What type of box should I use for my subwoofers?
I have a quad cab dodge ram(4door) and I bought some boxes for under the seats, but the subs won’t fit because they have a cage-like thing around the magnet. So now I’m going to just get a regular box and put it on the seat(less people I have to haul around).
I already have a box, it is like the one in the picture. It has a plexi-glass covering and 4 port-holes, I’ll be honest. It sounds like crap. My friend has a regular box, like the other one in the picture(pretend the port isn’t there) and his sounds really good. My speakers are better than his, he has regular grade kickers and I have really nice Infinity’s. Which box would you reccomend for a clean crisp sound. I don’t want all the echoing of the bass and rattling my whole truck. I just want it to hit really hard on every type of beat there is.
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2 Responses
bucko
03 Feb 2010
kreekatt
03 Feb 2010
you can google infinity model # and size and box specs to see what they recommend and build a custom box, a sub in the wrong box will often sound worse then a lower quality sub in the correct one.
a sealed box is the easiest way to get good sound but some subs may be better for ported.
if when you google your subs you will get specs like qs. vas. and so on, those specs are used to calculate box size and design and there are several online box calculators you can use.
for "clean crisp sound" i would follow the subs recommended dimensions for a small sealed enclosure.
edit: just adding a link to one of the box calculators that kreekatt mentions: http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/boxcalcs.asp