RSd 12's sealed or RSd 10's ported

ferrariboy150 · Post by **ferrariboy150** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:50 pm

doh goddd and then what happens?

flogger11 · Post by **flogger11** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:19 am

Its not like you are going to wreck them (although it is not good for your subs), but your sound will suffer immensely if you dont have a 100% seal.

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:01 am

the box does a couple things, 1st it acts as a chamber to isolate back waves (have you ever hooked up 2 subs, with 1 backwards and they cancel each other out? the sub moves but hardly any sound? same principal)

it also acts as a suspension for the sub. when the cone moves it pulls on the air sealed in the box. if you have a leak you are compromising this push and pull

ferrariboy150 · Post by **ferrariboy150** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:02 pm

okayy well i think my box might be sealed all the way it has about 1/8th inch of caulk sealing it on one side for a little though. That was really the only possible problem. Does it really matter what gauge wire is used from the amp to the subs?

capitolj80 · Post by **capitolj80** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:32 pm

it matters, but as long as yer using a minimum of, i think, 16ga for this setup you should fine...i believe 14 or better would be recommended though

ferrariboy150 · Post by **ferrariboy150** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:21 pm

okay thanks well i found the culprit... one of the subs has a slice in the rubber surround