I bought a pair of knockdown 0.23 boxes from Parts Express to put my 11 MS's in. I have them in big pencils right now, but I'm not too impressed. The ponderous nature of the pencils are a bit too slow for me.
In a 0.23 box would you go with sealed or ported? Would sealed increase the speed even if if it loses some low end. What other benefits would sealed have in comparison to ported? Madisound has the following posted.
Suggested box alignments
Thanks
In a 0.23 box would you go with sealed or ported? Would sealed increase the speed even if if it loses some low end. What other benefits would sealed have in comparison to ported? Madisound has the following posted.
Suggested box alignments
- Sealed box of 0.15 to 0.2 cubic feet (4.3 liters, 259 cubic inches) 3dB down at 110Hz
- Vented box of 0.3 cubic feet (8.5 liters, 516 cubic inches) 1.5" diameter vent by 5.5" long. 3dB down at 65Hz
- Extended Bass Shelf Vented Box (lower bass, but also lower power handling)
0.5 cubic feet (14 liters, 864 cubic inches) 1.5" dieameter vent by 4.5" long. 3dB down at 55Hz
Thanks
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Thanks Dave. I would be trying them in 2 different smallish rooms.
1. Strictly music, powered by Sparkler Ether II (15wpc, solid state) subwoofer available
2. Mixed home entertainment and music powered by Onkyo 100wpc receiver, no sub in that room
1. Strictly music, powered by Sparkler Ether II (15wpc, solid state) subwoofer available
2. Mixed home entertainment and music powered by Onkyo 100wpc receiver, no sub in that room
Given you have a woofer below, and the box reachs 80-100 Hz XO point in that volume sealed, and sealed is easier to XO, iwould go that way.
You could get away with smaller box, say 5 litre. Only issue startstombe how do you fit such a large driver in such a small box.
I did similar with A10.2 and a small “sub” with a built-in 2.1 plate amp. Worked well.
dave
You could get away with smaller box, say 5 litre. Only issue startstombe how do you fit such a large driver in such a small box.
I did similar with A10.2 and a small “sub” with a built-in 2.1 plate amp. Worked well.
dave
The Parts Express 0.23cf box is not too far off from the Lettered box shown on the Mark Audio site. Would you recommend implementing a cross over when using these with a sub or is the natural roll off in a sealed box enough? I have a set of the 11MS and want to try something like this in my living room for music. Current amp selections are a Tubelab UNSET, Tubelab SSE, or Neurochrome Modulus-86. Subwoofer is a SVS SB-1000.