Looking For Pictures / Ideas For Sub Box In Rear Hatch

[92TyLA]

Re: Looking For Pictures / Ideas For Sub Box In Rear Hatch

sealed or ported depends on the woofer, if has zero to do with car type,

Well I worked in a soundshop for 3 years and dealt wit all the brands you can name and it always made a huge difference, I was visiting LA on saturday and stop by my friends shop and they were making 5 custom boxes for some escalades and tbss for there car club(ballerz inc) and ported is a must on all suv's

 

[RealFastV6]

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wtf is that just above the sub on the left??? is that port for the box or another speaker? Looks like the same thing is on the other side too... clean install aside from that haha. You'd also have to knock it down to 1 sub on a side in a typhoon... the pic is a 4-door and the trunk is longer.

Looks like thats an additional mid - maybe a 5 1/4.

 

[92TyLA]

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This is temporary, too much for me

 

[Mephisto]

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Watever you end up doing make sure you have a breathing whole in the box, suv definitely need a ported box, sealed box will restrict the bass, sealed box is more for sedans and cars wit a trunk.

I'd say that what type of music you listen to depends on what type of speaker you buy and what kind of box you build.

I had 2 12's in a ported box in my old blazer which looks identical to the yellow one in the thread (only not yellow) and it sounded like total shit.

When you listen to death metal that has blast beats and double bass drums flyin at 260bpm you need tight responsive bass. I sold the 2 12's and settled on 1 10 in a sealed down firing box and couldn't have been happier. It hit hard and you could feel every kick drum hit. With the 12's it just sounded like one continuous bass note and had no distinction between hits.

If you're listen to rap err whatever it is you kids call music these days... that typically has a lot of what are called "808's". This is in reference to the Roland-808 programmable drum machine's kick drum sound which produces a very deep sub-bass sound and has been used by rap artists since the 80's. In this case you WOULD use a ported box as those tend to resonate low end much more than a sealed box.

 

[Beavis]

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Well I worked in a soundshop for 3 years and dealt wit all the brands you can name and it always made a huge difference, I was visiting LA on saturday and stop by my friends shop and they were making 5 custom boxes for some escalades and tbss for there car club(ballerz inc) and ported is a must on all suv's

Ummmm no.
The type of music you listen too, the sound you want, the power, (how close to max RMS you are) and (the biggest) what the speaker manufacturer says is best for the application. All of that dictates wheather sealed or ported, diameter and length of port, minim box size, maximum box size or somewhere in between.

I can tell you, I will never use a ported box. The f3 is higher, the sound is looser, the power handling is alittle less in most cases, and the higher frequencies play louder (75-100hz).

I always use the recommended optimum box size and have never been unhappy with any type of music (rock, rap, country, pop, techno, dance, light rock and even talk). I have had low $ systems and expensive systems that have hit 148db with 2 dvc 15's and have done quite a few for friends and relatives and never had anyone be disappointed with the sound quality of sealed enclosers. I still have friends in that industry, and they too only use sealed enclosers.

 

[Blazerspeed]

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Blazerspeed, do you know which memeber that's from?

Sorry I don't, I grabbed that pic maybe 2 years ago off blazinlow when I was trying to get ideas for my buddy frank's truck. I do know it's a yellow 4 door that has a ton of custom body work done to it. I'm fairly certain phatfarmer or some of the older members would recognize it.

 

[Windedv6]

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I took a Crunch NOS bottle style sub tube, re-enforced the interior wall and had had a custom ID 8" driver made for the port tube. I have it set at a low frequency l as I also have sealed midbase drivers in the front doors...

My amps are in the tailgate...

The amp line drivers and crossovers are mounted in the jack area....

With cover on...

*"mid base in the doors...

 

[TNPhoon]

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Here's another pic of what I am looking to accomplish. Jeff's white/grey Ty.

Jeff, did you custom build that or find it?

 

[warmpancakes]

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Here's another pic of what I am looking to accomplish. Jeff's white/grey Ty.

Jeff, did you custom build that or find it?

I have one for the drivers side, Takes the place of the spare, has a JL12w0 with 145 true watts it sounds good I thing with some sound deadener applied to the box it will get better

 

[NJ93TY]

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I am wanting to something pretty much EXACTLY like that. Did you fab the box yourself or a shop create it for you?
For everyone, here's the pics:

This was in the truck when I bought is. I had it out once and I should have got the dimensions for it. Maybe before summer is over I will pull it out and take some more detailed pics and make some measurements. Then I should make a few of them and sell them on the board!

 

[GAShan]

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My old setup, now for sale. JL12W7 in double 3/4" medite box, amp rack on right, custom shroud to hide it all.

 

[92TyLA]

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Ummmm no.
The type of music you listen too, the sound you want, the power, (how close to max RMS you are) and (the biggest) what the speaker manufacturer says is best for the application. All of that dictates wheather sealed or ported, diameter and length of port, minim box size, maximum box size or somewhere in between.

I can tell you, I will never use a ported box. The f3 is higher, the sound is looser, the power handling is alittle less in most cases, and the higher frequencies play louder (75-100hz).

I always use the recommended optimum box size and have never been unhappy with any type of music (rock, rap, country, pop, techno, dance, light rock and even talk). I have had low $ systems and expensive systems that have hit 148db with 2 dvc 15's and have done quite a few for friends and relatives and never had anyone be disappointed with the sound quality of sealed enclosers. I still have friends in that industry, and they too only use sealed enclosers.

I cannot arguee there man, since ive never listen to rock or all that other techo stuff, not a big fan of rap or hiphop, my setups have always sound strong hard and heavy, kinda made it hard to breathe inside the cars wen playing, im more into the oldies and oldachool rap but since im mexican its a must a beanner cd is on my deck every once in a while, but true about ur statement, type of music matters, thats why I halways have an epicenter installed my favorite one is " the epicenter" one but cheap ones do the work just fine.

 

[92 Ty 1173]

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*"mid base in the doors...

Very clean door pods, Exactly what I want to do in my ty. You make them or are the custom pieces?


On the other note of enclosures, I have always used sealed boxes. High quality subs and amps, stuffed the boxes. I currently have cerwin vega dvc 10's in a sealed box, one side .75 cubic feet and the other is .85. Resonate at different frequencies. I have them angle towards the back glass so the sound reflects off into the cabin. Very tight, they can keep up with the double kick drum from "Dig" by mudvane. But can still boom if I want them to. I have all old school Rockford Fosgate before they sold out to pyramid and got shitty. Ported is ok, but bandpass is for the basshead that just likes hearing the boom-ditty-boom. LOL. Just my $.02

 

[vinnieTy]

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For some reason its a pain to post up links or pictures from my IPHONE. Anyway pictures fixed.

 

[TYZAPOLI]

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picture no workie

 

[TNPhoon]

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Vinny, Jeff and Nick all 3 have the setup that I'm most wanting to go with. I like not having the entire back hatch taken up by a system, and I'm not trying to shake the neighborhood when I drive through it. If anyone has any leads on a prebuilt box like those for sale or have built one and happened to "log" the build, please let me know. I need some better sounds! lol

 

[Windedv6]

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Very clean door pods, Exactly what I want to do in my ty. You make them or are the custom pieces?

It's custom....as with the kicks and center channel...

Kicks...

Center Channel...

Custom stuff is not always so difficult, but it does take a lot of time and some trial and error. Most (not all) prefab boxes suck on quality sound. Most of the time we get what we pay for then pay to do it again. In the long run a good custom shop is worth the extra expense to get that smile every time you have the stereo on going down the road.

John