Throwing around some ideas

[Wackzirth88 4]

Im currently running an icon 12 in a 2 cu ft ported enclosure tuned to 32 hz on a sundown sae 1200 v2 @ 1 ohm. I had a pair of fi ssds (d1s) before this, but i only ran one. when i bought the icon, i sold my friend one of the ssds and planned to throw the other in my gfs car but i never got around to it. well my friend has had the ssd for almost 2 maybe 3 months ago (has not used it) and text me the other day and asked if i knew anyone that would want to buy it ($100...i sold it to him for 125). so im kind of thinking about buying it back. the amp i have for my gfs car is a rd 1000 v1 amp (ik not the most favorable company, but ive had the amp for 5ish years and not a problem).

if i do buy the ssd back, i was thinking id run them sealed in my car and throw the icon with said box in her car. sealed because 1.) i want to keep space in my trunk 2.) i think sealed may be bettter for my listening habits, i listen to a lot of rock and alternative and some rap. she on the other hand only listens to rap. but the part making my decision tough is ive never ran sealed. i understand its all install depend, but would i be losing output switchin to two 12s sealed? i mean its twice the cone area but itll be sealed. i do want it to be louder obviously. and will a sealed box still hit the lows like my ported set-up?

if its a favorable situation, ill have more questions on building the correct size box for them. ik shed be happy either way but i dont wanna downgrade to make it that happen lol, selfish i know. btw my car is a buick lesabre, yes it has a massive trunk but i take alot of trips to chicago and i use wat trunk space i have. if its not favorable for me to do so, shell just be gettin a single ssd @ 2 ohms off the rd. im satisfied with my system as is but louder wouldnt bother me

[Wackzirth88 4]

pretty much, im just wondering what you more experienced folks would do....as well as the other 2 questions. thanks guys/ girls

[Sencheezy 689]

Well your assumption should be correct, in the fact that the two 12s sealed should gain you some output, it for sure won't be a down grade. Also, you ask about the lows, buy you also stated that that isn't a main concern for you as per your listening habits? I'm a bit confused about that. But no, you will not completely lose any of the lows you are a custom to on the few rap songs you listen to. In fact, you main gain a bit considering you won't have to worry about the lack of cone control below tuning. I believe it would be a good idea to proceed further and buy that sub back!

[Wackzirth88 4]

im probably the confused one lol. i listen to probably 40% rap and 60% a mix of rock and alternative. rap sounds amazing, kills the lows; rock songs just arent that impressive (with the exception of some). i just figured the sealed box would have a wider frequency range giving me more output on those rock songs, which would be exactly wat i want.

bare with me now, someones always designed my ported boxes and i just build them. so when making a sealed box, is there a way of tuning it like adjusting the depth in contrast to the height or something? or just make sure it meets the recommended air space accounting for displacement and build away? should i make it a lil bigger since im only running 1200 watts?

[Frostedflakejake 148]

rock songs just arent that impressive

Probably due to your 32hz tuning

i just figured the sealed box would have a wider frequency range giving me more output on those rock songs, which would be exactly wat i want.

I would suspect that as well.

bare with me now, someones always designed my ported boxes and i just build them. so when making a sealed box, is there a way of tuning it like adjusting the depth in contrast to the height or something? or just make sure it meets the recommended air space accounting for displacement and build away? should i make it a lil bigger since im only running 1200 watts?

Not really tuning it, but I believe that is an ideal ratio to try to keep in mind. It's 9:1 I think, but I can't remember what sides of the box it refers to, so that really doesn't help you at all....

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Don't worry about any ratio BS. Just build the enclosure. I will take a sealed enclosure over any other any day of the weak. People think vented is so much better and/or louder, but only at certain peaks and well, you need to read the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook.