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Is it nessicary to seal drivers with gasket tape?

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Topic: Is it nessicary to seal drivers with gasket tape?

Posted By: sarsen1
Subject: Is it nessicary to seal drivers with gasket tape?
Date Posted: 07 July 2022 at 11:23am

Is it best to seal a driver to the baffle with gasket tape or similar or are people just mounting the drivers directly most of the time?

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Posted By: doller
Date Posted: 07 July 2022 at 12:15pm

I think that it is good practice. I do it. Costs very little. You can sometimes hear air escaping from around the driver. Badly sealed boxes will mess with your x max. As always could be wrong.

Posted By: sarsen1
Date Posted: 07 July 2022 at 1:15pm

That make sense, thanks!

Posted By: 1ManSoundsystem
Date Posted: 04 August 2022 at 3:11am

hi, just a short hint from myself. ive seen people put the sealingtape on the speakergrill instead on the cabinet. dont do that. these speaker sealing tapes have very strong adhesive thats very hard to remove from the speaker, really nasty. rather put in on the wood of the box the speaker will be placed in.

Posted By: teeth
Date Posted: 12 October 2022 at 9:02am

what about handles, speakon dishes, hardware etc. is it good to use gasket sealing tape such as this to seal them in?

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Posted By: cardiffdon
Date Posted: 12 October 2022 at 10:27am

yes

Posted By: cardiffdon
Date Posted: 12 October 2022 at 10:28am

make sure you get a good seal around that shit dude.

Posted By: teeth
Date Posted: 12 October 2022 at 2:05pm

cheers cardiffdon... anything i should go for in particular? silicon or somethin? i'll grab that foam gasket shit otherwise.

thanks again

Posted By: cardiffdon
Date Posted: 12 October 2022 at 7:27pm

foam gasket stuff works fine for me.

cheers