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Professional Series Ported 10" Enclosure Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition · Single 10" Ported enclosure

Net volume
3.10 Cubic Feet
Tuning
32.5 Hz
Max mounting depth
11.170 Inches (Sundown Audio Spec)
Cutout
10.100 Inches (Sundown Audio Spec)
External dimensions
30.00 Inches W × 14.00 Inches H × 25.50 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
  • Alignment: 3.10 cu ft net vented at 32.5 Hz. F3 28.1 Hz anechoic, 5.55 dB passband ripple
  • Driver: Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1, 3500 W RMS, 35.0 mm Xmax, 38.72 Hz Fs
  • Build: Front-firing standard box, 2.25" three-layer baffle with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, Sundown Audio logo acrylic, dado joinery, 56.2 sq in front slot port beside the woofer with one bend along the back wall, port and excursion gated at 3500 W
  • Cabinet: 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 25.50" D, 67 lb, threaded insert kit included

Spec of record

Technical specifications

SeriesProline X Professional
Driver-Specific FitmentSundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1 (D1)
Enclosure TypePorted | Front-Firing Standard Box
External Width30.00 Inches
External Height14.00 Inches
External Depth25.50 Inches
Internal Volume (Gross)4.64 Cubic Feet
Internal Volume (Net After Displacement)3.10 Cubic Feet
Port TypeVertical Slot Beside The Woofer | Front Exit | One 90 Degree Bend Along The Back Wall
Port Geometry4.50 x 12.50 Inches, 56.2 Square Inches, 34.82 Inches Of Path
Port Area56.2 Square Inches
Port Tuning (Fb)32.5 Hz
Port Mouth1/2 In Roundover On All Four Edges, 74.2 Square Inches At The Face
Port Air Velocity21.9 m/s In The Channel, 16.6 m/s At The Mouth, At 3500 W (17.0 m/s Chuff Threshold)
Design Power Basis3500 W RMS (1.2 x The Driver Rating) For Port Velocity And Excursion
Predicted F328.1 Hz (Anechoic)
Passband Ripple5.55 dB (Anechoic)
Subsonic Filter26 Hz High-Pass, 24 dB/Octave - REQUIRED On A Vented Enclosure
Driver Fs38.72 Hz
Driver Qts0.247
Driver Qes / Qms0.262 / 4.428
Driver Vas7.490 Liters / 0.265 Cubic Feet
Driver Sd366.1 Square Centimeters
Driver Mms429.24 g
Driver BL28.14
Driver Re2.0 Ohm
Driver Xmax35mm (One-Way)
Driver Displacement0.25 Cubic Feet (Published by Sundown Audio)
Driver Sensitivity83.9 dB
Driver Power Handling3500 Watts RMS
Driver Overall Diameter11.660 Inches (Sundown Audio Spec)
Mounting Depth Required11.170 Inches (Sundown Audio Spec)
Cutout Diameter10.100 Inches (Sundown Audio Spec)
Flush Mount Recess12.625 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 Sundown Audio 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 ConfigurationD1
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 Power2450-3500 Watts RMS (Sundown Audio Rated: 3500W RMS)
Carpet FinishPlush Black
Weight67 lb
ShippingUPS Ground Parcel, Included In The 48 States
Bundle OptionsEnclosure Only (Bring Your Own Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition)
Warranty2-Year Limited (Enclosure)
ManufacturedTullahoma, Tennessee, USA

Modelled response

Performance in this enclosure

Net airspace
3.10
cu ft
Tuning
32.5
Hz · Fb
Half power
28.1
Hz · F3, anechoic
Xmax at
27717
W RMS · 26 Hz subsonic
With NO filter
9444
W RMS · unfiltered
Port
16.6
m/s at the mouth · 3500 W

01Is this driver right for a ported box?

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

EBP = Fs ÷ Qes = 147.8
SEALED 0–50 TRANSITION 50–100 PORTED 100–150 0 50 100 150 EBP 147.8
Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1 · EBP 147.8
Above 100 the motor is asking for a vent. The Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1 reads 147.8, so a ported load is the alignment it was designed around, not a compromise applied to it.

02What the box does to it

3.10 cu ft net against a 7.5 L Vas, vented at 32.5 Hz.

Fb = 32.5 Hz  ·  F3 = 28.1 Hz  ·  passband ripple 5.55 dB
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 +16 +12 +8 +4 0 −4 −8 −12 −16 −20 −24 −28 FREQUENCY · Hz LEVEL · dB −3 dB Fb 32.5
Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1 · Fb 32.5 Hz, F3 28.1 Hz
Anechoic, before any cabin gain, with the 26 Hz subsonic filter already applied. The vent takes over below 32 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 Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition D1 — we do not build a sealed enclosure for it and Sundown 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 Sundown's published 35.0 mm. The two traces are the same cabinet with the subsonic filter switched on and switched off.

PXmax = 27717 W with a 26 Hz subsonic  ·  9444 W with none  →  the filter is worth 2.9×
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 0 8 16 24 32 40 FREQUENCY · Hz CONE TRAVEL · mm PAST LINEAR TRAVEL · Xmax 35.0 mm 27717 W reaches Xmax here
27717 W · subsonic at 26 Hz, 24 dB/oct9444 W · no subsonic filterXmax 35.0 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 35.0 mm. With a 26 Hz subsonic that takes 27717 W, reached first at 28 Hz. Take the filter away and the same cabinet reaches 35.0 mm on 9444 W — the filter is worth 2.9× 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 9444 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 — Sundown rate this one at 3500 W RMS, and that is the number that binds first here: heat stops you before travel does, so treat 3500 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 on Sundown's own published numbers for the SDDN10, and I want to be upfront about the one number I cannot verify: Sundown lists 35 millimeters of Xmax without saying whether that is peak or peak to peak, so I am carrying it as published rather than certifying the excursion math behind it.

The port here is modeled clean past the coil's own 3500 watt rating, out to 3671 watts, but the mouth runs at 16.6 meters per second against the 17 meter per second point where a slot starts to chuff, close enough that I would call this a marginal build rather than a comfortable one.

Wire the D1 coil in series for 2 ohms or parallel for 0.5 ohms. A parallel load under 1 ohm needs an amplifier rated for it.

Sundown Audio publishes no mounting hole locations for the SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition, 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 SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition: the calmest port that fits that envelope goes noisy at about 295 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 28 Hz.

Before you order

Questions

Why is this enclosure tuned to 32.5 Hz?

The gate here is measured at the coil's rated power, 3500 W, and the port stays clean past that rating, modeled to 3671 W before mouth velocity becomes the limiting factor. Sundown publishes 35.0 mm of Xmax for the SDDN10 without stating whether the figure is peak or peak to peak, so the excursion side of this build's math is carried as published rather than certified. Ripple across the passband holds at 5.55 dB. 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 SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition did not clear the port gate there. The calmest wedge port that fits that envelope is 8.5 square inches at 16.5 by 13.00 by 17.91 inches, and its mouth runs 58.5 metres per second at 3500 W against the 17 metres per second line where a port starts to chuff. That port would stay clean to about 295 W. The slot on this box reaches 56.2 square inches and holds the mouth at 16.6 metres per second at 3500 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 Sundown Audio logo acrylic, and a port and excursion budget checked at 3500 W. It carries a 2 year warranty against 1.

Threaded inserts or a kit?

Sundown Audio does not publish the mounting hole locations for the SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition, 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 Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition at 36 percent of its usable travel at 3500 W.

Would a sealed box be better for me?

Not one we can show you. We do not build a sealed enclosure for the Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition and Sundown Audio mark it Not Recommended for a sealed enclosure, 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, 4.50 inches wide and 56.2 square inches. It runs 17.25 inches to the back wall and turns once along it for 9.32 inches; the fold costs about 1.5 Hz and the port is cut for it. The channel runs at 21.9 metres per second at 3500 W, 39 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?

67 lb, 30.00" W x 14.00" H x 25.50" 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 6.20 cubic feet outside. Delivery to the 48 states is inside the price; it ships as a 67 lb parcel and checkout adds nothing. Do not add polyfill; it ships dry on purpose.

Is the SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition included?

No. This is an enclosure only, cut for the Sundown Audio SDDN 10" Limited Edition Competition specifically: the 10.100 inch cutout, the 11.170 inch mounting depth allowance and the 3.10 cubic foot alignment all come from Sundown Audio's published parameters. It fits both coil versions; the alignment published here is the D1. Bring your own driver.

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