According to the website:

Optimal Car:

0.65 cu ft net volume sealed

0.55 cu ft net volume vented, Fb = 32 Hz

Is this right? This is the first time I see a vented box with a smaller net volume then a sealed box.

If I end up with a RLi-10 and go with a ported box tuned to 32 Hz, the net volume would be about 0.8 ft^3. How would having a larger net volume effect the sound of the sub?

And one more question to the actual Sound Splinter guys. Can you tell me what the shipping cost of a RLi-10 to zip code 96819 (Honolulu, Hawaii).

EDIT: I just notice this on the same page:

Acceptable:

0.4 - 0.95 cu ft net volume sealed

0.6 - 1.2 cu ft net volume vented, Fb = 22 - 34 Hz

I'm guessing the .55 cu ft is a typo?

Edited June 21, 200718 yr by king alpha

i'd wager teh .55 is the flattest response, ie butterworth, ported enclosure specs.

going .8 would help with bottom end, but make it a bit more peaky. overall sq wouldn't suffer, jsut wouldn't be as flat.

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a perfect sealed alignment according to software is around .2 cf and Mike recomends bigger sealed boxes. that's why it seems weird to see a ported box recomendations smaller than sealed