this particular how to is designed to teach you the basics of designing an enclosure for your subwoofer. a lot has changed in the last decade and computer simulation has made things much easier to predict how a speaker will perform in a given enclosure. there are a wide variety of programs out there that come highly recommended. for this how-to, i will show you how to use my favourite free program called UniBox. download that and extract with a program like Winzip or WinRAR. the only other requirement is to have microsoft excel on your computer or a similar spreadsheet program. if you prefer a free standing program, you can download something like WinISD. now on to the how to.
i used winisd for years before i got bassbox 6 and always had good results....i have also since,modeled the same designs through the two programs and have gotten VERY similar results.winisd is a very good program and i recommend it.
i have never used unibox so i can't vouch for it's accuracy or results.