Spl rumor
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Silver Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey United states Post Number: 173 Registered: Jun-07 | i have heard around that making the subs face the other way in the box "inverting" them will increase spl. is this true? |
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Gold Member Username: Extrmndor3IF U HEAR ME... crazydbs.com Post Number: 5737 Registered: Feb-06 | if your sub is under the recomended range of enclosure and is suffocating since it needs a bigger space taking out or inverting the sub so the motor and structure of the sub will take some space and have a bigger space and the sub will be workign more efficient. some subs will not improve and some will since some will work in the enclousure they are in and the ones that will not improve means that they are in their recomended size box. |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 8095 Registered: Jun-06 | I have not seen/read any evidence to prove that theory. As far as I know the sub just looks cool inverted. |
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Silver Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey United states Post Number: 174 Registered: Jun-07 | lol true tue... well my box is too big... i have 1 type r and the box is too big by about .55 cubic feet. it is a vented box. will inverting the sub improve the spl? |
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Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22sIm just light up my...... Post Number: 2433 Registered: Feb-06 | not if the box is too big... it will probably just make it bottom out alot |
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Silver Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey United states Post Number: 175 Registered: Jun-07 | bottom out? whats that? good or bad? and if the box is the perfect size will inverting them make it sound worse speaking in terms of spl |
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Silver Member Username: Andrew571Stillwater/Edmond, Oklahoma USA Post Number: 939 Registered: Oct-05 | think about it man, if ur BOX IS TOO BIG with the sub's basket mounted IN THE BOX... inverting the sub will ultimately make that BOX BIGGER. Only invert if u have too LITTLE of space, or you have built ur box specifically to specs of inverted application |
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Gold Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 8098 Registered: Jun-06 | ^^^Exactly. If you don't have room for the right box, you don't have room for the sub. Only unless you use damping to compensate for inadequate box volume. http://web.archive.org/web/20020808224043/integra.cyberglobe.net/caraudio/resour ces/fiberfill/ |
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Silver Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey United states Post Number: 176 Registered: Jun-07 | ahhhhhh i see. yea i just like the look of inverted subs and i wanted to do it without killing the spl. idk. thanx though |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Southeast PA Post Number: 3061 Registered: Jul-06 | Inverting subs makes absolutely NO DIFFERENCE is sound or SPL. It does change volume of the box though, since the magnet is now outside the box and not displacing any air inside. |
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