bottomline2000
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I had a sealed q logic box with a Boston Acoustic 12"sub made for sealed enclosures in my old truck. It had a nice tight sound to it. I didn't like the boomy sound of lower end ported boxes.You need air movement regardless of frequencies. Some people might not realize that. Show me a sub enclosure that doesn't have holes; usually a big ass hole the size of the sub. Unless you want a big old vibrator back there. Your gf might like it though.
Ffwd to my JL 12w7 in their H.O. ported box and it has the same tight sound only a lot louder and it isn't boomy. My JL can move a lot more air. That Boston Acoustic would have been lost in a ported box.
I think it comes down to woofer design and your music taste. U can lose sound with a woofer not designed for a ported box, especially a single woofer. If you want cheap booming sound go ported, but you will want to upgrade the woofer to get some SQ back.
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