inverting subs?

[calderb123]

Kind of ran out of money and ideas to do to the hoe, so right now my question to you guys what are the benifits of inverting subs? I've litterally heard nothing about it before. So my questions to you guys are what are the pros and cons of doing this and if i did do it what what I actually need to do besides obviously turning my subs upside down.
thanks guys

 

[Huck]

Just make sure you remember that the wires will be visible. That's the big con to me, aside from the effort to build a custom enclosure. Make sure your sub can be mounted that way, though. Sound wise (if your sub can be mounted that way), I think you'll be ok, bass is omnidirectional, I'm thinking it would be similar to a bandpass. If you ran out of money, this might not be the way to go. lol.

 

[Splatmaster527]

there are really no benefits over just regular mounted subs...

You will have to take the sub volume out of the box size calculations
As mentioned above you would need to run the wires outside the box
And you will have a very awkward box to move around since the heavy mass of the sub will be hanging outside

 

[brucebruce45]

They will sound a little different but no louder or anything

 

[killer20072001]

If your gonna do it just make sure your subs are supposed to be played that way. Some subs are not invertable.

 

[chip]

If your gonna do it just make sure your subs are supposed to be played that way. Some subs are not invertable.

Really? Can you give an example? (I've never heard of that)

 

[MOBmentality]

As said above.. it makes the inside airspace a little greater.. if you were in a foot.. now youre in a 1.1 box.. some folks do it when building crazy (thin) fiberglass enclosures to keep the box flat and low profile.. or to display decorative magnet and basket designs.. but aside from adding a little tiny bit of airspace to the box... it should do nothing for sound volume or quliaty

 

[killer20072001]

Really? Can you give an example? (I've never heard of that)

I really cant think of what it was off hand. I was looking at sub specs one day and I remember reading one that said it was not invertable.

 

[blueflamed03]

you can have a smaller enclosure, because you minus sub displacement.

 

[GeneralNoobzor]

Inverting a sub is free air flow. More air space = lower tuning. I am nuts and tune almost all of my subs to around 20, but free air flow would tune it to around 20- depending on the type of the subwoofer. Any note under 20 htz is what you can't hear. I wouldn't do it unless the specs specifically say that you can play them via free air flow. Otherwise your subwoofer will blow pretty damn quick...