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Understanding the Basics of Car Subwoofer Enclosures
It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the processes and mechanics involved in attaining a quality audio system for your car. Even if your car is not the fanciest or newest car in the neighborhood, there are steps you can take to ensure that at least its audio output rivals, or even exceeds that of new cars. One way to ensure your car’s optimal audio output is through fundamental car subwoofer enclosures. Below is some helpful information.
In order to achieve the best quality audio output from your car music system, it is really important to understand that the quality of car subwoofers enclosures is every bit as important as the woofer itself. It is important to have the right design for the enclosure to go with the particular woofer that you may choose for your vehicle.
Sometimes it can be difficult to decide which enclosures and which woofers are right for your vehicle. For one, the size limitations of the vehicle and the different sound characteristics of different types of enclosures are two factors that can help you to make up your mind regarding the right choices for your vehicle.
Preferably, the enclosures should be made of MDF, which is, Medium Density Fiberboard, or any other material of equivalent or superior qualities and performance. Secondly, the enclosures must have bracing throughout to ensure that no sound energy is wasted due to flexing. The walls of the enclosures should be lined up with a dampener material such as fiberglass, poly fill, or a tar based spray. This will help to reduce the high frequency resonance.
Woofer enclosures come in different varieties. Some of the basic types of enclosures are as follows:
Angled Enclosures
These enclosures are designed to fit in places where the standard square enclosures cannot fit in.
Bandpass Enclosures
This consists of one sealed and one ported chamber. The sound waves go through the ported chamber, resulting in a loud bass response. This enclosure has excellent power handling and also a good low-frequency response.
Vented Enclosures
This consists of a port that enables the back sound waves to be emitted along with the front sound waves in order to produce a high combined sound output. These vented or ported enclosures are available in various sizes and designs.
Sealed Enclosures
his type of enclosure is designed to prevent the entry or exit of air from the box. It enables the subwoofer to perform with high sound accuracy and tighter bass. Usually, they are available in single, dual, and triple slots.
Vehicle Specific Enclosures
For many different vehicle models, there are also vehicle specific enclosures available readily in the market. You may consult with a good enclosure vendor to review what kind of car subwoofers enclosures might be most suited to your car and your audio system.
If you have smaller space available behind the vehicle seat or in the trunk, you can use shallow mount enclosures to match with shallow mount subwoofers. There are also hatch box sealed enclosures that are designed to save space.
Bandpass Subwoofer Enclosures
Games require not only intense graphics, but high quality sound effects as well. The gaming experience will never be complete without a breakthrough speaker and subwoofer system to bring down the house while you’re shooting down aliens or navigating through three-dimensional worlds. On the other hand, if you’re a movie addict, no amount of widescreen visuals would be sufficient if you don’t have a powerful surround-sound system to complement it with. If you’re a band person, your audio collection would only be given justice by a fully capable speaker system which brings out all the instruments, especially the boom of the bass. You will always need the best sound system possible in order to fully enjoy any technology showcase. For starters, you should consider building bandpass subwoofer enclosures to maximize the bass effect.
You can customize your own bandpass subwoofer enclosures easily by following these simple how-to steps. First, acquire all the necessary materials for your bandpass subwoofer enclosures. Start shopping for a medium-density fiber board, or a high-grade particle board. You can acquire these materials from lumber yards or home improvement centers. Either of these materials can serve as boards for your bandpass subwoofer enclosures. Pay special attention to the thickness of the material you’re going to buy. Thicker boards usually provide better acoustics. If you want to push your subwoofer’s performance capabilities to the limit, buy thicker boards. The standard thickness recommended for subwoofers at least eight inches tall is half an inch thick of board material. For subwoofers at least ten inches tall, it’s better to utilize boards with a thickness of five-eights of an inch. Don’t forget though that making your boards thicker will result in a heavier bandpass subwoofer enclosures. Try experimenting with boards of different thickness to see how this will affect your subwoofer enclosure’s total weight.
Now, go back to your subwoofer. Check its cone area to determine what the dimensions of your subwoofer enclosure should be. The cone area is the representation of your subwoofer’s sound output capability. If you only have a small subwoofer, then most probably it only has a small cone area. If this is the case, build a small subwoofer enclosure instead of a big one. However, if you have a large subwoofer, it would have a greater cone area. Adjust your subwoofer enclosure by extending its dimensions to fit your subwoofer’s cone area.
Now that you’ve determined the framework of your subwoofer enclosure, you should use exceptional bracing materials to hold the parts in place. Utilize drywall screws and wood glue to screw the boards into place. Carefully use counter sinking in order to refrain from damaging the boards when you apply the screws. Fill up the gaps between the boards with silicone baulk in order to avoid audio performance lapses. Then as a finishing touch, pad the interior of the subwoofer enclosure with polyester fiberfill. This ensures that the interior is provided with good acoustics.
Making your own bandpass subwoofer enclosures will take some time and money, but the end result will be well worth it.
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