How Do You Build Non-Ported MTX Speaker Boxes?
A non-ported speaker box is more commonly known as a sealed box. MTX is a specific brand of loudspeaker, made primarily for cars. Sealed boxes for loudspeakers are the predominant speaker type manufactured. Therefore, a non-ported MTX speaker box is a conventional air suspension speaker design using MTX loudspeaker components in a sealed box design. You can build a box from scratch using birch plywood like manufactured speaker cabinets, or you can choose to use medium density fiberboard (MDF), a preferred speaker building material of audiophile designers. Ready-made speaker cabinets can also be purchased. Pick the MTX loudspeaker(s) that will be housed in the sealed cabinet. Popular sizes are 10 inches to 15 inches for most car and home theater designs. Then download winISD, a free speaker design software that is widely recommended. (See Resources.) Use the Thiele/Small (T/S) parameters. These are supplied with every MTX loudspeaker. They are critical to enclosure size. They are also a
