Wolf Wave Audio

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This was a bit of a beast. I call this monstrosity an asymmetric series tuned dual reflex bandpass enclosure. This one is designed to work with two MTX TN12-02 12" subs.

These drivers put up a really good fight. They did not perform well in sealed, ported, or 4th and 6th order bandpasses. The solution found here was to produce an asymmetric layout. This provided the much needed gain mid range (~50Hz) which all the other setups were seriously lacking. Cheaper drivers sometimes need a bit of extra coaxing.

So what do can you do if your driver just does not want to perform well in a sealed or bass-reflex (ported) enclosure? One option is the wonderful world of bandpass enclosures. Here is a 6th order cabinet designed for a 3rd generation (the current one) 12" Alpine Type R.

Simple bandpass enclosures feature either a sealed or bass reflex cabinet on one side of the driver (I will call the rear of the driver), and a ported cabinet on the other (front). Since the output from each port individually acts as a relatively narrow bandwidth bandpass filter, it is possible to tune each such that they superimpose to create a more desirable wide bandwidth filter. The major downsides to this however is the increase in cabinet size, and perhaps a prematurely low cutoff frequency at the upper end. The system here for example will require additional midbass response from the mids/woofers to compensate. In a house system this is not an issue, as towers and even most bookshelves have decent response down to the 60-80Hz range, and the sub is just there for the low grunt, however in a car system this can leave holes in the sound which may be far more noticeable than a +- 6dB wave in response amplitude from a standard ported box.

These are all from around 2010 and 2011. Mind the poor camera, these were taken with an old flip phone. Will be uploading new work as it comes.