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Professional Series Ported 10" Enclosure American Bass XR 10 D2 · Single 10" Ported enclosure

Net volume
3.03 Cubic Feet
Tuning
27.5 Hz
Max mounting depth
7.080 Inches (American Bass Spec)
Cutout
9.210 Inches (American Bass Spec)
External dimensions
30.00 Inches W × 14.00 Inches H × 24.75 Inches D
Front baffle
Three 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer
Buy at Audio IntensityFactory-direct, ships from Tullahoma
American Bass XR 10 D2Buy at Audio Intensity
  • Alignment: 3.03 cu ft net vented at 27.5 Hz. F3 23.3 Hz anechoic, 5.53 dB passband ripple
  • Driver: American Bass XR 10 D2 D2, 1000 W RMS, 14.0 mm Xmax, 38.80 Hz Fs
  • Build: Front-firing standard box, 2.25" three-layer baffle with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, American Bass logo acrylic, dado joinery, 43.8 sq in front slot port beside the woofer with one bend along the back wall, port and excursion gated at 1200 W
  • Cabinet: 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 24.75" D, 69 lb, threaded insert kit included

Spec of record

Technical specifications

SeriesProline X Professional
Driver-Specific FitmentAmerican Bass XR 10 D2 D2 (Dual 2 Ohm)
Enclosure TypePorted | Front-Firing Standard Box
External Width30.00 Inches
External Height14.00 Inches
External Depth24.75 Inches
Internal Volume (Gross)4.33 Cubic Feet
Internal Volume (Net After Displacement)3.03 Cubic Feet
Port TypeVertical Slot Beside The Woofer | Front Exit | One 90 Degree Bend Along The Back Wall
Port Geometry3.50 x 12.50 Inches, 43.8 Square Inches, 39.54 Inches Of Path
Port Area43.8 Square Inches
Port Tuning (Fb)27.5 Hz
Port Mouth1/2 In Roundover On All Four Edges, 60.8 Square Inches At The Face
Port Air Velocity19.1 m/s In The Channel, 13.8 m/s At The Mouth, At 1200 W (17.0 m/s Chuff Threshold)
Design Power Basis1200 W RMS (1.2 x The Driver Rating) For Port Velocity And Excursion
Predicted F323.3 Hz (Anechoic)
Passband Ripple5.53 dB (Anechoic)
Subsonic Filter22 Hz High-Pass, 24 dB/Octave - REQUIRED On A Vented Enclosure
Driver Fs38.80 Hz
Driver Qts0.579
Driver Qes / Qms0.626 / 7.620
Driver Vas7.160 Liters / 0.253 Cubic Feet
Driver Sd336.5 Square Centimeters
Driver Mms377.29 g
Driver BL11.95
Driver Re1.0 Ohm
Driver Xmax14mm (One-Way)
Driver Displacement0.09 Cubic Feet (Published by American Bass)
Driver Sensitivity82.7 dB
Driver Power Handling1000 Watts RMS
Driver Overall Diameter10.657 Inches (American Bass Spec)
Mounting Depth Required7.080 Inches (American Bass Spec)
Cutout Diameter9.210 Inches (American Bass Spec)
Flush Mount Recess11.625 Inches In The Outer Layer
MaterialLangboard Elite 3/4" MDF
ConstructionShopSabre CNC / Two Windowed Braces Front To Back Either Side Of The Woofer
JoineryDado Joinery (CNC-Cut), Flat Panels
Front Baffle ConstructionThree 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer
Baffle Layers3
AcrylicGlossy Black American Bass Logo Insert, Outer Layer, Standard
Mounting HardwareThreaded Insert Kit Included: 8-12 Inserts, Drill Bit, 2.5 In Allen-Head Screws, Allen Key, Gasket Tape
Voice Coil ConfigurationDual 2 Ohm
Terminal CupProline X ABS/Carbon Fiber Composite | Back Panel, Terminal-Cup Side | 12g OFC Pre-Wired
DampingNone - Ships Dry. Polyfill Detunes A Ported Enclosure
Recommended Power700-1000 Watts RMS (American Bass Rated: 1000W RMS)
Carpet FinishPlush Black
Shipping Weight76 lb
ShippingUPS Ground Parcel, Included In The 48 States
Bundle OptionsEnclosure Only (Bring Your Own American Bass XR 10 D2)
Warranty2-Year Limited (Enclosure)
ManufacturedTullahoma, Tennessee, USA

Modelled response

Performance in this enclosure

Net airspace
3.03
cu ft
Tuning
27.5
Hz · Fb
Half power
23.3
Hz · F3, anechoic
Xmax at
1531
W RMS · 22 Hz subsonic
With NO filter
817
W RMS · unfiltered
Port
13.8
m/s at the mouth · 1200 W

01Is this driver right for a ported box?

Efficiency bandwidth product places the motor before anything else is decided.

EBP = Fs ÷ Qes = 62.0
SEALED 0–50 TRANSITION 50–100 PORTED 100–150 0 50 100 150 EBP 62.0
American Bass XR 10 D2 · EBP 62.0
Between 50 and 100 a driver takes either load, and the choice becomes one of priorities rather than of physics. The American Bass XR 10 D2 reads 62.0. Ported buys output and low-end reach around tuning; sealed buys a shallower rolloff below it. This cabinet takes the first trade.

02What the box does to it

3.03 cu ft net against a 7.2 L Vas, vented at 27.5 Hz.

Fb = 27.5 Hz  ·  F3 = 23.3 Hz  ·  passband ripple 5.53 dB
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 +8 +4 0 −4 −8 −12 −16 −20 −24 FREQUENCY · Hz LEVEL · dB −3 dB Fb 27.5
American Bass XR 10 D2 · Fb 27.5 Hz, F3 23.3 Hz
Anechoic, before any cabin gain, with the 22 Hz subsonic filter already applied. The vent takes over below 28 Hz and the cone stops doing the work there, which is what holds travel down at the bottom of the passband.

03Ported vs Sealed

No sealed comparison is shown for this driver.

A ported-versus-sealed chart is only worth reading against a sealed box someone would actually build: the one we make for the driver, or the one its maker recommends. Neither exists for the American Bass XR 10 D2 — we do not build a sealed enclosure for it and American Bass publish no sealed volume for it — so rather than compare this cabinet against itself stuffed and sealed, a box no one would build, the comparison is left out.

04The watts that reach Xmax (in this enclosure)

Travel scales with the square root of power, so there is one wattage that puts the cone exactly on American Bass's published 14.0 mm. The two traces are the same cabinet with the subsonic filter switched on and switched off.

PXmax = 1531 W with a 22 Hz subsonic  ·  817 W with none  →  the filter is worth 1.9×
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 0 4 8 12 16 FREQUENCY · Hz CONE TRAVEL · mm PAST LINEAR TRAVEL · Xmax 14.0 mm 1531 W reaches Xmax here
1531 W · subsonic at 22 Hz, 24 dB/oct817 W · no subsonic filterXmax 14.0 mm one-way, published
Each trace touches the limit and no further, because each is drawn at the exact power that puts the cone on 14.0 mm. With a 22 Hz subsonic that takes 1531 W, reached first at 24 Hz. Take the filter away and the same cabinet reaches 14.0 mm on 817 W — the filter is worth 1.9× the safe power. A vent unloads the cone below tuning, so there is nothing holding it once the box stops loading: on a sealed build a subsonic filter is an improvement, here it is required equipment. The unfiltered trace is still rising where this chart stops at 20 Hz, so treat 817 W as a bound rather than a floor. Every wattage on this page is a MECHANICAL limit, not an electrical one. It is the power at which the cone runs out of linear travel in this cabinet, and nothing more. What the voice coil can dissipate as heat is a separate ceiling set by the driver, not by the box — American Bass rate this one at 1000 W RMS, and that is the number that binds first here: heat stops you before travel does, so treat 1000 W as the ceiling and the travel figures above as headroom. Final wired impedance, amplifier output and how long you hold the level are all electrical questions this graph does not answer.

From the shop floor

Installer's take

I built this box for one XR 10 D2 on the full Professional chassis: three layers of baffle with the frame flush in the outer one, and a slot port that runs along the back wall to put 27.5 Hz in a 24.8 inch deep box.

It is solved for the XR 10 D2.

American Bass publishes no bolt circle, so the box ships with a threaded insert kit rather than pressed inserts.

1000 watts RMS by American Bass's rating. It is a dual 2 ohm driver: 4 ohms with its coils in series or 1 ohm in parallel. American Bass publishes no mounting hole locations for the XR 10 D2, so the inserts are not in the baffle when the box arrives. The insert kit is in the box: set the inserts where the woofer's own holes fall, with the drill bit and the 2.5 inch allen-head screws in the kit, and lay the gasket tape before the woofer goes down.

The Performance Optimized wedge is the smaller and cheaper box, and I try it first for every driver. I could not make its port keep up with the XR 10 D2: the calmest port that fits that envelope goes noisy at about 632 watts, under what this coil is rated to take, so I did not sell you that box.

It ships dry. Do not add polyfill to a ported box. Set your subsonic filter at 22 Hz.

Before you order

Questions

Why is this enclosure tuned to 27.5 Hz?

Sealed, the XR 10 D2 needs 0.51 cubic feet net to reach a Qtc of 0.707. Vented, it trades that for deeper extension. The slot is gated at 1200 W, 1.2 times American Bass's rating: the channel runs 19.1 m/s and the mouth 13.8, and the cone peaks at 12.4 of its 14 mm with the subsonic filter in place. Tuning is chosen for in-car response rather than an anechoic curve: a vehicle adds roughly 12 dB per octave below about 45 Hz, and this tuning is where that sum comes out flattest across 25 to 60 Hz.

Why is this a Professional build and not a Performance Optimized box?

Every driver is run through the Performance Optimized wedge and down-fire before this chassis; the Professional box is where a driver lands when that smaller envelope, 30 inches wide and 18 inches deep with a triangular side port, cannot give it what it needs at its rated power. The XR 10 D2 did not clear the port gate there. The calmest wedge port that fits that envelope is 18.4 square inches at 24.5 by 10.75 by 15.66 inches, and its mouth runs 21.4 metres per second at 1000 W against the 17 metres per second line where a port starts to chuff. That port would stay clean to about 632 W. The slot on this box reaches 43.8 square inches and holds the mouth at 13.8 metres per second at 1200 W. An under-ported box does not fail quietly. Air speed at the mouth rises with power; past the chuff line the flow turns turbulent and the port is audible on every note. The turbulence also chokes the port, so the box behaves as if it were tuned higher than it is, loses output near tuning, and lets the cone travel further below tuning than the design allows. This chassis is a full-size front-firing box on a 2.25 inch baffle built from three 3/4 inch layers with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, an American Bass logo acrylic, and a port and excursion budget checked at 1200 W. It carries a 2 year warranty, against 1 year on the Performance Optimized lines.

Threaded inserts or a kit?

American Bass does not publish the mounting hole locations for the XR 10 D2, so we cannot install the threaded inserts before it ships. The threaded insert kit comes in the box instead: inserts sized to the woofer, the correct drill bit, 2.5 inch allen-head screws, an allen key and woofer gasket tape. You set the inserts when you mount the woofer, and this box ships with one kit.

Do I need a subsonic filter?

Yes, at 22 Hz, 24 dB per octave. Below tuning a vented box stops loading the cone and excursion runs away toward DC. With the filter in place this cabinet puts the American Bass XR 10 D2 at 89 percent of its usable travel at 1200 W.

Would a sealed box be better for me?

Not one we can show you. We do not build a sealed enclosure for the American Bass XR 10 D2 and American Bass publish no sealed volume for it, so the Performance Graphs tab carries no ported-versus-sealed chart: the only sealed box left to plot would be this cabinet stuffed and sealed, which nobody would build, and a comparison against it would tell you nothing you could buy. What a vented box gives up is the region below tuning, where the cone unloads and the 22 Hz subsonic filter takes over; around 27.5 Hz the vent carries the load and cone travel drops to its minimum, which no sealed alignment can do.

How does the front port work?

It is a vertical slot beside the woofer, the full height of the cavity, 3.50 inches wide and 43.8 square inches. It runs 17.50 inches to the back wall and turns once along it for 14.79 inches; the fold costs about 1.5 Hz and the port is cut for it. The channel runs at 19.1 metres per second at 1200 W, 53 percent of its turbulence limit, and the mouth edges carry a 1/2 inch roundover so the air leaves the face at 13.8 metres per second against the 17 metres per second threshold where a slot starts to chuff.

What does the price cover, and how does it ship?

69 lb, 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 24.75" D external. Every Professional cabinet is priced the same way, by its size: this one is 6.02 cubic feet outside. Delivery to the 48 states is inside the price; it ships as a 69 lb parcel and checkout adds nothing. Do not add polyfill; it ships dry on purpose.

Is the XR 10 D2 included?

No. This is an enclosure only, cut for the American Bass XR 10 D2 specifically: the 9.210 inch cutout, the 7.080 inch mounting depth allowance and the 3.03 cubic foot alignment all come from American Bass's published parameters. It fits both coil versions; the alignment published here is the D2. Bring your own driver.

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