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Hi all, I fear I've spent time and effort (no problem, learning experience) building my first fibreglass box and made it too small. The two 10" subs call for, at a minimum, .5cu ft per sub. Because of the limited space I had to work with I did some rough calculations and built what I thought was going to be just a bit too big, so that I could remove volume from the inside of the box as necessary.
As it turns out after filling the box with water to measure its volume, I ended up with approx. 27 litres... which is just under the 28.32 litres that make up a cubic foot. And to boot, I'm not counting the lost volume of the sub baskets.
From what I've read the volume of a sealed box isn't as critical as in a ported box, and that adding dacron stuffing makes the volume 'appear' larger. Can anyone say if they think I'd be wasting time to put any more effort into a box that is too small, or is it salvageable by virtue of being a sealed box that stuffing can help compensate for?
here's a shot of the box....
Fiberglass subwoofer box for Porsche 911 - DiYMA Gallery
tia
As it turns out after filling the box with water to measure its volume, I ended up with approx. 27 litres... which is just under the 28.32 litres that make up a cubic foot. And to boot, I'm not counting the lost volume of the sub baskets.
From what I've read the volume of a sealed box isn't as critical as in a ported box, and that adding dacron stuffing makes the volume 'appear' larger. Can anyone say if they think I'd be wasting time to put any more effort into a box that is too small, or is it salvageable by virtue of being a sealed box that stuffing can help compensate for?
here's a shot of the box....
Fiberglass subwoofer box for Porsche 911 - DiYMA Gallery
tia