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Originally posted by bigd6983@Sep 13 2004, 04:44 AM
yea jl's sound great in a sealed.......when i went to buy my box the guy was like what kind of subs, i said jl, he said oh you want band pass, sealed sounds terrible.........
i was like no it doesnt.....hes like trust me i know a thing or two......
so i pulled him outside to my friends civic......turned it up.......told him they were jl's.........his guess was 12w3's in a ported box, opened it up 2 10w0's in a sealed.........couldnt believe it.......
so my opinion is go with sealed..........
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Maybe that guy was an idiot.
If you dont know anything about building boxes, or are getting a pre-made one get a sealed box, they have the most flat freq responce curve.
If you want output go to a shop that does custom fabrication, and get them to make a custom ported Box that is made according to the manufactures specs on your subs. Then it will be loud and sound good.
Ported is more efficant than sealed, Thus that gives ported the potential To be louder... given that everything is correct. Bandpass is more efficant than ported.. but has a verry narrow freq range... making it not so good for everyday listening.. and better for Spl, or music like Rap.
If your a noob to teh car audio, get a sealed box, you will have a flat curve, and it will sound good with basicly everything... if you have the money build or custom get one made ported to the correct specs, that would be what i would do in your situation.
But its your money... Everyone will say this or that is the loudist... but it dosent really matter, because how loud your system is going to sound is going to depend on the Drivers, Box, and Amp, and Car that YOU have... Thats the bottem line.