Car Subwoofer Enclosures
Down-Fire Box Clearance: How Much Floor Gap You Need, and Why Yours Buzzes
The gap under a down-firing box is not spare room. It is the air path....
Down-Fire Box Sizing: Single or Dual, 10 or 12 Inch
Most people start this decision at the wrong end. They pick a driver size, then...
Which Subwoofers Work in a Down-Fire Box: Every Driver We Cut For
Two 10 inch subwoofers can want completely different boxes. The Wavtech thinPRO10 is happy in...
Down-Firing vs Front-Firing: Which Subwoofer Orientation Belongs in Your Vehicle
A down-firing box points the cone at the floor. That is the whole idea, and...
Bandpass Subwoofer Box Design: 4th Order vs 6th Order Explained
A bandpass box mounts the driver between two chambers and fires all output through a...
How to Spot a Poorly Built Subwoofer Box: 8 Red Flags
The eight red flags that separate a price-point subwoofer box from a quality one, what...
Polyfill in a Sealed Subwoofer Box: What It Does and How Much
Polyfill makes a sealed box behave like it is 15 to 25% larger. The acoustic...
Subwoofer Cutout vs Bolt Circle: Getting the Mounting Hole Right
A subwoofer's cutout diameter is the hole the cone drops through; the bolt circle is...
How to Seal an MDF Subwoofer Box Against Moisture
MDF swells permanently when wet, and the edges go first. How to seal a subwoofer...
Double-Baffle Subwoofer Boxes: When Your Sub Needs One
A double baffle is the front panel of a subwoofer box built from two bonded...
Shallow-Mount Subwoofer Boxes: When You Need One, and How Ours Are Built
A shallow-mount subwoofer box is a sealed enclosure built thin enough to fit where a...
CNC vs Hand-Cut Subwoofer Box: Why the Cut Decides the Tuning
CNC cutting holds about 0.005 inch tolerance versus roughly 0.020 inch by hand. Why dimensional...