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  1. actually, wood is a good place to start! what you planning on using? ive just built a box, similar specs to what yours in gunna have, and i used 18mm mdf, with a few braces.... its solid as a rock! :)

    3/4 inch MDF, nails, glue. anything i forgot?

    liquid nail to seal it up. or just some window caulk will work.

    Edit: and carpet. its gotta be spiffy for the ladies

  2. actually, wood is a good place to start! what you planning on using? ive just built a box, similar specs to what yours in gunna have, and i used 18mm mdf, with a few braces.... its solid as a rock! :)

    3/4 in birch is pretty solid. its cabinet grade as well so its got more plies than Mdf. slightly more expensive but i believe your box is one place you shouldnt skimp out on

  3. download the Torres box calculator. it should be pinned in the subwoofer/enclosures section.

    play with the numbers to get your desired volume then play with the ports to get the tuning at about 35 Hz.

    i would suggest subs back and ports back since this is your first box build

    that will give you an idea of where to start

    good luck! :good:

    Edit: it says a min of 1.75ft^3 but i would do about 1.5 per sub. this has always seemed to be a happy median for 12's (for what ive encountered at least)

  4. its hard to tell with the spelling errors and weird way of talking, but i believe he is actually saying he LIKES the way it sound when there is a really low note. and not that it sound like "ripped shit". dont be ashamed for being confused, its not your fault.

    haha yeah thats exactly what i thought. i figured "ripped shit" meant it sounds like shit lol

  5. Gain half way on both amps and box tuned to 30 hz and it sound good on higher Norway bit cuz the box is tuned lows it's slams with lower frequency songs and this was to askanout music lol not gains and boxes I just needed some songs

    you made it sound like up top that you wanted songs without real lows because it sounded like crap. least that is what i gathered.

  6. 1/10th of the amp gain doesnt sound like clipping to me or even over-powering, probably box and playing way below tuning with voltage drop. What type of HU are you using? 4v preouts or lower? Having your headunit too high with bad preouts CAN cause clipping there so many different variables but chances are its clipping + enclosure + too low of tuning.

    My head unit is a sony xplod with 2v preouts. I do have it runnin on a stock batt and stock alt, but i have never once had a problem with dimming lights or decreasing bass volume from it. I am getting the big 3 very soon...

    is it better to have my gain low and HU sub level high? or gain higher with sub level on 0...

    from what ive been told your supposed to set the levels on the amp with HU settings at 0. then adjust the HU.

  7. And weighting on my 2nd alt to come in than shit will be up 100% again

    You do understand you're supposed to set your gain with an oscilloscope and not just turn it up all the way.

    sounds like the way hes describing it, he has a crappy electrical with too much voltage drop. could explain why it sounds like shit on the low end. plus his box tuning could be fucked up

  8. Either gain is too high, too much bass boost/clipping from headunit, or your tuning is too high, as everyone else said.

    D-train, all subs will not start stinking. Don't know where you get that. I've seen many higher end subs play for years and never have smelled the slightest coil. That's the difference of a tuned and not tuned system.

    well i stand corrected. im still a noob here. thanks for clearing that up.

  9. good luck finding someone who wants to sell!

    i tried a month or so ago

    Geez thanks lol

    haha yeah. if its the price your concerned with (which the price of the 2200 is awesome) you could also just wait for the crecendo 2000d they use the same board as DC. its cheaper than the 2200 :pardon:

    Not really the price to much.I had one of there amps and was going to buy another but now they charge shipping on them.Might have to wait for the crescendo amp

    thats what im doing. lol.

  10. good luck finding someone who wants to sell!

    i tried a month or so ago

    Geez thanks lol

    haha yeah. if its the price your concerned with (which the price of the 2200 is awesome) you could also just wait for the crecendo 2000d they use the same board as DC. its cheaper than the 2200 :pardon:

  11. id go with some Stinger volt meters!

    http://cgi.ebay.com/STINGER-SVMB-Blue-Volt-Digital-Voltage-Meter-Car-Gauge-/390299641285?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adfabe5c5

    might find them cheaper, depends when u buy them the red ones are usually $17 shipped

    yeah im trying to keep everything blue. since all the lights in my truck are blue.

    but im not big on that design. guess ill just do some more shopping around.

  12. kind of expensive for something you almost never see under your hood. i would just get the volt meter you can mount wherever you want. then you can see it from the driver's seat and dont have to go to the battery.

    well that one was going on the batt in the back. but i do agree with you about not getting it for up front

    but i cant find any volt meters that i like for mounting in my truck

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