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Apr 1, 2004 | 01:20 PM

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jtm087

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what does polyfil do ?

I have heard of people stuffing thier sub boxes with polyfil, what is its purpose?

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Apr 1, 2004 | 02:05 PM

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Polyfil will make your box sound like it has more volume (space, not decibles). That's great for small sealed subs but stuffing a ported sub can throw off the tuning.

Here's Tom Nousaine's article on it.

-Robert

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Apr 1, 2004 | 02:09 PM

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it goes in yer pillow.

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Apr 1, 2004 | 02:15 PM

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Yeah like said above, the polyfill tricks your sub in thinking it's in a bigger enclosure. It helps slow down the sound waves inside the box.

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Apr 2, 2004 | 12:05 PM

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So a box with more volume sounds better?

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Apr 2, 2004 | 04:02 PM

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gets lower. does not necessarily sound better.

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