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box stuffing and tuning freq. changes [message #37486] Thu, 25 July 2002 07:08
Sam P. is currently offline  Sam P.
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I had promised to develope some data, and here it is:
Empty box volume 2.9 cu.ft. 4972 cu.in.(about 2.5 cu.ft. NET VOLUME)
Ports(2) are 3.0 i.d. x 1.5 long (14 sq. inches x 1.5)
Fl 28Hz./39.8ohms
Fh 88Hz./37.3ohms
Fc 75Hz./56.0ohms
calculated Fb 53.9Hz.

box plus 0.73 cu.ft. R19 (just a 24x15x3.5 applied to rear wall)
Fl 27Hz./40.0ohms
Fh 83Hz./34.0ohms
Fc 71Hz./51.4ohms
calculated Fb 50.8Hz.

box plus 1.83 cu.ft. R19 (above piece, plus 3 more 16x8x3.5, one on each side of woofer, one at top between horn and woof...close to 75% fill...TOO MUCH?) yeah, this must be overdamped.
Fl 25.5Hz./34.0ohms
Fh 79Hz./20.0ohms
Fc 68Hz./37.3ohms
calculated Fb 47.61Hz.

Those who are not concerned about this just need to run some numbers in Boxplot, and visualize/simulate what happens when your Fb is +/-3Hz. from "ideal". Sam

oh yeah, and it appears that the chart in Weems book correlates BEST with an EMPTY 2.5 cu.ft. BOX, second test correlates with box ~3.0cu.ft., and third case tests correlates with 3.5cu.ft. box on his chart. augsburger's calcs when compared to this empirical data also imply a larger box volume than actual physical size must be considered when determing port tuning. don't think 0.5 cu.ft. matters with Vb?...again, run sims...

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