Originally Posted by
TBSpyder
Because sound dampening is a variable. Obviously someone with $300 worth of dynamat is going to gain a couple decibels over someone with none. The competition isn't to see who can build the better car...it's to pit sub against sub. We could both build a whole car up, but I don't have the time or desire to put that much effort into something just to prove a point (especially if it's not mine).
That's actually not 100% true. If you talk to a wide variety of competitors, some will tell you that sound deadening actually HURT their score.
As for the whole sealed box thing, it would appear as though you are trying to give yourself the edge by going on pure cone area (and the additional air displacement that much cone area can provide over a 10" woofer). The W7 is a much better sealed box woofer than the sub your competition is planning on using.
Each person should be able to use the box of their choice. This will require the person to actually put some of their own personal KNOWLEDGE into the competition rather than tossing some prefab sealed box into similar cars.
A similar bet like this went down with a teammate of mine and a member of another competition club in my area. We were at a cruise night just messing around, and the arrogant kid starts bragging about how much louder his setup is than everyone elses. Kid had 4 12's in a blazer extreme and bet my teammate (who had 2 15's in a ford escape) $100 that his setup was louder. After my teammate threw down his $100, the kid backed out.
Then they metered their cars anyways, and my teammate ended up beating his score by 4 dB.
