Originally posted by DJ Scotty
I see that you guys who provided pics of your subs in their boxes have the boxes up against the rear seat, with the woofers firing toward the trunk, out at you when you open the trunk---this is how I have my huge sealed box with my two Fosgate 15's, and yet I always wondered if this is the right way to face the box---in a closed-trunk vehicle, such as a sedan or coupe, should a sub box fire backward, toward the trunk area, as we all have it, or should the woofers fire into the seats, forward? I have heard so many theories on this; that by firing the woofers the way we do it, it creates a "bass wave" off the trunk lip that develops and then fires back into the passenger cabin, providing more boom. But, I have also heard, that in vehicles like hatchbacks and SUVs, subwoofer boxes can fire forward toward the passenger area because it's all open back there---the bass isnt trapped in a closed trunk....is this so?
I have had ported boxes, bandpass, sealed, hatchback, sedan, 2 door, and 4 door. I have a 95 accord now with 2 12" JL's pointing to the rear. Bass is non directional, but you do increase the resonant frequency when it bounces of of objects. just like a house sub, with the powered sub pointing the port out to the room where you sit. Turn that beast around and listen to the difference, louder, harder hitting bass
Originally posted by DJ Scotty
Gotcha, Blowme...
I KNOW --- and you are absolutely right --- that bass is non directional and therefore, in theory, a subwoofer can be placed anywhere. So, if I switch my box around to fire the woofers forward into the rear seat, you think because the rear of the box will now be facing the trunk, I wont get that "bass wave" to develop and couple the sound; the subs' cones should be firing toward the open area of the trunk in order to make better bass?
Originally posted by b12uceHuy
Heres my 10' kenwood DB (800watt Max), I am running a 800watt amp, and a .5 farad Monster Cap, even though I should be running a 1 farad.
my shit rattles like crazy! I need to get some DYNO MAT
DYNO mat is over rated for the price, way to expensive. For smaller applications they make a spray foam that works really good. It seeps in betwen peices of metal and reduces more rattle than with mats. and
http://www.parts-express.com/ sells mats similar to dyno mat, but at a fraction of the cost.....if you have some serious bass, it is almost impossible to eliminate the sledge hammer to sheet metal effect.