Possibly a good pre-fab box?

[Puppet Master 10+ year member]

Hey all, I am gonna be puchasing a L5, and don't feel like building a box, and there are no box builders around me. SO, I found this pre-fab box at HiFi, and for some reason I am kinda likin it. Now, I know, i know, pre-fabs are just a bad idea but I am wondering what you guys think about this one:

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/2177690/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046/sret/216213181322215224281210215218283214217232287226227290221228225296239236241228241246231246243240237

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[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

No tuning frequency

 

[Puppet Master 10+ year member]

you mean they aren't telling what it is? Isn't there a calculation that could be made to find that out? If there is, what is it?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

If you had port dimensions

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

expect high 30's to low 40's tune from a prefab if it doesn't specify... they're really not as bad as everyone says, they're decent for the price, it's just the tuning that turns most people off...

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

The only decent Ported boxes that were prefabs were audio enhancers

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-CUSTOM-KICKER-L5-L7-SUB-BOX-S12L5-S12L7-2FT-3-32Hz_W0QQitemZ170080175772QQihZ007QQcategoryZ39777QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

That's the only pre-fab I would ever go with.

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

expect high 30's to low 40's tune from a prefab if it doesn't specify... they're really not as bad as everyone says, they're decent for the price, it's just the tuning that turns most people off...

Where did you come up with that? In my experience, port tuning for pre-fab is usually low, too low. Like ~20 low.

 

[z71tahoe 10+ year member]

you must not have much experience with prefab boxes...i sell audio enhancers...and to my knowledge...they have never produced a box tuned lower than mid-high 30's...i have yet to see a pre-fab box tuned to low 20s....

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

its funny when i was looking at prefabs i couldnt find anything tuned above 25hz, now i can't find anything below 32. ghey.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

No not good.

 

[z71tahoe 10+ year member]

what did u find under 25?????

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

Would have been nice if they specified the thickness of the wood used.

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

like 3 different boxes for 2 12s.

i ended up having some shitty builder on this board make it. still haven't used it, prolly never will lol.

 

[Platestacker45 10+ year member]

Would have been nice if they specified the thickness of the wood used.

That and most pre-fab boxes aren't made to withstand huge powerfull subs and thousands of watts, they would fall apart.