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I'm interested in getting some bigger subs, currently i own a pair of l7 15s but i think i'm past my 15s phase. i want deeper lows!!! Now i'm contemplating if i'm going to buy the SSA ZCON 18s or another brand like the FI BTL 18s. However if you have any other suggestions i'm open to it my budget is about $500 a piece give or take another $100. What should i do???

really??? after a while it all sounds the same i guess... like the white girl beat hit hard but it's only 2 different notes playing like 1 is a i wanna say maybe 50-70hz note and the other must be 20-40hz at most. and on the lower beat it makes my phone on the roof do flips but when i'm in the car you hear air and feel it a little. my goal is to have my seats feel like there kicking me in the back, and look over to the passenger seat and it look like a rocking chair. what is the best frequency for that???

Thanks that's what i was looking for all along, so in all essence when i have a box built i have to select the frequency i want to play it at mainly and i tweak it with that frequency being the base right??? When you create your box, you will choose a freq.. some like 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and most.. don't like 40. It's all preference. I am trying to learn the whole low pass ect but your SSF Subsonic filter is basicly to stop the freq from being sent.. so let's say your box is tuned to 33 hertz, you have your subsonic at 28, the amplifier won't send a signal under 28 hertz to protect your subwoofer. i saw this just before i got off. the filters are called filters for a reason. they dont just cut off all notes at the frequency you set to. they cut of db per octive. so it is a gradual slope cutoff. LPF is the cutoff on the high end. subsonic filter is cutoff on the lowend. they filter out frequencys above or below them. thats why it will be different in every system cause the amp filters will be different maybe, or loading in vechicle wil be different. thats why you must play with it and find settings you like best while keepign woofer safe. so LPF cuts off bass notes above frequency you set to. and subsonic filter cuts of frequencies below what is set to. but it does not cut off all frequencies to 0 it just makes the notes have less amplitude. the further they get away from the setting you have. thank you so very much for clearing that up... now i can go to work tomorrow and know what i'm doing to my car and a customers car when i'm tuning it. your awesome!!!

Thanks that's what i was looking for all along, so in all essence when i have a box built i have to select the frequency i want to play it at mainly and i tweak it with that frequency being the base right??? When you create your box, you will choose a freq.. some like 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and most.. don't like 40. It's all preference. I am trying to learn the whole low pass ect but your SSF Subsonic filter is basicly to stop the freq from being sent.. so let's say your box is tuned to 33 hertz, you have your subsonic at 28, the amplifier won't send a signal under 28 hertz to protect your subwoofer. oh ok now i get it thnks i know it was a mistake but the whole time i had my bass boost at max, my subsonic at minimum and my frequency at maybe 80 so does the frequency work the same that number is where it picks up the bass untill the lowest you set your subsonic filter for???

Thanks that's what i was looking for all along, so in all essence when i have a box built i have to select the frequency i want to play it at mainly and i tweak it with that frequency being the base right??? i dont quite understand your epiphany ahha. yes when building a ported box you must select a frequency to tune it at based on vechicle and on subs being used. then set subsonic filter and LPF to get desired frequency response while protecting speakers Ok i got it now it make a whole lot more sense no wonder why my lows are good but not the best. thanks you've been very helpful!!! but one more thing i'm not quite getting what does the subsonic do to the bass???

GOD BLESS YOU AND GOOD NIGHT!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE HELPFUL INFO.

Thanks that's what i was looking for all along, so in all essence when i have a box built i have to select the frequency i want to play it at mainly and i tweak it with that frequency being the base right???

So that means you have everything turned down to the minimum. now to put it set at 30hz all you would do is adjust the gain and the subsonic but leave the lpf alone right???

how exactly do you set your amp to 20 hz if your amp only goes to 50 or 60 hz??? do you set it to the lowest it will go then tune the subsonic filter??? or does it even matter where the frequency is if your tuning the subsonic filter??? which is better dd-1 or cc-1??? number 1, dd-1 and cc-1 are 2 different devices used for 2 different purposes. dd-1 is to tune you amp so yuo set gain correctly without clipping. cc-1 is to check crossover points calibration and gain matching. and in response to your first question i have no idea what you are talking about. i am assuming you are trying to tune your sealed box with amp? actually i'm not i'm tuning my ported super bass probox

which is better dd-1 or cc-1???

how exactly do you set your amp to 20 hz if your amp only goes to 50 or 60 hz??? do you set it to the lowest it will go then tune the subsonic filter??? or does it even matter where the frequency is if your tuning the subsonic filter???

^ this guy. Lol Everyone learns. i wouldnt be a dick if he was some noob that was just getting into the game. we were all there at some point. but like this guy works at a shop and is making money installing systems for people. he should know these basic questions if he is professionally installing stuff in paying customers cars. like he obviously doesnt know what clipping is and thinks tuning the box is turning a dial on the amp. i want to know where this guy works so we can save the company money from having all the customers coming back in with warranty claims. and for people who dont buy warranty to not get an install from this guy. the questions this guy is asking as installer is scaring me. Agree, but hopefully the more questions we answer the better/ less scary he will get. I would love to have his job tho. did he say he was an installer? or is he a floor man n just sells things to people i do both the only thing i don't do is install alarms and tune the bass on the amps to much cuz i know what i like and if i do something to screw my system up i know it was my fault but if i mess with a customer system and screw it up i'm liable.

^ this guy. Lol Everyone learns. i wouldnt be a dick if he was some noob that was just getting into the game. we were all there at some point. but like this guy works at a shop and is making money installing systems for people. he should know these basic questions if he is professionally installing stuff in paying customers cars. like he obviously doesnt know what clipping is and thinks tuning the box is turning a dial on the amp. i want to know where this guy works so we can save the company money from having all the customers coming back in with warranty claims. and for people who dont buy warranty to not get an install from this guy. the questions this guy is asking as installer is scaring me. Agree, but hopefully the more questions we answer the better/ less scary he will get. I would love to have his job tho. thanks man i really appreciate you looking out for me... i love my job too i put in overtime hours that i'll never get paid for yet i just look at it as i just love what i'm doing it so i don't stress the money plus i get dealer cost on everything which makes up for the overtime hours lol like the cvx 15s i got i spent 475 for the both after shipping.

If the box is a prefab it is already tuned probably high around 40hz or higher. So you would have to be careful playing really low music. Do you listen to mostly rap or what? yea just about all the time i'm listening to christian hip hop.

What do you mean when you say clip to shit meaning the amp giving the subs to much power of not enough to do what i'm looking for or messing around with the bass boost. I asked kinda new to it i haven't had a bass amp clip on me in some years but i knew it couldn't power the subs so i wasn't surprised. what audioshop do u work at so i can take ur job -.- anyways build ur own box tuned to what u like id say 33-34 Hz i like mine low ^^ prolly take about 2 sheets of 3/4" mdf and lots of people on this site can design u a box. if u have an suv i already have 1 designed i can link to u if it fits i own a vw jetta wagon is that good spacious enough from your design???

so for the mean time with my prefab box generally what should be a nice low bass frequency that should be good for those subs???

What do you mean when you say clip to shit meaning the amp giving the subs to much power of not enough to do what i'm looking for or messing around with the bass boost. I asked kinda new to it i haven't had a bass amp clip on me in some years but i knew it couldn't power the subs so i wasn't surprised. He means watch your Volume and get your gains set by a shop since you work at one they should be able to do it. thanks i guess it kinda helps i just don't want to go to the shop and have someone else work on my car i'd rather figure it out and tune it myself... You know???

thanks i'll try that when i make it to work in the morning. to do that i turn the frequency all the way down to the lowest i have and mess with the sub sonic filter to adjust it properly right???

it's funny but yes i'm not ashamed to say it see i'm great at setting the car up but i'm not as good at tuning it yet. it's a work in progress. just want to make sure i make my system sound perfect and not screw up a customer car either.

What do you mean when you say clip to shit meaning the amp giving the subs to much power of not enough to do what i'm looking for or messing around with the bass boost. I asked kinda new to it i haven't had a bass amp clip on me in some years but i knew it couldn't power the subs so i wasn't surprised.

Right but i never had a problem in the past cuz i had used subs i bought from someone but now i bought new ones and don't want to blow them yet i wanna give them the power they're begging me for. You feel me???

Naw i'm not yelling i'm just used to having the caps off, and i put it big and caps cuz usually every time i post something i never get a response. No i'm not building a box i'm sticking to this one it seems virtually indestructible, looks nice and i paid over $300 for it so its not going anywhere unless i get tired of 15s and get 18s. So your saying no need to break them in??? Are you sure i don't want to blow them i work at a audio shop i can go through the warantee but rather not go without my subs. but you don't think the super bass probox is good for those???

QUICK QUESTIONS I PRAY SOMEONE KNOWS... I JUST BOUGHT A PAIR OF BRAND NEW CVX 15'S AND I HEARD ABOUT THE BREAKING IN PERIOD, MY QUESTION IS... IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO WAIT??? WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF YOU WAIT??? AND IF I HAVE TO OR SHOULD WAIT HOW LONG SHOULD IT BE BEFORE I CAN FEED THEM WHAT THEY'RE BEGGING ME FOR??? LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHAT IS A PERFECT TUNING FREQUENCY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF MY CVX 15'S??? THE SETUP IS A BRUITS 2400.1 SUPER CLASS D AMP WITH A SUPER BASS PROBOX HAVING 3.25 CUBIC FT PER CHAMBER IN A 2001 VW JETTA WAGON.

Ok so i own a 2001 VW Jetta Wagon 2.0 and i want to add more bass but the problem is already at 1.5-2k watts my voltage is super low and my capacitor reads about 10-11 on average but I've seen it get to 9 when my bass was slamming but i know that's a horrible reading my question is... would i have enough space to fit 2 alternators under my hood??? And would two alternators do the job of powering something huge??? Also does anyone know where i can find a H/O alternator for my car??? I'm still going to upgrade to a deep cycle marine battery and do the big 3 upgrade and upgrade my capacitor... My goal is to buy either buy 2 Rockford T2's or 2 SSA ZCON 15's. Now with all that said it should do the trick to power either of them properly right???