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Well ok.

A ported box is a box that has a port in it. It is not completely sealed. A ported box generally is 3dB louder than a sealed box, but at the expense of a little sound quality.

If this is your first box, i would say go with a sealed box. They are easier to build and still sound really good.

Since you are going for 2 12" RE's like me, i would say stick to around 1-1.5 cu.ft. per sub, sealed. Something like 26x17x16 is a little more than 3 cubes, but you can modify the dims if you need to so that it will fit.

I dunno what a ported box is hehe. Bah, I'm not gonna worry about box building til I have the speakers at my house. Should be 4-5 Days. I gotta wait til Christmas to get my Amp anyways, so I have time to figure out this puzzle.

Do you plan on building a ported box? Because thats what that calculator is for.

If you want to another box building tool, go to [url]http://www.bcae1.com[/url] and go to #110. On there you can input your dimensions and see what the internal volume is etc.

[url]http://www.darkscience.com.au/caraudiohowto/slotcalc/[/url]

I dunno what I need to input here? I know the driver size and the # of drivers... cuz even an idiot such as myself could figure that out.. But other then that, I'm totally lost. I'm prob gonna go for an enclosed box since that's better SQ? I think I read that somewhere, lol. Correct me if I'm wrong cuz I have no knowledge of car stereo at all. Basically all I know is what I've been told by you guys the last couple weeks in this forum lolz. This is a huge learning experience for me.

I'll give you what the subs are maybe that will help rofl.

Resonant Engineering RE12s (2 of em).