SA 12 Sealed Box

[DukeNut 0]

I convinced my son's friend into ordering a SA 12 However he wants to put it into his existing sealed box that is ~1.65 ft^3. I know the recommended sealed size is 1 ft^3. What effect will this have? Any less power handling, less sound quality (yes he was looking for sound quality:-), etc. Thanks for your help.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Is the box a net volume with speaker displacement accounted for?

[DukeNut 0]

no before displacement.

[sundownz 197]

Less mechanical power handling -- but it will sound just fine.

[jcarter1885 995]

If worried then tell him to add some wood blocks in there and and bring the internal volume down to 1 ft, another alternative but smaller power handling will be the only factor with a bigger box.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

It will reside on the larger side of recommendations even after speaker displacement but will only suffer a little less power handling. Will still sound excellent with some very good low end.

[DukeNut 0]

Thanks guys for the super quick replies Instead of wood blocks can he use polyfiber fill? If so how much, 0.5 ft^3?

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Thanks guys for the super quick replies Instead of wood blocks can he use polyfiber fill? If so how much, 0.5 ft^3?

No, It will do the exact opposite and make the speaker think it's in a larger enclosure.

Wood blocks would be a great idea to take up some space.

[DukeNut 0]

Looks like we'll be cutting some wood blocks. Thanks everyone