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Professional Series Ported 10" Enclosure DD Audio 710g · Single 10" Ported enclosure
- Net volume
- 2.94 Cubic Feet
- Tuning
- 32.5 Hz
- Max mounting depth
- 8.250 Inches (DD Audio Spec)
- Cutout
- 9.312 Inches (DD Audio Spec)
- External dimensions
- 30.00 Inches W × 14.00 Inches H × 24.00 Inches D
- Front baffle
- Three 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer
- Alignment: 2.94 cu ft net vented at 32.5 Hz. F3 27.6 Hz anechoic, 5.70 dB passband ripple
- Driver: DD Audio 710g D2 or D4, 1800 W RMS, 26.0 mm Xmax, 34.00 Hz Fs
- Build: Front-firing standard box, 2.25" three-layer baffle with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, DD Audio logo acrylic, dado joinery, 53.1 sq in front slot port beside the woofer with one bend along the back wall, port and excursion gated at 2160 W
- Cabinet: 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 24.00" D, 65 lb, threaded insert kit included
Spec of record
Technical specifications
| Series | Proline X Professional |
|---|---|
| Driver-Specific Fitment | DD Audio 710g D2 or D4 |
| Enclosure Type | Ported | Front-Firing Standard Box |
| External Width | 30.00 Inches |
| External Height | 14.00 Inches |
| External Depth | 24.00 Inches |
| Internal Volume (Gross) | 4.33 Cubic Feet |
| Internal Volume (Net After Displacement) | 2.94 Cubic Feet |
| Port Type | Vertical Slot Beside The Woofer | Front Exit | One 90 Degree Bend Along The Back Wall |
| Port Geometry | 4.25 x 12.50 Inches, 53.1 Square Inches, 34.75 Inches Of Path |
| Port Area | 53.1 Square Inches |
| Port Tuning (Fb) | 32.5 Hz |
| Port Mouth | 1/2 In Roundover On All Four Edges, 70.9 Square Inches At The Face |
| Port Air Velocity | 22.2 m/s In The Channel, 16.6 m/s At The Mouth, At 2160 W (17.0 m/s Chuff Threshold) |
| Design Power Basis | 2160 W RMS (1.2 x The Driver Rating) For Port Velocity And Excursion |
| Predicted F3 | 27.6 Hz (Anechoic) |
| Passband Ripple | 5.70 dB (Anechoic) |
| Subsonic Filter | 26 Hz High-Pass, 24 dB/Octave - REQUIRED On A Vented Enclosure |
| Driver Fs | 34.00 Hz |
| Driver Qts | 0.333 |
| Driver Qes / Qms | 0.364 / 3.909 |
| Driver Vas | 13.330 Liters / 0.471 Cubic Feet |
| Driver Sd | 366.1 Square Centimeters |
| Driver Xmax | 26mm (One-Way) |
| Driver Displacement | 0.16 Cubic Feet (Published by DD Audio) |
| Driver Power Handling | 1800 Watts RMS |
| Driver Overall Diameter | 10.625 Inches (DD Audio Spec) |
| Mounting Depth Required | 8.250 Inches (DD Audio Spec) |
| Cutout Diameter | 9.312 Inches (DD Audio Spec) |
| Flush Mount Recess | 11.625 Inches In The Outer Layer |
| Material | Langboard Elite 3/4" MDF |
| Construction | ShopSabre CNC / Two Windowed Braces Front To Back Either Side Of The Woofer |
| Joinery | Dado Joinery (CNC-Cut), Flat Panels |
| Front Baffle Construction | Three 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer |
| Baffle Layers | 3 |
| Acrylic | Glossy Black DD Audio Logo Insert, Outer Layer, Standard |
| Mounting Hardware | Threaded Insert Kit Included: 8-12 Inserts, Drill Bit, 2.5 In Allen-Head Screws, Allen Key, Gasket Tape |
| Terminal Cup | Proline X ABS/Carbon Fiber Composite | Back Panel, Terminal-Cup Side | 12g OFC Pre-Wired |
| Damping | None - Ships Dry. Polyfill Detunes A Ported Enclosure |
| Recommended Power | 1260-1800 Watts RMS (DD Audio Rated: 1800W RMS) |
| Carpet Finish | Plush Black |
| Weight | 65 lb |
| Shipping | UPS Ground Parcel, Included In The 48 States |
| Bundle Options | Enclosure Only (Bring Your Own DD Audio 710g) |
| Warranty | 2-Year Limited (Enclosure) |
| Manufactured | Tullahoma, Tennessee, USA |
Modelled response
Performance in this enclosure
01Is this driver right for a ported box?
Efficiency bandwidth product places the motor before anything else is decided.
02What the box does to it
2.94 cu ft net against a 13.3 L Vas, vented at 32.5 Hz.
03Ported vs Sealed
No sealed comparison is shown for this driver.
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 DD's published 26.0 mm. The two traces are the same cabinet with the subsonic filter switched on and switched off.
From the shop floor
Installer's take
I built this box on the 710g's own Fs, Qts, Qes, Qms and Vas; the Qts identity checks out exactly against the driver's own Qes and Qms, and there is no factory vented recommendation to check it against because DD doesn't publish one for this driver.
The port runs 16.6 meters a second at the 1.2 times power gate, 2160 watts against the coil's own 1800 watt rating, and that is close enough to the point where a slot starts to talk that I would call this build a close one rather than a box with room to spare. Keep the gains sane and it stays quiet.
DD does not publish a Bl or an Sd for the 710g. The piston area behind this box is derived from DD's own published piston diameter, and the motor force factor simply is not on their spec sheet, so there is no way to cross-check the excursion math independently.
DD Audio publishes no mounting hole locations for the 710g, so I cannot press the threaded inserts into the baffle before it ships. The insert kit ships in the box instead: set the inserts where the 710g's own bolt holes fall when you mount the driver.
Wire to the amplifier's rated impedance.
DD sells this one in D2 and D4, and publishes a single set of parameters for both, so the box does not change with the coil. Wire the D2 4 ohms in series or 1 ohm in parallel. Wire the D4 8 ohms in series or 2 ohms in parallel. There is no published DC resistance, so trust the label on the coil in front of you.
DD sells this one in D2 and D4, and publishes a single set of parameters for both, so the box does not change with the coil. Wire the D2 4 ohms in series or 1 ohm in parallel. Wire the D4 8 ohms in series or 2 ohms in parallel. There is no published DC resistance, so trust the label on the coil in front of you.
DD Audio publishes no mounting hole locations for the 710g, 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 710g: the calmest port that fits that envelope goes noisy at about 614 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 27 Hz.
Before you order
Questions
Why is this enclosure tuned to 32.5 Hz?
DD publishes a Qts of 0.333 for the 710g, and computing it from their own Qes of 0.364 and Qms of 3.909 reproduces that figure exactly, so the driver's own numbers agree with each other. DD publish no vented recommendation for the 710g, so the 2.943 cubic foot net alignment and 32.5 Hz tuning come from our own solver working Fs, Qts and Vas against the coil's 1800 W rating. At 2160 W, 1.2 times that rating, the port mouth runs 16.6 m/s, closing in on the point where a slot starts to chuff; the margin here is narrow. 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 710g did not clear the port gate there. The calmest wedge port that fits that envelope is 18.4 square inches at 23.5 by 12.00 by 16.91 inches, and its mouth runs 29.1 metres per second at 1800 W against the 17 metres per second line where a port starts to chuff. That port would stay clean to about 614 W. The slot on this box reaches 53.1 square inches and holds the mouth at 16.6 metres per second at 2160 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, a DD Audio logo acrylic, and a port and excursion budget checked at 2160 W. It carries a 2 year warranty against 1.
Threaded inserts or a kit?
DD Audio does not publish the mounting hole locations for the 710g, so we cannot install the threaded inserts before it ships. The threaded insert kit comes in the box instead: 8 to 12 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; one kit serves one woofer. A dual cabinet ships two kits.
Do I need a subsonic filter?
Yes, at 26 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 DD Audio 710g at 52 percent of its usable travel at 2160 W.
Would a sealed box be better for me?
Not one we can show you. We do not build a sealed enclosure for the DD Audio 710g and DD Audio 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 26 Hz subsonic filter takes over; around 32.5 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, 4.25 inches wide and 53.1 square inches. It runs 16.00 inches to the back wall and turns once along it for 10.75 inches; the fold costs about 1.5 Hz and the port is cut for it. The channel runs at 22.2 metres per second at 2160 W, 41 percent of its turbulence limit, and the mouth edges carry a 1/2 inch roundover so the air leaves the face at 16.6 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?
65 lb, 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 24.00" D external. It ships as a UPS parcel; the price includes shipping in the 48 states. Every Professional cabinet is priced the same way, by its size: this one is 5.83 cubic feet outside. Delivery to the 48 states is inside the price; it ships as a 65 lb parcel and checkout adds nothing. Do not add polyfill; it ships dry on purpose.
Is the 710g included?
No. This is an enclosure only, cut for the DD Audio 710g specifically: the 9.312 inch cutout, the 8.250 inch mounting depth allowance and the 2.94 cubic foot alignment all come from DD Audio's published parameters. It fits both coil versions; the alignment published here is the D2 or D4. Bring your own driver.
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