Recent content by SlugButter

Put it on the inside of the port as well. The bass will slip out louder.

I had an older version for a year. I just bought the newer version 2 months ago and it was better. The touchscreen works very good for a cheap head unit. 4 volt preouts and a 10 band EQ. Also some type of technology that makes the radio stations sound better. I have not studied into that one yet...

I’m pleasantly surprised with my Atoto head unit. I bought it as a quick temporary head unit after a car accident, but there’s no reason to replace it after using it for awhile. It’s actually decent. 4 volt rca outs, good working touchscreen, lots of expansion options, Apple CarPlay/android auto.

I use bedliner quite often. Works well and is more durable than paint for sure. If you want a different option with texture, the “Stone Creations” paint works well and covers a lot of blemishes. You can also paint over it with any color. I used some on my little portable Bluetooth build...

Uggh. Nothing worse than going to an audio show with an obnoxious stunt wall blaring terrible sounding music at 152 DB.

I’d like to try Daytons kraken 21 inch. I wish they weren’t only available in single 4 ohm coils. The 18 inch ultimax was a great sounding sub.

A bandpass crossover is not the same thing as a bandpass enclosure. A bandpass crossover is just a combination of a low pass and high pass crossover. I use a bandpass crossover on my midbass speakers from 80-300 HZ and another bandpass crossover on my midrange speakers from 300-6000 HZ.

Both of those boxes will lose air space once the subs go in. Probably lose .25 cubes and raise port tuning by 1-2 HZ. The GP box is going to be far superior over a prefab.

Round flared aeroports would give you some extra air space. I did a 4 cube enclosure for a 15 not long ago and the aeroport saved around .5 cubes over the slot port with the same air space. You’d almost need to go custom to squeeze everything you can out of your space.

Advertising net volume always bothered me. When you put subs in a box advertised at 2 cubes and lose .25 cubes of air space you not only lose the air space, it also raises port tuning. What you thought was 2 cubes @ 32 HZ is now 1.75 @ 35 HZ.

I was at a show last year where a guy hit 141 DB with 3 12 inch JL TW5s in a sealed box. That’s pretty impressive for sealed box shallow mounts.

That seems a little short, but it depends on your music tastes and the amp power you’re running, to a degree. What are your music tastes? Are you going to run test tones and meter your system on a ton of amp power?

They want big sealed boxes. At .5 your F3 is at about 63 HZ. Your cabin gain will help some, but if you put them in 1 cube your F3 will lower down in the 50s somewhere. You can even go as high as 2 cubes sealed with them. If someone had a couple lying around it might be fine to play with them in...

I run my 13 dollar Pyle midbass speakers from 80-250 HZ. No one would ever know I have 13$ speakers unless I told them. That’s the funny part. They sound quite good. Lol