Professional Series · Datasheet
Professional Series Ported 10" Enclosure Skar Audio EVL-10 · Single 10" Ported enclosure
- Net volume
- 1.96 Cubic Feet
- Tuning
- 33.0 Hz
- Max mounting depth
- 7.160 Inches (Skar Audio Spec)
- Cutout
- 9.390 Inches (Skar Audio Spec)
- External dimensions
- 30.00 Inches W × 14.00 Inches H × 17.50 Inches D
- Front baffle
- Three 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer
- Alignment: 1.96 cu ft net vented at 33.0 Hz. F3 27.7 Hz anechoic, 5.04 dB passband ripple
- Driver: Skar Audio EVL-10 D2/D4, 1000 W RMS, 23.5 mm Xmax, 44.00 Hz Fs
- Build: Front-firing standard box, 2.25" three-layer baffle with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, Skar Audio logo acrylic, dado joinery, 34.4 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 17.50" D, 56 lb, threaded insert kit included
Spec of record
Technical specifications
| Series | Proline X Professional |
|---|---|
| Driver-Specific Fitment | Skar Audio EVL-10 D2/D4 (Dual 2 Ohm or Dual 4 Ohm) |
| Enclosure Type | Ported | Front-Firing Standard Box |
| External Width | 30.00 Inches |
| External Height | 14.00 Inches |
| External Depth | 17.50 Inches |
| Internal Volume (Gross) | 2.88 Cubic Feet |
| Internal Volume (Net After Displacement) | 1.96 Cubic Feet |
| Port Type | Vertical Slot Beside The Woofer | Front Exit | One 90 Degree Bend Along The Back Wall |
| Port Geometry | 2.75 x 12.50 Inches, 34.4 Square Inches, 33.71 Inches Of Path |
| Port Area | 34.4 Square Inches |
| Port Tuning (Fb) | 33.0 Hz |
| Port Mouth | 1/2 In Roundover On All Four Edges, 50.6 Square Inches At The Face |
| Port Air Velocity | 22.8 m/s In The Channel, 15.5 m/s At The Mouth, At 1200 W (17.0 m/s Chuff Threshold) |
| Design Power Basis | 1200 W RMS (1.2 x The Driver Rating) For Port Velocity And Excursion |
| Predicted F3 | 27.7 Hz (Anechoic) |
| Passband Ripple | 5.04 dB (Anechoic) |
| Subsonic Filter | 26 Hz High-Pass, 24 dB/Octave - REQUIRED On A Vented Enclosure |
| Driver Fs | 44.00 Hz |
| Driver Qts | 0.590 |
| Driver Qes / Qms | 0.660 / 5.440 |
| Driver Vas | 6.800 Liters / 0.240 Cubic Feet |
| Driver Sd | 314.1 Square Centimeters |
| Driver Mms | 258.60 g |
| Driver BL | 20.90 |
| Driver Xmax | 24mm (One-Way) |
| Driver Displacement | 0.09 Cubic Feet (Published by Skar Audio) |
| Driver Sensitivity | 82.1 dB |
| Driver Power Handling | 1000 Watts RMS |
| Driver Overall Diameter | 10.890 Inches (Skar Audio Spec) |
| Mounting Depth Required | 7.160 Inches (Skar Audio Spec) |
| Cutout Diameter | 9.390 Inches (Skar Audio Spec) |
| Flush Mount Recess | 11.875 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 Skar 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 |
| Voice Coil Configuration | Dual 2 Ohm |
| 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 | 700-1000 Watts RMS (Skar Audio Rated: 1000W RMS) |
| Carpet Finish | Plush Black |
| Shipping Weight | 63 lb |
| Shipping | UPS Ground Parcel, Included In The 48 States |
| Bundle Options | Enclosure Only (Bring Your Own Skar Audio EVL-10) |
| 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
1.96 cu ft net against a 6.8 L Vas, vented at 33.0 Hz.
03Perceived Ported vs Sealed
This cabinet, 1.96 cu ft net vented at 33.0 Hz, against Skar Audio's recommended range (low end) sealed box, 1.25 cu ft.
04Real World Ported vs Sealed
The same two boxes with cabin gain applied, 45 Hz corner, 18 dB ceiling.
05The 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 Skar's published 23.5 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 for one EVL-10 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 33.0 Hz in a 17.5 inch deep box.
One cabinet serves both coils. It was solved so the EVL-10 D2 and the EVL-10 D4 each pass every velocity, excursion and ripple gate in the same box.
Skar publishes no bolt circle, so the box ships with a threaded insert kit rather than pressed inserts.
1000 watts RMS by Skar's rating. The D2 wires to 4 ohms in series or 1 ohm in parallel; the D4 to 8 ohms series or 2 ohms parallel. Skar Audio publishes no mounting hole locations for the EVL-10, 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 EVL-10: the calmest port that fits that envelope goes noisy at about 631 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 26 Hz.
Before you order
Questions
Why is this enclosure tuned to 33.0 Hz?
Sealed, the EVL-10 needs 0.55 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 Skar's rating: the channel runs 22.8 m/s and the mouth 15.5, and the cone peaks at 11.7 of its 23.5 mm with the subsonic filter in place. Skar's own ported recommendation is 1.75 to 2.00 cubic feet at 40 Hz, before driver and port displacement. 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 EVL-10 did not clear the port gate there. The calmest wedge port that fits that envelope is 18.4 square inches at 27.5 by 10.88 by 15.79 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 631 W. The slot on this box reaches 34.4 square inches and holds the mouth at 15.5 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, a Skar Audio 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?
Skar Audio does not publish the mounting hole locations for the EVL-10, 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 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 Skar Audio EVL-10 at 50 percent of its usable travel at 1200 W.
Would a sealed box be better for me?
Below about 23 Hz, yes. The maker's recommended sealed box is louder down there by up to 3.9 dB, because a sealed box rolls off gently into the subsonic region where a vented one falls away steeply once it is under tuning. Above that this alignment is the louder of the two for the same power. The Performance Graphs tab plots this cabinet, 1.96 cubic feet vented at 33.0 Hz, against Skar Audio's recommended range (low end) sealed box, 1.25 cu ft, so you can see exactly where they cross.
How does the front port work?
It is a vertical slot beside the woofer, the full height of the cavity, 2.75 inches wide and 34.4 square inches. It runs 11.00 inches to the back wall and turns once along it for 16.21 inches; the fold costs about 1.5 Hz and the port is cut for it. The channel runs at 22.8 metres per second at 1200 W, 51 percent of its turbulence limit, and the mouth edges carry a 1/2 inch roundover so the air leaves the face at 15.5 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?
56 lb, 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 17.50" D external. Every Professional cabinet is priced the same way, by its size: this one is 4.25 cubic feet outside. Delivery to the 48 states is inside the price; it ships as a 56 lb parcel and checkout adds nothing. Do not add polyfill; it ships dry on purpose.
Is the EVL-10 included?
No. This is an enclosure only, cut for the Skar Audio EVL-10 specifically: the 9.390 inch cutout, the 7.160 inch mounting depth allowance and the 1.96 cubic foot alignment all come from Skar Audio's published parameters. It fits both coil versions (D2 and D4), and the cabinet was checked against both. Bring your own driver.
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