Smaller than reccomened airspace
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04-12-2007, 05:57 PM
#2
04-12-2007, 06:28 PM
Those JL's are a great bang for the buck! It looks like http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s...p?series_id=12 recommends a 1.25 cuft box each for your subs, 0.8 cuft seems a bit too small. If I had the choice, from a SQ perspective, I'd rather go with ONE sub in a 1.6 cuft enclosure rather than two subs in 0.8 cuft each.
A smaller than usual sealed box will NOT be harmful, in terms of damaging the drivers. In terms of sound, your Qtc will be high likely above 1.0, meaning your bass will not extend as deeply as it could in a larger box, however, you will get a nice "bump" in response at the upper bass frequencies.
It would be a shame to use those excellent JL subs in a "subpar" sized enclosure. In short, they will likely sound like $40 Kmart woofers-in-a-box.
A smaller than usual sealed box will NOT be harmful, in terms of damaging the drivers. In terms of sound, your Qtc will be high likely above 1.0, meaning your bass will not extend as deeply as it could in a larger box, however, you will get a nice "bump" in response at the upper bass frequencies.
It would be a shame to use those excellent JL subs in a "subpar" sized enclosure. In short, they will likely sound like $40 Kmart woofers-in-a-box.
Sorry I cant help. I have no clue buddy. Good luck.
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04-16-2007, 03:14 AM
Originally Posted by ranchocucbro
Those JL's are a great bang for the buck! It looks like http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s...p?series_id=12 recommends a 1.25 cuft box each for your subs, 0.8 cuft seems a bit too small. If I had the choice, from a SQ perspective, I'd rather go with ONE sub in a 1.6 cuft enclosure rather than two subs in 0.8 cuft each.
A smaller than usual sealed box will NOT be harmful, in terms of damaging the drivers. In terms of sound, your Qtc will be high likely above 1.0, meaning your bass will not extend as deeply as it could in a larger box, however, you will get a nice "bump" in response at the upper bass frequencies.
It would be a shame to use those excellent JL subs in a "subpar" sized enclosure. In short, they will likely sound like $40 Kmart woofers-in-a-box.
A smaller than usual sealed box will NOT be harmful, in terms of damaging the drivers. In terms of sound, your Qtc will be high likely above 1.0, meaning your bass will not extend as deeply as it could in a larger box, however, you will get a nice "bump" in response at the upper bass frequencies.
It would be a shame to use those excellent JL subs in a "subpar" sized enclosure. In short, they will likely sound like $40 Kmart woofers-in-a-box.
he hit it on the nail.... i have two tens in a limited space box, hits nice, but those deep freqs its just not there...