**Huge Subwoofer Delama Please Help!!**
02-07-10, 09:19 AM
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**Huge Subwoofer Delama Please Help!!**
Hey CL I really am lost on what to do regarding my subwoofers. I have a Kicker CVR 10" running in a free air setup (yeah I know not the best idea) anyways I was originally going to sell that to my friend and get a deal on 2 Rockford Fosgate P2 in a factory enclosure, but now I am thinking of keeping the Kicker and buying another one and throwing to two in a sealed box I found on eBay. Im not sure about doing this because I heard Rockford Fosgate Subs are better quality haha but point is im stuck here so please any suggestion are welcomed.
Heres the enclosure, I will buy another Kicker Sub if I get this, also not sure if it will hit hard since its not ported
Heres the Rockford Fosgates
Heres the enclosure, I will buy another Kicker Sub if I get this, also not sure if it will hit hard since its not ported
Heres the Rockford Fosgates
02-07-10, 09:33 AM
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You should go with the box I have a pic of, its almost looks stock
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Found it on eBay! 
Looks like I'm going to have some fun in a few weeks rewiring everything.
I still can't find the source of my alternator whine through the speakers.
Looks like I'm going to have some fun in a few weeks rewiring everything.
I still can't find the source of my alternator whine through the speakers.
02-07-10, 10:34 AM
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02-07-10, 12:25 PM
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will it hit hard as hell? No, will it bump? Yes. Going by your question, " will it hit hard" will allow me to answer you no to the box. I've been building and designing boxes for quite awhile. Here are other things to think about, again, the fact that you ask if it will hit hard makes me believe that once you hear what this box will sound like, you will want to try to crank it even more to get more out of it, doing this in a sealed box is murder to the woofer cause the heat generated by the coil will stay in the box and bake your woofer. Sure sealed has its benefits, but IMO (and others) ported is the way to go. You cant tune a sealed box so you're stuck with a -3db high point (3db is A LOT) a sealed enclosure may have a -12db drop per octave while a ported can have a steep drop, however anything below 25 hz is really unfeelable in a low powered system thus not something to base your choice of box on, but even then you can spend a LOT of brain time designing/tuning a ported box to give you a slow roll off and identical slope as a sealed but with a higher output. As for ported boxes being sloppy? yes its possible in a "FAILED" box design. I actually put the factory specs in to a bass program, and the sign wave looked liked kid scribbled along the the whole way! nasty sound...
now the main disadvantage of a ported box is the bigger the better so you'll have to take space from your trunk, however I was still able to achieve a pretty hard hitting ported box in our small space
so my vote is to go ported and DO NOT get prefab ported boxes! They are tuned to like 45hz 
which means you're gonna get a punch high end and loose all your low end 
for street bass you want to be tuned around 32hz to give you some good frequency response, and most rap (if thats what you listen to) hits most around that note. I personally enjoyed my 20hz tuned box (my other set up) I sacrificed a bit on the hard hitting top end, but the extra power made up for that. I hope I didnt confuse you or leave something out cause I'm watching football as I type and am loosing my concentration 
now the main disadvantage of a ported box is the bigger the better so you'll have to take space from your trunk, however I was still able to achieve a pretty hard hitting ported box in our small space
so my vote is to go ported and DO NOT get prefab ported boxes! They are tuned to like 45hz which means you're gonna get a punch high end and loose all your low end for street bass you want to be tuned around 32hz to give you some good frequency response, and most rap (if thats what you listen to) hits most around that note. I personally enjoyed my 20hz tuned box (my other set up) I sacrificed a bit on the hard hitting top end, but the extra power made up for that. I hope I didnt confuse you or leave something out cause I'm watching football as I type and am loosing my concentration
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