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<blockquote data-quote="Vanquish" data-source="post: 108537" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>E28driver,</p><p></p><p>Ideally, a small sealed sub with a 10 inch sub shud do the trick unless you're a hard core bass junkie who loves his bass deep and loud. They are simple boxes with a hole for the woofer to be mounted in. The rear wave and front wave are sealed from each other by the enclosure. Sealed boxes have great power handling, low frequency extension, and are known for produce accurate "tight" sounding bass. If you listen to a wide range of music and like well defined bass, this is the way to go.</p><p></p><p>Ported (also called vented, tuned or bass reflex) enclosures are similar to sealed enclosures except they add a port or vent (typically a length of PVC pipe) to the enclosure design. Vented boxes are only slightly more difficult to build than a sealed box but must be "tuned" with the right area (diameter) and length of port for the enclosure/woofer combination. This is usually not a problem as the woofer manufacturer typically supplies this information. AVOID buying those ready made boxes with a port done on em as you see in most car audio shop as they are of general design and may not be set up / tuned to match the parameters of your OWN sub. The function of the port is to "tune" the enclosure so that the rear wave of the speaker enhances the front wave of the speaker. This typically results in a woofer system with a higher efficiency (it plays louder with less power). The disadvantages of this design are lower power handling and poor response below the port tuning frequency. This is ideal if you have the boot space to spare and love your music/bass loud and deep.</p><p></p><p>As for the speakers, suggest that you replace the stock speakers with some decent after market ones .... retaining them at their original location and then gauge the difference in sound quality. If you don't like what you hear or feel that you're missing something, you can then start looking at larger purpose built kick panels and other mounting options. Like what Skar said, do check out a few E30s that have non stock ICE systems to get a feel of what is possible within your budget.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vanquish, post: 108537, member: 84"] E28driver, Ideally, a small sealed sub with a 10 inch sub shud do the trick unless you're a hard core bass junkie who loves his bass deep and loud. They are simple boxes with a hole for the woofer to be mounted in. The rear wave and front wave are sealed from each other by the enclosure. Sealed boxes have great power handling, low frequency extension, and are known for produce accurate "tight" sounding bass. If you listen to a wide range of music and like well defined bass, this is the way to go. Ported (also called vented, tuned or bass reflex) enclosures are similar to sealed enclosures except they add a port or vent (typically a length of PVC pipe) to the enclosure design. Vented boxes are only slightly more difficult to build than a sealed box but must be "tuned" with the right area (diameter) and length of port for the enclosure/woofer combination. This is usually not a problem as the woofer manufacturer typically supplies this information. AVOID buying those ready made boxes with a port done on em as you see in most car audio shop as they are of general design and may not be set up / tuned to match the parameters of your OWN sub. The function of the port is to "tune" the enclosure so that the rear wave of the speaker enhances the front wave of the speaker. This typically results in a woofer system with a higher efficiency (it plays louder with less power). The disadvantages of this design are lower power handling and poor response below the port tuning frequency. This is ideal if you have the boot space to spare and love your music/bass loud and deep. As for the speakers, suggest that you replace the stock speakers with some decent after market ones .... retaining them at their original location and then gauge the difference in sound quality. If you don't like what you hear or feel that you're missing something, you can then start looking at larger purpose built kick panels and other mounting options. Like what Skar said, do check out a few E30s that have non stock ICE systems to get a feel of what is possible within your budget. Cheers, [/QUOTE]
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