Posted March 18, 201213 yr So, my daughters MECA Power Wheel got a broken port... So I decided to rebuild... The small sealed enclosure was practically free airing so I was looking at making a loading wall, but I don't know how to tune for just a loading wall which got confusing because it started coming out at a 6th order... So I started looking into 4th order, sealed one half, ported other. plenty of loading surface, as well as the output for the port to under the dash for the kick score. I have it as .35ft^3 sealed side (its a single 8 sealed enclosure is .25-.5ft^3) and ported side .68ft^3 with 2 2" aeros 10" long at 45hz. still fits on the back of the power wheels, and tuning a little higher for better spl with full response. Does that sound right?
March 19, 201213 yr Absolutely not. EVERY box needs to be designed for a particular driver. This is even more so the more complicated the enclosure. ie, when you add a port of any kind this becomes rudimentary. It would be a terribly huge mistake to use a generic 4th order BP enclosure for ANY driver.
March 19, 201213 yr Author I don't quite follow? Generic? And must be set up for the driver? I went by sub specs for each side, as well as enough port area and the right frequency tuning
March 19, 201213 yr Author This isn't a prefab box, its one I'm looking at building. 2:1 ratio (almost) with a higher frequency for spl.
March 19, 201213 yr 2:1 is generic.I see no reference of drivers or tuning for T/S parameters which if is truly the case sets you up for a big fail. You also are choosing a "higher frequency for spl" which means a 4th order BP isn't the ideal box for you. Just build a normal ported enclosure.
March 19, 201213 yr Author a normal ported enclosure unloads to easily, and practically free airs. that is why I wanted to try 4th order. can you give me anything I need to look at in order to build one?
March 20, 201213 yr Then use an SSF or build a 6th order, but design it for the sub in question and the task at hand not some generic ratio.
March 20, 201213 yr Author And what needs taken into account. I can't do anything without knowing how to do it or where to start. That's why I asked the question.
March 20, 201213 yr The EXACT same things that need to be taken into account with a standard ported box. If you don't know what those are then a bandpass is not something you should attempt. No such thing as Bandpass 101, so if you need more info you are going to have to try harder yourself.
March 20, 201213 yr Here is a calculator of sortshttp://www.carstereo.com/help/Articles.cfm?id=27Here is some info on the terminologyhttp://www.diysubwoofers.org/bnd/4thord1.htmGood luck.
March 20, 201213 yr Author The box I said I wanted to build was done so by what I thought necessary not the ratio. I didn't know about the 2:1 until after I had designed it by what the sub called for in size and frequency. I didn't know if there was a lot more to it than a normal ported box. The design I had figured up just happened to come close to the ratio which I was told about by someone I know that built one.
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