Ok I have a rockford 1000watt amp 2chann. Not the bullshit one. the good old school rockford amps. I Have it powering my 12" JL Audio sub. I had this big ass box hooked up to it and I hated the fact that I did not have any I mean any space in the truck. The box was 17x17x18½. I wanna know what you guys think I should do? When I had the big box it hit kinda nice but I think I smaller box would make it hit much harder. Ahhhh I don't know. I have a 95 4door tegra. Thanks guys!

 

umm if i did my math right that is about 3 ft^3. Reading on their websit thats almost twice as big as reccomended. Is this box made to the specifications of the sub?

 

Could be ported, and if it is that seems about the right volume.


Make a sealed box, it will reduce the size by over half.

The difference between ported and sealed is generally sealed has a flatter response curve (sounds better) and porter makes it alittle louder. If you have a sealed box right now then getting a smaller one will make it louder (by improving power handling) and give you a much better sound.

 

If you have a sealed box that is 3 cubes total your power handling is not as good as the box being significantly smaller, BUT the efficiency of the box/sub set up is better.

Also, expect to lose some lower end notes if you make the box smaller...

 

oh yeah, what model subs do you have?
I'd think W3 or W6 if you have 1kw of power

 

12" W7. But I went made a sealed box. 14"x14"x15½. Sounds super good. Thanks guys!