I am not a fan of bandpass boxes. As for the type of box you should get, Audiobahn should list what type of box that sub will be good in.



hehe. Not a fan of Audiobahn either :wavey:

They are good subs. Nothing to :bowdown: over, but for the money, they arent too bad. For a bit over $100, you can pick up a 11kv.2 from Elemental Designs. I have it, and love it.



I say the correct enclosure is more important than the woofer. A bad box can make a $500 woofer sound like shit.

Yes. Next time, just look at the RMS numbers. Max wattage doesnt mean a single thing. It is all marketing. In that case, each sub is rated for 500 watts RMS but only given 400 watts RMS? In cases like that, you can the possibiltiy of sending the sub a clipped signal if you arent careful. It is better to have the amp give more power than to give it less power. But either way, the user has to play it smart and know how to set the amps.

 

can u explain that 1 more time?

 

1. When looking at subs or amps, dont look at the MAX wattage numbers. Always look at the RMS numbers.

2. When you are buying an amp and sub, you want the RMS numbers to be as close as possible. But this does not always happen. So you either have an amp that will provide too much power, or an amp that provides too little power (according to the RMS).

When you have an amp that provides too much power, this is not always a bad thing if the number is reasonable...such as feeding a 350 watt sub with 400 watts or giving a 500 watt sub 600 watts. This is not going to blow the sub. Of course this is assuming that you wire the amp correctly and set the gains and any other adjustments correctly.

When you have an amp that provides too LITTLE power, this is not always such a bad thing either. A lot of people say that it will destroy the sub. It wont. It is in this situation that the user can possibly destroy the sub. When you have an amp that provides too little power, people usually want to turn up the gains and volume to make the sub louder. When you do this, the limits of the amp is getting close. If you push it any harder, then it starts clipping the signal. Then the sub goes byebye.

So I say that it is better to have an amp that provides too much power, rather than an amp that provides too little.

 

yeah it's okay, but you might overheat the amp causing it to blow out.

 

thanks

 

what do u mean by clipping the signal?

 

Basically an overload of the amp. It is when the signals coming from the amp exceeds the voltage supply it is given. So when it is overloads, the signal clips. Which is bad for the woofer.

 

i have 2 12's in my eg hatch and i think its pretty shitty they were there when i bought the car and theyre made custom fit in a fiberglass box so i have no backseat...and everything was sapose to be rattle proof and most everything still rattles...


bottem line...iif u want good quality sound dont go 12's for a civic...1 of them at the most

 

Wrong.

2 12's can sound GREAT in a small car like a Civic. Everything is in the installation. And yes, with cheap light cars like Hondas, things are going to rattle no doubt. That is what sound deadener is for.

 

thanks