Originally posted by 97teg
I dunno i like messsing with the settings. I can calbrate my ht in about 5 min with just a disk and an spl meter not a huge ordeal at all to me anyways. If its your hobbie its something you should enjoy doing. Anyways don't want to start a fight but there are set backs in everything. I don't see any real reason for constant mantaince on a ht. Its a lot easier than a car and once levels are set and phase your good and shouldn't have to touch it. Car is much more complecated to set up.
Anyways as for you your car my suggestion you have enough power so i would say ported or bandpass. Bandpass will probably be the loudest. Won't sound the best but will be the loudest. Youll probably need a subsonic filter as well so you don't blow the speakers. Or you could jsut open the trunk and all the doors when you want to hear it outside.
I hear you. I did not/do not calibrate my home theater system with a disc; I have come to accept that on my particular Onkyo TX SR600 surround receiver, it seems that the settings of "+6" for all channels but the center sound just perfect for Dolby Digital and DTS playback. So every time my receiver goes out for a power outage or whatever, it loses the memory and I need to reset all my calibrations and "IntelliVolume"s . This becomes a massive pain in the ass because when the power goes out and things get reset, EVERYTHING needs to be input again: speaker levels, digital/analog connections, distance from sweet spot----EVERYTHING.
As for my car, well, the system has been fixed and my friend put everything back into working order this weekend, so Im booming again...power wire, ground, remote turn on box, RCA converter...all have been tightened, plugged back in and the sub box has been bolted down tight again. For your suggestion, do you really think I have enough power with this Rockford 800.2 running bridged? Should I just port this box and not worry about getting better subs than these XLCs?
Thanks for your ongoing insight...