Brian-Nu
Auditioning
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- Apr 27, 2003
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I'm putting the Tumult in my car. I plan to have the box 3.5 ft^3, ported, tuned to 35hz. Does that sound like a good idea to you?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Craig, which forums are you talking about?Brian-Nu:
Try the first one from the Adire site. I am not sure of the rules here about posting direct references to other forums.
Cam / Brian-Nu:
I have never been happy with the sound of any ported boxes in any of the cars I've heard. Too boomy and sloppy and just not deep enough.
So I took my HT Tempest (Adire alignment, 7.5 ft^3, tuned to ~16 Hz) and stuck it in the back of my Tahoe. I know the Tahoe and Impala have different responses, but the sound was what I have been looking for for a long time now, and I am going to take my chances that it will give me that same sound in my Impala (basically tuned very low with no peaks and excellent group delay -- quite different from most ported-box designs in-car). The Tumult will be flatter to a lower freq than the Tempest (using the specs listed above), but I can eq that out if needed. Tuning lower than 20 Hz for the Tumult makes the port length almost impossible. The 20 Hz tuning also reduces the group delay at the more common music frequencies (~35 Hz). This will allow me to listen to Quad Maximus or Sarah Brightman or The Fifth Element Soundtrack and get what I want out of it.