Most of the reason why people have bigger boxes in there car is cause your suppose to have the right amount of cubic inches on the inside of the box to get the best sound out of the sub. My boxes are pretty big and they take about half of the room in my trunk and there heavy........but they sound great. I have two 12's

If you buy a box made for a 10in or 12in then it should sound good cause im sure that the company makes them to the right cubic inch. A custom made box will have to figure out the right amount of cubic in

 

absolutely positively true.

 

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?

 

I have a coupe and I have 2 10" subwoofers that I could install. I was thinking of installing them at the side, facing sideways... If I install both, they'd be facing each other for a symmetrical look. Has anyone else done something similar? Or is tehre something fundamentally wrong with this design. I've also considered taking out the spare tire and using that well as part of the enclosure. Because I see everyone with bigass boxes firing backwardss, taking up half the trunk... Or sedans with subs firing through the passthrough (Which i do not have.)

 

An ex-co worker of mine had two Profile Baja 12s installed to the left and right sides of the trunk, facing each other, in separate sealed boxes and sometimes sounded like complete ass, in his Caprice Classic sedan; but it could have been his gear, the install, and the car----all pieces of shit in this equation. You are better off getting a traditional box and firing it backwards like everyone else does.

 

my only advice would be to try it facing forward & backward & see which sounded better. in my experience it ususlly was louder facing to the rear. :dunno:

 

had a few emails asking how the enclosures were made. check here

subwoofer enclosure

i am actually considering upgrading to 15" subs so am selling the two sub/enclosures that i have. they are the Infinity Kappa Perfect 12.1's (sell for about $200 each) and are only about 1 month old.

if you are interested, shoot me an email. i am asking $400 for each sub/enclosure, or $700 for both. pick-up available in So Cal, or can be shipped.

here's a picture of the right enclosure:



thx.

 

I put an Infinity BassLink in the trunk. It doesn't take up too much room, and gives a decent punch.

 

I 'had' a BassLink too...it was indeed a nice little setup... until I hear what 'real' subs sounds like:P

Each one of my subs actually takes up less space than the Basslink did

 

do you guys also replace your stock speakers ? ? i just want 1 sub for a little bass but u think it will overpower the factory speakers ?