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Sealed vs Ported vs Passive Radiator - Why one over the other? - Sound Advice

Toids DIY Audio 33,127 2 years ago
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Ever wonder why a design is chosen? Or wonder how it might react in your room? Today we go over the three main speaker box types and tell you how and when each design could be chosen. ⭐⭐Talk more Theory: www.toidsdiyaudio.com/forums⭐⭐ 🔥 Where to Buy Speaker Parts and Kits: US and Canada: Parts Express: https://parts-express.sjv.io/jW7oZb UK and Abroad: https://bit.ly/3skOGRJ Worldwide: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3aPhKYD Crutchfield: https://howl.me/cg5oP9UKd1Z 🎧Buy Audiophile Headphones: https://howl.me/cg6GDjmAHzS 📄Speaker Plans: https://toidsdiyaudio.com/shop 🆓Prime Free for 30 days: https://amzn.to/326cZqe FREE Audio Books for 30 days from Audible: https://amzn.to/3a7lBS9 🏠Get Whole House Audio: Arylic: https://www.arylic.com/?aff=4 🍿Theater Seating Valencia Theater Seating: https://bit.ly/3Jbagjm 🎙️Sound Advice Podcast: https://anchor.fm/sound-advice8 🖥️Get Great Cables and Tech: Newegg: http://bit.ly/38K7SgQ Monoprice: https://bit.ly/3hM5RXr 👋Connect with Me: Web-site: http://www.toidsdiyaudio.com/forums Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/123Toid Twitter: https://twitter.com/123Toid 🤝 Support: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/123Toid Disclosure: This channel is viewer-supported. When you buy through links on my site, I may earn an affiliate commission. I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own. Intro: 0:00 Overhead/Headroom: 3:00 Subwoofer Size Comparison: 5:30 WinISD is not Taking into account Room/Cabin Gain: 7:20 Power Handling: 9:45 Group Delay of the Three Enclosures: 15:58 Why are we seeing more Passive Radiators: 20:00 Why you don't need to Model a Subwoofer Flat: 24:55 How to Model Room/Cabin Gain: 28:48 Linkwitz Transform: 35:15 How to pick the right Passive Radiator: 37:40 How big of a box should I design for a passive Radiator: 41:12 How do you Tune a box without knowing the T/s Parameters: 44:40 Sealed Box Misnomer: 48:56 Add Inductance in WinISD when modeling (*Brian Steele actually said you should do this - I misread it): 52:33 Wrap-up: 56:29

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