Sub Enclosure Opinions: Ported 10" Box

[Chowee21]

Hey everyone,

Has anyone had any experience with this box here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SINGLE-10-Bandpass- ... 518fa5c063

Is it any good?

Should I just go with the Sound Ordnance Bass Bunker Ported 10" Enclosure?
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_777BB1075V ... review#tab

[Amays U G37S]

It all depends on what type of wood it is made out of. The complexity of the box could do nothing for the sound. It also depends on what type of music you are interested in listening to. For a more metal or rock sound, you want an enclosed box, or sealed. For a more bassy sound, you want ported.

Some championship boxes are made with plexy glass, but the design of the box is different, and typically the speaker is angled for more agreesive bass.

I have had a championship style ported enclosure sub that hit very hard with a JL audio 10''. And then I had 2 memphis 10'' subs in a ported box that wouldn't come close.

You can also get an independant shop to build you a box to your spec's, and sometimes unique to a fitment area in your car.

But, depending on what those 2 boxes are made of, you want a really nice hard wood. Determine which is made out of that, and then go with your choice. Heavier the box, typically harder the bass sound. But that is not always true as well.

[Chowee21]

I was mostly wondering if you thought the eBay box would hit good or if i is just a knockoff piece of junk since its on eBay like this. (kind of like knock off Nikes; look similar but poor quality)

[Amays U G37S]

I would stick with the manufacturer's designed enclosures.

[AppleBonker]

MDF sub enclosures don't tend to cost much to manufacture. The eBay box is likely fine. It will probably hit a bit harder than the crutchfield box you linked, but that is due to it being a bandpass box and not a ported box. The bandpass will be louder, but not as clean as the ported box (though a ported box wont be as clean as a sealed box). If you're just looking for volume and not quality, the ebay box might be better. 5/8" MDF is pretty standard, though I think I tend to stick with 3/4".

[gameguru1360]

MDF sub enclosures don't tend to cost much to manufacture. The eBay box is likely fine. It will probably hit a bit harder than the crutchfield box you linked, but that is due to it being a bandpass box and not a ported box. The bandpass will be louder, but not as clean as the ported box (though a ported box wont be as clean as a sealed box). If you're just looking for volume and not quality, the ebay box might be better. 5/8" MDF is pretty standard, though I think I tend to stick with 3/4".

Bandpass boxes are very touchy. It's better to have a bandpass box custom built around a sub since bandpass boxes only produce specific frequencies. It's essentially a sealed box encased in a ported box. For sound quality bass, you'll want to go with a sealed, but if loudness is what you want to go for, ported/vented is the better box. The ones from crutchfield look kind of flimsy where their interchangeable boxes that can go from sealed to ported don't look like they'd produce quality bass.

Also another tip is to be able to properly tune the box to the sub's specs. Then it'll sound even better. Usually prefab boxes are just given a broad tune spectrum, so overall it might sound good, but if you put in a different sub, it might not sound that great...

I'd check out sound solutions if you want a custom box. You just give them the dimensions and they'll build one exactly how you want it whether it's sealed or ported, single, dual, triple, etc on the number of subs:

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/stor ... re-Design/

I'm probably going to have one custom built for the alpine 12" swx 1243d...I think the manual recommends 1.75 or 1.8" and I'm going to have a 2 cu. ft box built for it.