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Originally Posted by jsutton2
What are the preferred enclosures now days? Back in the day, a air tight (un-ported) enclosure as big as you could get was best. Now, after looking at rockfords website, it looks like ported is the preferred way to go.
I know both work, and maybe ported is better with some frequencies, but they need to be "tuned" last I remember.
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As a rule-of-thumb, a ported enclosure will be more efficient and give better low-end response. But the enclosure has to be designed/built properly.
A Q&D web search turned up this:
Subwoofer Design Theories