two ports be ok? two of them at 3 inche's by 21? thanks for any help guys!

Sooo, I am now in the process of designing my box for a single 10" sub down firing in a ported enclosure. I got the rough idea for the design from those AudioFire boxes for trucks. The sub will be down firing right behind the center console, the main box will go up to right above the rear seat from the ground, the port would then go from the box to the back of the seat and do a 90 degree and back towards the front seat. So, the port is going to be pretty much external from the main portion of the box....my question is, how do I go about figuring out the tuning frequency of this port? It is going to be a fairly thin port but pretty long and I am just not to sure. At th…

I have a Fi Q 15 with BP power in about a 5 cuft box. 3.5 for the sub and the rest is displacements for sub and port. I have the box tuned to 31hz. I read the recommendations for the sub off of this forum and it says about 12-16 square inches of port area per cubic foot of volume. So that would translate from 42in-56in squared of port cross section and i have about 48 inches squared (its 13.75in W x 3.5in H x 36in L) and not very much air is moving through the port and it is not very loud. Maybe it needs more break in time? Thanks

I am going to be building a new box for my 15 inch q because my current one is a little too big. The dimensions I am working with are 14high, 32 long, 20 inches deep. I am having a hard time understanding what size slot port would it take for this box to be tuned to 33hz. Since I will be going with sub up+port up, the port can be either 30.5 or 18.5 inches long(depending on if make it long ways , or short ways) but how wide, and long should it be? (would like to face them back but they will be too close to the back of the trunk....I can also face them forward). Also, current box is 14x32x24 tuned to 33hz....will I see a huge decrease in output with this smaller box?

need help with port length for a box for 2 18" ssds. current box is 48 x 24 x 24 external, 46.5 x 3" slot port tuned to 32Hz. I want to build a bigger box with a bigger port. What would be the port length for 48 x 24 x 31 external with a 46.5 x 4" port tuned to 31Hz.

ok so I have used a few different calculators and got different lengths... the box is gunna be 4.0ft^3 for a 15" Q tuned to 32 HZ on carstereo.com calculator i got H 6"xW 10"xL 28" on winisd pro i got 6x10x 32.9 L?? what one should I got with or are there any other calculators I should look at? also what would my port area be looking at and would I be in the recommended 12-16" range? Thank for any help -Ryan

My personal car is a 1991 Honda Prelude and I've been dreaming up ways of upgrading the system from its rather small old rockford p2 set up(old school black and red coned rockford p2s). The car is small, the trunk is even smaller, comparable to a mustang trunk. The trunk opening is much like a mustang, opens like a lid with rather small clearances. I'm thinking of putting a dual BL 12" set up in it, building the box inside the trunk to achieve hopefully around 4 square feet. The rear seats are gone, so there is an opening to the trunk, would it sound good to place the port in that opening? I know not to cover a port but I've never heard anything rather direction or place…

I have a excursion w/2 -18 Q's and want to know if i can tune them to 30hz instead of 28hz? and should i have the port and subs firing to the rear or facing up? all my boxes always had the port and sub on the same side.I would face them to the rear. I would face my box up and the bass cuts in half. Will this do same if i face the subs up and the port to the rear? I want to get the most that i can get out of subs and box. Any input....

I have a excursion w/2 -18 Q's and want to know if i can tune them to 30hz instead of 28hz? and should i have the port and subs firing to the rear or facing up? all my boxes always had the port and sub on the same side.I would face them to the rear. I would face my box up and the bass cuts in half. Will this do same if i face the subs up and the port to the rear? I want to get the most that i can get out of subs and box. Any input....

say you have ur port is it bad for it to be perfect for ex. a 10"hieght x 10"wide port pleases leave ur opions belowww thank youu

I am going to build (or have built) a 1.88 cu.ft. enclosure tuned to 32hz for a 12" Fi BL. I want to put a round port in the box or multiple round ports or even a triangle port. Can anyone tell me the dimensions of the port? I know there are tons of calculators out there but i don't know how to take in account port noise and all that fun stuff. I don't know whether to put one port or multiple or anything. Thanks in advance!

I'm going to do my box at 8.8 Cubes with dicplacement I'm looking close to 8 cubes. 8.5 with the sub and I'm thinking about the port. Should I do a 4x18? or a 5x18 tuned to 28hz.. Thanks guys

OKay so i got my car back... 15" Q in a (supposed to be) 4 cu.ft. ported box.... i love it so far and sounds great. i need to listen to it more tommorw. i hardly had any time today. but anyways, to the point... My box is 4 cu. ft. which means the port should be 48-64 square inches.... well i have 4 3" ports which is: 1.5^2 x 3.1415 x 4 = 28.2735 if the box is 4 cu ft and i replace the 3" ported with 4" ports, that would give me about 50 (50.264) square inches but how much would it take from the rest of the box? how would it change the sound and output? and how hard would it be to change the ports out? I think it may be restricting the sub a lil with such lil port area...…

I am going to build a box for a 12" bl or a q. My interior box volume (after subtracting speaker displacement) is 2.1 cu. ft. What kind of port and what dimensions do you guys think I should use . I haven't decided which sub I'm gonna buy yet. Also feel free to leave some feedback on the two subs (is there really a huge sq loss with the bl or is there a substantial bass level loss with the q)