car audio...

Im sorry to post this here, but i cannot find the post message in the audio section.. and since i have a cavalier, i figured what the heck... but ok, i have 2 Infinity subs, and i was wondering which box would make it so i "feel" the sound more, i dont really care for how loud the subs hit, but i want to be able to "feel" the sound, so which is better for that? a sealed or a bandpass?

Bandpass will give you more bass, so you can "feel" the music, but if you get the right amount of air space a sealed enclosure can produce a good amount of sound quality and bass also.

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I agree, bandpass will give you hellacious "feel", however bandpass does just what it's name suggests, it has a relatively narrow badnwidth that a box is tuned for, and it muffles out the rest. In other words, there is a specific range of bass that a bandpass will pound like you've never heard before:) , but other bass frequencies will be weak in comparison :( . So if you listen to music where it is important that you hear the bass go high and low a lot, it's probably not going to be what you want. Theres not anything you can do about it, it's just the nature of the beast.
The great thing about a bandpass box is that you can get any old speakers and any old box and they will pound you into the ground all day long. A ported box in comparison, is more picky about what speakers you have in a particular box. If a ported box is tuned right for a given set of speakers, they can be every bit as good as a bandpass,maybe not as loud, but have a good solid hard hitting bass note over a very wide range of frequencies. if you have a correctly tuned box, or can get one, I highly suggest you go with this route because it produces the cleanest sound of any of the bass boxes. But like I said, if you get the wrong speakers in a ported box it's gonna sound like a$$.

Sealed boxes are kind of in between. They won't pound you in the back like a bandpass, but they don't have the unlimited range capabilities of the ported box. They are good because they aren't picky about what speaker you choose, and they give a pretty good range of bass.


If you really want big sound, go with bandpass. You'll be happy with it I guarantee. I had two DVC competition 15"'s in a bandpass and I had numerous shops around town that I had the best sounding cheap system that they had ever heard.

Good luck!

What size and what Infinity subs are we talking about here? I had a friend with 2 15' Rockford Punch (original series) with a Kicker 240 on them. He put them in the back of an extended cab Sonoma and they hit harder than any sub I've hear yet. They would rattle his truck on the pick of a guitar string, and he had them in a sealed enclosure that covered the back of his truck. When he took the seat out it reached the bottom of the back window and only had about 2-3 inches on each side left. If you get the right amount of airspace then you can pound out some mighty bass that will turn heads from around block. But this all depends on what sub you have.