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Professional Series Ported 15" Enclosure Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 · Single 15" Ported enclosure
- Net volume
- 2.17 Cubic Feet
- Tuning
- 34.5 Hz
- Max mounting depth
- 8.375 Inches (Fi Car Audio Spec)
- Cutout
- 13.875 Inches (Fi Car Audio Spec)
- External dimensions
- 36.00 Inches W × 18.00 Inches H × 14.00 Inches D
- Front baffle
- Three 3/4" MDF layers, 2.25" total | Woofer Flush-Mounted In The Outer Layer
- Alignment: 2.17 cu ft net vented at 34.5 Hz. F3 32.1 Hz anechoic, 0.77 dB passband ripple
- Driver: Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 D1/D2, 1500 W RMS, 27.0 mm Xmax, 39.30 Hz Fs
- Build: Front-firing standard box, 2.25" three-layer baffle with the woofer flush-mounted in the outer layer, Fi Car Audio logo acrylic, dado joinery, 45.4 sq in front slot port beside the woofer with one bend along the back wall, port and excursion gated at 1500 W
- Cabinet: 36.00" W x 18.00" H x 14.00" D, 67 lb, threaded insert kit included
Spec of record
Technical specifications
| Series | Proline X Professional |
|---|---|
| Driver-Specific Fitment | Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 D1/D2 (Dual 1 Ohm or Dual 2 Ohm) |
| Enclosure Type | Ported | Front-Firing Standard Box |
| External Width | 36.00 Inches |
| External Height | 18.00 Inches |
| External Depth | 14.00 Inches |
| Internal Volume (Gross) | 3.52 Cubic Feet |
| Internal Volume (Net After Displacement) | 2.17 Cubic Feet |
| Port Type | Vertical Slot Beside The Woofer | Front Exit | One 90 Degree Bend Along The Back Wall |
| Port Geometry | 2.75 x 16.50 Inches, 45.4 Square Inches, 36.67 Inches Of Path |
| Port Area | 45.4 Square Inches |
| Port Tuning (Fb) | 34.5 Hz |
| Port Mouth | 1/2 In Roundover On All Four Edges, 65.6 Square Inches At The Face |
| Port Air Velocity | 19.7 m/s In The Channel, 13.6 m/s At The Mouth, At 1500 W (17.0 m/s Chuff Threshold) |
| Design Power Basis | 1500 W RMS (1.0 x The Driver Rating) For Port Velocity And Excursion |
| Predicted F3 | 32.1 Hz (Anechoic) |
| Passband Ripple | 0.77 dB (Anechoic) |
| Subsonic Filter | 27 Hz High-Pass, 24 dB/Octave - REQUIRED On A Vented Enclosure |
| Driver Fs | 39.30 Hz |
| Driver Qts | 0.550 |
| Driver Qes / Qms | 0.600 / 6.840 |
| Driver Vas | 40.000 Liters / 1.413 Cubic Feet |
| Driver Sd | 810.0 Square Centimeters |
| Driver Mms | 377.40 g |
| Driver Xmax | 27mm (One-Way) |
| Driver Displacement | 0.18 Cubic Feet (Published by Fi Car Audio) |
| Driver Sensitivity | 87.9 dB |
| Driver Power Handling | 1500 Watts RMS |
| Driver Overall Diameter | 15.500 Inches (Fi Car Audio Spec) |
| Mounting Depth Required | 8.375 Inches (Fi Car Audio Spec) |
| Cutout Diameter | 13.875 Inches (Fi Car Audio Spec) |
| Flush Mount Recess | 16.500 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 Fi Car 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 1 or 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 | 1050-1500 Watts RMS (Fi Car Audio Rated: 1500W RMS) |
| Carpet Finish | Plush Black |
| Shipping Weight | 75 lb |
| Shipping | UPS Ground Parcel, Included In The 48 States |
| Bundle Options | Enclosure Only (Bring Your Own Fi Car Audio Xv4 15) |
| 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
2.17 cu ft net against a 40.0 L Vas, vented at 34.5 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 Fi's published 27.0 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 for one Xv4 15 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 34.5 Hz in a 14.0 inch deep box.
One cabinet serves both coils. Fi publishes one parameter set for the dual 1 and dual 2 ohm Xv4 15, so the box is solved on that set and either coil drops in.
Fi publishes no bolt circle, so the box ships with a threaded insert kit rather than pressed inserts.
1500 watts RMS by Fi's rating, and the port is sized for exactly that. The dual 2 ohm wires to 4 ohms in series or 1 ohm in parallel; the dual 1 ohm to 2 ohms series or 0.5 ohm parallel, which few amplifiers tolerate. Fi Car Audio publishes no mounting hole locations for the Xv4 15, 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 Xv4 15: the calmest port that fits that envelope goes noisy at about 1375 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 34.5 Hz?
Fi lists no sealed box for the Xv4 at all; it is a ported motor and this is the box it is meant for. The slot is gated at 1500 W, Fi's own rating: the channel runs 19.7 m/s and the mouth 13.6, and the cone peaks at 9.6 of its 27 mm with the subsonic filter in place. Fi's own ported recommendation for the Xv4 15 is 3 to 5 cubic feet at 32 Hz. 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 Xv4 15 did not clear the port gate there. The calmest wedge port that fits that envelope is 38.1 square inches at 29.5 by 11.25 by 17.98 inches, and its mouth runs 17.8 metres per second at 1500 W against the 17 metres per second line where a port starts to chuff. That port would stay clean to about 1375 W. The slot on this box reaches 45.4 square inches and holds the mouth at 13.6 metres per second at 1500 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 Fi Car Audio logo acrylic, and a port and excursion budget checked at 1500 W. It carries a 2 year warranty, against 1 year on the Performance Optimized lines.
Threaded inserts or a kit?
Fi Car Audio does not publish the mounting hole locations for the Xv4 15, 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 27 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 Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 at 36 percent of its usable travel at 1500 W.
Would a sealed box be better for me?
Not one we can show you. We do not build a sealed enclosure for the Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 and Fi Car 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 27 Hz subsonic filter takes over; around 34.5 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, 2.75 inches wide and 45.4 square inches. It runs 7.50 inches to the back wall and turns once along it for 22.67 inches; the fold costs about 1.5 Hz and the port is cut for it. The channel runs at 19.7 metres per second at 1500 W, 39 percent of its turbulence limit, and the mouth edges carry a 1/2 inch roundover so the air leaves the face at 13.6 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, 36.00" W x 18.00" H x 14.00" D external. Every Professional cabinet is priced the same way, by its size: this one is 5.25 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 Xv4 15 included?
No. This is an enclosure only, cut for the Fi Car Audio Xv4 15 specifically: the 13.875 inch cutout, the 8.375 inch mounting depth allowance and the 2.17 cubic foot alignment all come from Fi Car Audio's published parameters. It fits both coil versions (D1 and D2), and the cabinet was checked against both. Bring your own driver.
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