Sub box?

tRidiot · 10-31-2013, 07:48 PM

That WickedCAS box is about .7 cubes. Around the same as each chamber in the the Z Enclosures dual-chamber box for 10s or 12s. Really too small for most subs, even the supposed "small enclosure" subs I've found I don't care for the sound in the smallest boxes. I ended up dropping from 2 12s to a single 12 for the larger airspace and I like the sound a whole lot better. Total enclosure "Q" changes significantly, and the sub doesn't sound so overdamped and "peaky". If you listen to mostly house or trance music, it does fine, really... but stuff I like with lower frequency bass isn't satisfying to me.

I'm going to go the in-the-floor route and hope I can get plenty of airspace once I yank the spare tire and all the stupid extra partitioning, etc., but that is certainly more effort and more expense. But I will be able to make my system much more stealthy in the process.

It's all a tradeoff.

10-31-2013, 07:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
tRidiot Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: OK Posts: 179 Drives: '09 370Z Sport Rep Power: 9973	That WickedCAS box is about .7 cubes. Around the same as each chamber in the the Z Enclosures dual-chamber box for 10s or 12s. Really too small for most subs, even the supposed "small enclosure" subs I've found I don't care for the sound in the smallest boxes. I ended up dropping from 2 12s to a single 12 for the larger airspace and I like the sound a whole lot better. Total enclosure "Q" changes significantly, and the sub doesn't sound so overdamped and "peaky". If you listen to mostly house or trance music, it does fine, really... but stuff I like with lower frequency bass isn't satisfying to me. I'm going to go the in-the-floor route and hope I can get plenty of airspace once I yank the spare tire and all the stupid extra partitioning, etc., but that is certainly more effort and more expense. But I will be able to make my system much more stealthy in the process. It's all a tradeoff.