Some Sub/amp Install Ideas.

[JVC]

DVDAs

You know I have never actually seen DVDA be done... quite a challenge...

but back on topic... I bought a 10" Alpine Type E, I have had good experiences with my Type S 12" and I figured you cant go too wrong with a name like Alpine so I bought that for 65 new, shipped. It arrived while I was in Canada (which was a good time BTW Oli, lol). I am gonna be building a box in the next few days and are gonna need to decide how I'm gonna build the box and build it. Im thinking a simple cube, especially if she doesn't need it to look super fancy, maybe an angled cube like I did with mine, just for looks. I'm also gonna hit up Best Buy and see what there is in boxes to get a few ideas and if theres something super cheap pick that up just for fun.

-John

[BurgerBob]

I am not sure how much you know about car audio. But from my experience and what I have researched online over the past few years I have been involved in car audio. I have found that the smaller subs can usually hit higher notes better and have better response compared to larger speakers. Since the speaker is smaller it moves less air so the the voice coil response is faster, which gives a punchier sound. The larger the speaker gets, the more air it moves making it harder for it to hit the quick and high notes, but making it much more effective at hitting the longer and lower notes.

For example I have two 12" Infinity's subs and my good friend has a 15" Kicker L7 which is a square sub. The surface area of one of the Infinity's is smaller than the L7 there for pushing less air and making the response time faster than the L7. Allowing my subs to hit the higher notes better than my friends. That why I suggested the 10s for rock and the 12s for rap. I don't know anything about the brands of speakers you are looking at. I hope this helps.

Wonderfully worded. +1

[Che'_Moderator]

Wonderfully worded. +1

No its not. WTF cares if a sub can hit 200hz or 23khz. Its a SUB-woofer. Your cross over should be low-pass filtering to it anyway.

[UnknownSoldier]

Your getting into THD and sensitivity. If you have a speaker with lets say 130db sensitivity at 1 hz, with a THD of .0000000000000000001% its going to sound good if its a 6" speaker and its going to sound good if its a 20" speaker. But its mostly moot. Half your boofers listen to ipods. And heres a hint. Ipods do not have range much below 30hz forget 15. Even my DVDAs are not that great compared to LP. But saying a 10" speaker is better for rock than a 12" speaker is like saying yellow is faster than red.

YIK, LOL. just trying to say that just because a sub goes lower or is bigger duzn't mean your going to hear it as well also since the human hearing range is b/w 22Hz -22kHz. And even though 15"s hit hard , still def like the sound of a 12" better any day of the week.

Hey, John, u catch any fish or STD'S while u were up there lol, hey pissed myself laughing dude, because of the NOS can , customs checked everything inside the box aye.

[TRACStar]

Your getting into THD and sensitivity. If you have a speaker with lets say 130db sensitivity at 1 hz, with a THD of .0000000000000000001% its going to sound good if its a 6" speaker and its going to sound good if its a 20" speaker. But its mostly moot. Half your boofers listen to ipods. And heres a hint. Ipods do not have range much below 30hz forget 15. Even my DVDAs are not that great compared to LP. But saying a 10" speaker is better for rock than a 12" speaker is like saying yellow is faster than red.

ummm.....yellow is faster then red, if it wasn't how come a yellow sticker will give you .5 more hp per square inch then a red one. One of the main reasons I'm going to eventually get my whole car wrapped in yellow vinyl, I'll have at least 950HP biotches :P

[Young Burnsy]

haha

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[kirbo]

As formentioned, install an amp under the seat and run some thick speaker cable to the sub box in the trunk. I have used "anderson plugs" in the past with great success. This way the polarity cannot be mistaken either.

Can you imagine your sister disconnecting a pair of RCA cables, power, -ive & remote then getting it right when being re-installed? K.I.S.S

Done.