sealed or ported.which one for you?? - Page 2 - Team-BHP

navin · 20th August 2007, 11:23

between the 2 I'd take sealed. amp power (esp Class D is cheap) if I was single and did not have any use for the trunk I'd go back to quarter wavelength TL.

panky12345 · 20th August 2007, 12:18

PORTED anyday for me; used SEALED, mazaa nahin aaya. My next upgrade is gonna be JBLs in ported powered by JBL Power Series.

DerAlte · 20th August 2007, 13:59

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Originally Posted by navin

between the 2 I'd take sealed. amp power (esp Class D is cheap) if I was single and did not have any use for the trunk I'd go back to quarter wavelength TL.

Hmmm... reminds me of the Skoda ad! No, no, I know what you mean.

Wonder how you intended to shoehorn one of these: Quarter Wavelength Loudspeaker Design Gallery

navin · 20th August 2007, 15:36

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

Wonder how you intended to shoehorn one of these: Quarter Wavelength Loudspeaker Design Gallery

Der Alte, I had a built a TL into the trunk of my Contessa in 1988-9 (very simialr to the Pioneer TL shown). Yes I did not have a trunk anymore abd the rear seat was not very comfortable as i had stripped the back rest out of much of the padding but that was a small sacrifice at that time. Besides all the Contessa was used for was me and my tennis equipment. Sometimes I had a friend sit in the passenger seat but his/her knees would mess up the stereo soundstage. The front and rear were 3 way components using Polk 6500 woofers and LPG 2" dome mid and Vifa 3/4" dome tweeter. I could have used Vifa woofers but I used the Polk woofers are they had UV resistant butyl rubber surrounds.

Amplification was home made (4 x 35W rms and 1 x 200W rms) and source was an Alpine 7385 (discussed elsewhere on this forum) tape unit.

BTW that link has some of my favourite designs. Take the first design replace the 215 bicone with the 165-64 and a G2si or Fountek, replace the Eminence with Hawthorne's Augie...the JX92, the Fostex 167, all fantastic drivers.

DerAlte · 20th August 2007, 17:09

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Originally Posted by navin

BTW that link has some of my favourite designs. Take the first design replace the ...

I have been fantasizing / visualizing for a few weeks now. A young friend of mine wanted to MAKE for himself an HT on a budget, and I wanted to "corrupt" his mind to doing a QW design like that one (and the Linkwitz one).

Budget limitations dictate that we work with whatever is available in SP Lane in Bangalore - anything from Philips, Bolton, Dainty, whatever.

Amp would be a good old 2N3055-based 5-channel job - SKD.

What would you say?

irfanmon · 20th August 2007, 17:36

I have a Ported box now. Like the boom it produces. For my kind of tastes, it suits well. But I heard some good sealed setups. Each and every different instrument has it's own unique bass in it. That was quiet different from my box. An upgrade may happen soon. That's it. Sealed for me too.

low_bass_makker · 20th August 2007, 18:30

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

Amp would be a good old 2N3055-based 5-channel job - SKD.

What would you say?

Hmm that is a nice multipurpose transistor...

zucchero · 20th August 2007, 18:58

looks like it is sealed for most of us.

rocksterraghu · 20th August 2007, 19:19

Sealed box. Tight bass. Nirvana. Bliss.

kpzen · 20th August 2007, 23:04

Sealed, Ported, Bruised and battered

jkdas · 20th August 2007, 23:11

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Originally Posted by rocksterraghu

Sealed box. Tight bass. Nirvana. Bliss.

sealed and tight , bass box. nirvana it is.

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Originally Posted by kpzen

Sealed, Ported, Bruised and battered

your zen is maintained well

kpzen · 20th August 2007, 23:20

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Originally Posted by jkdas

your zen is maintained well

Thats a Santro and i dont own one.

blueraven316 · 20th August 2007, 23:29

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Originally Posted by kpzen

Sealed, Ported, Bruised and battered

Oh god!! looks like a 10" sub, I have a spare 12" sub MDF enclosure, can give it to you for free if you like, I cannot bear the look of that my friend.

speedzak · 21st August 2007, 00:52

Is that a Santro?
I thought Jk had only 1 JBL ported box sub. He has another one hidden also?

@KPzen! Thanks for sharing the pics bro!

madbullram · 21st August 2007, 01:05

I liked my Ported one

20th August 2007, 11:23	#16 (permalink)
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mumbai Posts: 12,576	between the 2 I'd take sealed. amp power (esp Class D is cheap) if I was single and did not have any use for the trunk I'd go back to quarter wavelength TL. __________________ Scixelsyd Etinu

20th August 2007, 12:18	#17 (permalink)
panky12345 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,589 Infractions: 0/1 (4)	PORTED anyday for me; used SEALED, mazaa nahin aaya. My next upgrade is gonna be JBLs in ported powered by JBL Power Series. __________________ SINGH IS KINNNNNNNG..

20th August 2007, 17:36	#21 (permalink)
irfanmon BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Gods own country Posts: 34	I have a Ported box now. Like the boom it produces. For my kind of tastes, it suits well. But I heard some good sealed setups. Each and every different instrument has it's own unique bass in it. That was quiet different from my box. An upgrade may happen soon. That's it. Sealed for me too. __________________ An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.an inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered!!!

20th August 2007, 19:19	#24 (permalink)
rocksterraghu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,110 View My Garage	Sealed box. Tight bass. Nirvana. Bliss. __________________ ... Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler

20th August 2007, 23:04	#25 (permalink)
kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Greater Noida Posts: 3,533 View My Garage	Sealed, Ported, Bruised and battered __________________ Prajesh

20th August 2007, 18:58	#23 (permalink)
zucchero BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: faridabad/rourkela Posts: 212	looks like it is sealed for most of us.

21st August 2007, 00:52	#29 (permalink)
speedzak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Delhi. Travelling as usual! Mumbai was great. Posts: 3,907 View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (4)	Is that a Santro? I thought Jk had only 1 JBL ported box sub. He has another one hidden also? @KPzen! Thanks for sharing the pics bro! __________________ A very big THANK YOU, Bombay! Will miss you guys! :(

21st August 2007, 01:05	#30 (permalink)
madbullram BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chennai & Appleton, WI Posts: 316 View My Garage	I liked my Ported one

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