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thebigo wrote:...and what about putting polyfil in my box? My last box had it, should I put it in my new box?

That is another option that is left up to you. I have done both, personally I like the sound of box with polyfil better. It seems to make it more of a tight sound, maybe that is just me though.

In short, I think polyfil makes the sub think it's in a larger box than it actually is. I think that is right, someone will correct me if it aint.

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Tim wrote:That is another option that is left up to you. I have done both, personally I like the sound of box with polyfil better. It seems to make it more of a tight sound, maybe that is just me though.
In short, I think polyfil makes the sub think it's in a larger box than it actually is. I think that is right, someone will correct me if it aint.
Tim
I believe the formula is one pound of poly fill for every cubic foot would be like increasing the enclosure size by 10%...

So

one cuft enclosure + one pound of poly fill = 1.10 cuft

I have a cold and my head is pounding, so I might be wrong there... :unwell028 :mecry:
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Actually Justin, I think you are pretty close to dead on there.

It reduces standing waves inside the box too right??

A installer once told me "if it sounds good the way it is why mess with it" but that wasn't good enough for me, so I tried it out in a box I made a while back and I liked the sound of it.

Like I said it is up to you.

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I'm gonna make the box, test it out, then put it in... if i like it it'll stay, if not i'll take it out... hopefully that gets done this weekend... hopefully...
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thebigo wrote:I'm gonna make the box, test it out, then put it in... if i like it it'll stay, if not i'll take it out... hopefully that gets done this weekend... hopefully...

Keep us posted, we like details

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