Originally posted by F_dawg2002
There are big diffrences in the diffrent enclosures. A sealed enclosure will give you tight punch bass good for light rock, jazz and even rock. They are also the easiest to make.
The next one is the ported/vented box wich has a tube which will allow your sub to play lower frequencies. They are kinda the happy medium as far as what your sub will put out. They would be goos for music that has a hard bass line, pop, some hard rock and rap. Theses boxes are not simple to make because it is very easy to scew them up and get things like extra noise coming from the port. I would suggest letting a professional build you one or get with someone that knows what they are doing.
Now if you want to keep the neighborhooh up driving down the road then you will want a bandpass box. I have been in vehicles that have very similar audio set up as mine with the only big diffrence being that they have a bandpass enclosure. The amount of air coming from the ports is enough to dry someones hair! They are good for deep, loud and kick you in the pants bass. The only set back to that is that thay are HUGE and they weigh a ton (around 25-40Lbs W/O subs). If you want the most from your sub and you want rap bass and you have the room then go with the bandpass, there is a big diffrence.
As far as the audio set up goes 10" subs will give you tight bass the bigger the cone the deeper frequencies it will be able to play and usually will have a higher output and power handling. I know you have heard it befo but you get what you pay for. Check out Ikesound.com I bought all my speakers there they have good deals, usually 40% off retail. I would suggest you go to a store and check out the systems and then you will know exactly what you are getting. Good luck with the search