i just recently purchased a box for 2 10s. the TOTAL estimated air space is .80 ft^3. This box DID NOT come with a divider, so the .80 is for BOTH sides COMBINED. Anyways, will not having a divider affect "stability" under high volumes?? i will be running 2 10" jl audio W6s with a jl audio 1000/1.

scenerio #1: if i get a divider put in, each sub will have about .40 ft^3 of space. this is not very much, considering that the bigger the box, the more "boomingness" i'm going to get (which is what i'm looking for). obviously, the smaller the space, the tighter the bass is going to be.

scenerio #2: i will have 2 subs working in conjuction WITHOUT a divider in an .80 ft^3 space. i think this will sound a lot better because of the combined effort by the subs in a larger space.

thank you

 

That rule of thumb you are using about box size is not accurate at all...

Per BassBox Pro, the responses are identical. The F3 is 40 Hz, but the alighnment is not linear and has a bad-looking saddleback bump.

The Power handling is actually much better in the divided box, especially when you figure in that with either situation, YOUR BOX IS WAY TOO EFFIN' SMALL!

Stuff a lot of polyfill in there.

If you stick with it, you wil end up using a lot of the 1000/1 Bass EQ (I can't remember if it has a parametric EQ, but if it does, you may want to adjust it with an RTA) - and eq's force more power out of the amp.

You have a small box and a big amp - with the right EQ, you should be able to make it work.

 

sounds good. anybody else?

 

el_duderino is somewhat of an expert on the subject, so you really don't need any cosigners, BUT, .80 cu ft. is too small for those two subs. JL recommends .625 for one 10w6. Like el_duderino said, lots of poly. I have a custom 12" and I was short on airspace, so I stuffed some polyfill in there..sounds beautiuful.

 

Personally, I'd rather run one woofer in the right box than 2 in the wrong box

 

wow... .8 cu. ft. for 2 W6!?!?!?!? You need lots of polyfill to make that work. Also another advantage of a divided box is if one of your subs blows (which i doubt your JL products will) then you can still run the 1 sub, if you have 2 subs in one box the busted sub will sound like **** combined with the one that works.
-GP-

 

The subs are only going to sound as good as the box they are in. I agree with the above that I would rather have one sub in the right box then 2 in the wrong box. The box makes more of a difference then the actual subs chosen.

If you are going with one amp I wouldn't bother worrying about the divider, if you were using two amps then it would be beneficial to add the divider.