just pics of my first box build, it took like 3 weeks. Only worked on it on the weekends. Just got to clean up the install a bit, but it works for now. (i trimmed down the port to. i didnt cut it to fit before it took the pics)

 

wow, that wiring needs to go asap!

 

haha yeah i know. I got most of it put away now. Just been kinda busy lately, and school is starting up again :[

Now i just got to get rid of the rattles

 

looks good, i wish i knew how to build tuned boxes....

how many cubes is it?

 

definitely not tuned.

its uh...pretty good thought. for your first box. that port is all kinds 'a nasty though.

 

its 4.5 cubes tuned to 32 hz

when you say its a bad port do you mean when i dont have it finished yet. I just threw the port piece in there to see how it would look. I have it cut down so it is 3.25 inches all round and rounded the mdf around the beginning of the port. Also i put in a piece also in the corner to help airflow.

Anyways it was my first. its nice to have something that i actually built

 

yeah no doubt it feels good to make something. but for your next box. build it with the port coming out the same side the drivers are firing. and have it routed like this.

just did this in paint real quick. a port's purpose in life is to channel the air that is moved from the drivers moving backwards, around the box, and out the front of the box as the drivers are now moving forward. thats why ported boxes are always louder. because its like adding a whole new driver to your setup. but it also sacrifices sound quality because the box is now open in design, which eliminates that tightness in sound that you get from a sealed box. also, when someone says "tuned" port. it means that the frequency from the port is at a certain level based on the width, height, and length if retangular. or by the diameter and length if round. i did this in paint to give you an idea for your next box. keep in mind this can be done with a single driver or two drivers. its up to you. but this is the design i would follow for your next one. and search around online, there's calculators to help design a port for your box given your drivers, box dimensions, etc.

 

port on the same plane as the woofers as pictured above is louder due to less acoustic cancellation not forward or reverse airflow or anything like that. but im pretty sure thats what u were trying to say