[darkpuppet]

the biggest problem with any box is the person who made it. For moderate power levels, sealed is probably the way to go, but up the power to much and you'll overpower a sealed box. Under power a ported box, and it'll sound crappy.. a bandpass is supposed to give you the best of both worlds.

The only problem is that people very rarily pull out their measuring tape and do the math...and that's usually the leading cause of, "my x setup sounds better than my buddy's y setup".

I personally prefer moderately powered sealed enclosures myself..