any ice geeks? anyone?

[bmwowner]

ive just got a 15" vibe pulse pt150 sub,
Does anyone know if it should be in a ported box on not?
just that it sounds a bit pants, (the box its in is not ported at the moment)
my jbl 10" sub sounds better.
thanks in advance..

[E30GAV]

you can port it if u want. . . but the box has to be made according to the subs peformance. (watts, ohms etc.) the bass will be alot lower.

[kingludba]

Your amp.... is it powerful enough to tickle your sub? I swapped my 12" 400wrms for a 10"(space being the factor) 150wrms and it seems to be much louder than the 12"er . Also, as E30Gav said you need your box dimensions to be exact for the spec of your sub. Post some pics of you system when done

[miniblob]

I think most of the boxes vibe's are normally sold and demo'd with are ported!!
Ported boxes can be louder and a well made one will sound good.
A sealed box should sound decent too though - is it a good box? Right size for that sub?

As above aswell - what's the amp like???
Not a dual voicecoil sub is it??

[Shaheenk]

*slowly puts his hand up*

SO many factors affect how a woofer performs, enclosure is 1 part of it, other aspects are the amplifer, the load and cross over settings. The woofer that you buy also makes a difference with some being true SUB-woofers and others being just woofers, not a huge fan of the Vibes but you should be able to get some specs from their website on what is optimal for that woofer.

Going from a 10 to a 15 is a huge jump , what are you missing from the 10 that the 15 does not have.

[500]

What music do you listen to?

I can go into geek mode if you want but it's easier to ask the above question.

also, what amp are you running?