Recent content by Matty B Bop

Here's some pics from the weekend. After taking a week to build my first ever box, I like the outcome! Sub hits HARD. Now I just need to get cracking on the false floor, painting the box and other stuff.

alright, box is constructed. now i just need to put in the brace before I glue the top on. after that, I'm going to get to painting the box. hopefully i'll have some pics up soon. How important is time alignment to everyone in here?

i hear ya, but it's not like I'm pushing a ton of power (only 500rms). I'll try and find some vids on braces. hopefully i can start working on it this weekend so I can get some pics and a build going.

Alright, thanks a lot! I watched some videos on youtube, but didn't see anything about braces. do you think a brace will actually be necessary for my application, though?

sounds good, thanks. go Wisconsin.

sounds good. can you explain what a brace is though, right quick? I don't know all that much when it comes to aftermarket audio haha.

Thanks, man! would 1" be better than 3/4", or is that overkill? I appreciate the response. I'll search for tutorials, too.

So I did some searching to see what I'm getting into, but the truth is I don't know where to start. I just got a single 12" JL W3 (500rms, 1000peak). It's going to be going into the spare wheel well of my MKIV GTI, so I don't think a ported box is necessary. Also, my rear seats are out for...

yeah, that was even on the cheap side. On Crutchfield they're going for $1,500. No way was I going to pay that much for that. How do you like R/F amps? I have no experience with aftermarket audio, but it seems as though you like them!

totally with ya. I went ahead and bought the 8120 because I didn't feel like waiting. I did manage to get some info from Crutchfield, however. When I asked them about the release, they said that there wasn't going too be much change in the new unit aside from voice recognition, like you...

haha that's what i was thinking about as well, but I'm getting impatient. it's getting time to pully my car out of storage and I'm getting antsy! any idea on how long until the '09 comes out?

Looking at buying the Kenwood Excelon DNX8120 right now, but I was wondering if anyone knew when the '09 version of this same HU is going to come out? I'd hate to get this one then find that the '09 one is coming out relatively soon. Thanks.