Dillan Turvold

i was running them on that setting for about a day, listened to dixie cup by krizz kaliko (long bass hits, almost the entire song) by the end of the song I could smell the coils, a little smoke coming out of em... i think part of one of them is a little toasted cuz i'm running them in parallel

i'm thinkin i fried a little section of the voice coil so the electricity isn't passing through quite like it should.. i don't have anything to check the ohms of it. i was planning on upgrading subs anyway

I ran my subs a little hot one time, smelt a little somethin somethin out of the ports, now they seem to be playing sloppy, that the voicecoil going bad?

think I should increase the port length to ~14" (tuned @24hz)?

I can't afford to do the kind of SQ build I want to do, so instead of being able to have a strong low end and a strong midbass range, I'm trying to meet somewhere in the middle with the subs, though I might just revert back to sealed Idk yet.. -edited cuz i'm tired atm

why tune so low?

Where should I tune to and where should I fire the port/s for SQ? 2 12" kenwoods 400wrms, recommended 2 cu.ft. ported @ 34hz I'm looking for a smooth rolling design that will handle 34~50hz without too much peaking, just having a lot of trouble designing my own I've tried a few different box designs, with slot ports, pvc ports etc tuned at 30hz, 34hz, 40hz, can't seem to find a really good SQ box though, all the boxes were over 1.7 cu.ft., they all peaked somewhere either low or high, the one with pvc ports was 2 cu.ft. but the pvc ports are only 3". the box I have currently is the 2 cu.ft. 3" pvc ported @ 30hz, it really peaks at the low end and doesn't produce jack shit for high end bass, could I just get larger pvc pipe and tune higher to fix the problem? I have the pvc ports to the side and the subs facing the front in my trunk, here's a pic: 15" H x 34" W x 18" D Building a new box is not a problem ofc, but I wanted to check here to see what designs you might have for me b4 I do

My subs have the very same issue. I have 2 ken wood 12's 3013wps.. I'm betting it's the subs.. In 3 separate tuned boxes they had this issue, I plugged in 2 Rockford p3's in one of those boxes using the same amp and they played 30-32 perfectly

Gotta be the amp...

what about the ground?

i've heard some 12's and some 15's same brand & model, the 15's made deeper bass, maybe that's just cuz it was louder though idk. guy said his 15's played deeper >_>

15's response aren't as bad as some people make it sound, 1 15" will respond fast enough for ur rock music, it's mostly dependent upon the box you have it in.. 2 12's would be louder, i'd go with that option.. but 12's and 15's produce slightly different sound so it's up to you

i have a 98 malibu and i can tell you the acoustics of this car body are lousy , and i have noticed the same thing you have with the subs raising hell with the 6x9's in the rear deck , boxes are not a bad idea , but i would like to try baffles for the by9's I tried those plastic scorpion baffles off of sonicelectronix... they didn't do much, did stop a little bit of air movement but still vibrated like crazy. did you notice in the malibu with the subs facing the rear, it raises the pitch of the bass? if that's the right term for it idk

what happened was i had my 6x9's mounted in stock position in the rear deck, over the trunk, and my kenwood subs would shake the 6x9's like crazy every time they hit, with vibration / air movement.. so they're kinda exhausted for midbass and bass, and also distort really easily now unless I have them set above 80hz on the deck thx for the feedback i'll be trying a box, i can let u know if u like BTW i see u have a 98 malibu, any problems with midbass drowning out in your car? my car is a '03 malibu, I've read a few places that the car design itself can remove midbass from music

if I put my 6x9's in a box rather than free air, would it emphasize the mid-bass and bring it back? or would it make it sound shitty? http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_43766_Kenwood-KFC-6994PS.html

nice cooling system, you'll be able to bump for days at a time now man

that's about how my box experience went, I upgraded it from a slot ported dual chamber box @ 1.61 cu. ft. per chamber tuned @ 38hz.. the overall sound from the new box is a lot better, but it's the steep drop off from mid-bass that I just don't like, I'm wondering whether tuning higher would be enough, or if i should build a smaller box tuned the same.. :s let's see some pics of the actual box, the design looked pretty sweet check my build log, in my sig. looks good, i'll have to find a router to smooth the ports if i build another box

would these drivers keep up with my subs at full volume?

that's about how my box experience went, I upgraded it from a slot ported dual chamber box @ 1.61 cu. ft. per chamber tuned @ 38hz.. the overall sound from the new box is a lot better, but it's the steep drop off from mid-bass that I just don't like, I'm wondering whether tuning higher would be enough, or if i should build a smaller box tuned the same.. :s let's see some pics of the actual box, the design looked pretty sweet

Agree with this guy^^. Why are you set on two chambers? Why are you wanting to consider fiberglass? Do you have any experience with fiberglass? yes i have some experience with fiberglass, working on cars with my uncle.. i don't NEED 2 chambers but I do want that in case one sub blows, I still have the other to hold me off til i have more cash later. it's more of a financial issue, one of my subs blew once already and I'm glad i had two chambers because the 1 sub held me off til I could afford another. and I didn't know that about mid-bass speakers, thanks for letting me know

appreciate the drawing, but i'm adamant on having 2 separate chambers.. it'd have to be within 15"h, 34"w, 22"d, 3/4" thickness

that's great news man, definitely let me know how that goes, I have the resources to build the box, just kinda stretched for time

Without throwing your specs into Torres, I don't need to. Your port area is DEFINITELY too small. Start over with all wood and do an L-Port. Also, don't tune so low on those subs. 33-34 would still dig low enough for music and also hit your mid 40s just fine. Build a new box, that's the best advice I can give. Don't modify, don't tweek, start over fresh. I have plenty of mdf fiberboard.. so i might just do that. thanks

why do you want to do this? cuz it would look sexy w/ fiberglass? It'd basically be 3 boxes, 1 with 2 cu ft. of space and the other 2 would obviously be much smaller just attached to the sides of that box.. fiberglass it all together to make an appearance w/ the back seat down...

I was thinkin abour makin a box w/ 1 12, 2 8" mids and having them all in seperate chambers ofc, 8" mids need boxes right?