A little upset

[GrindFrog 10+ year member]

I have a hdc 3 a 12", in a sealed box that is pretty big, probably around 3 cubes. It's not to bad, but this kid that knows nothing about audio that thinks he knows everything has a 12" kicker solobaric, in a small ported box and the ****** is twice as loud as mine. He has a kicker 2000 watt amp, and I have a power acoustik 2000 watt. Im a little upset in the difference of how much louder his is considering its a kicker... I know I need a better amp etc. But is all this difference just because he has a ported box (Looks like a fleamarket box).

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[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

one, the kicker amp puts out more than 2000, yours probably puts out 1000.

two, build a ported box, or modify yours to be ported, since your at 3 cubes already. HDC3 are kinda ment for port..

another thing, amp needs a better choice.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Is his a square sub? If so he has the cone area of a 15, its more then likely tuned high as hell, he has a better amp.

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

bring your setup against my kicker //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif and we'll see how bad my kicker is against your power acoustic amp. your is sealed, his was ported. his amp is better than yours. honestly, you might sound cleaner but his has reason to be louder in every aspect.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

What model power acoustic? Some of them actually put out close to rated. And holy big sealed box batman..

 

[2Dcore 10+ year member]

The box makes a huge difference, I had 2 12's in a box that was to big and the subs were moving alot but wasn't hitting to hard we cut the box down to size and re ported they hit twice as hard and moved less. It was crazy never thought it would make a big difference. Need good clean power and the right box. You'll get him, Ha! But those kickers can hit, some guys have all the luck, My friend no matter what he puts in his ride always seem to hit harder than me, I buy his subs off him and they don't hit as hard as they did with him, WTF? I put 8 10" In he has 2 13's They slam better than mine again. Sometimes you can't beat them so just be happy with what you got, there's always someone who wishes they had yours. Good luck.

 

[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

sealed subs in large box will lose some output compared to smaller sealed box. the solo's, being in a ported enclosure, will also have a large output advantage over a sealed design. in addition, the car itself, along with the positioning of the sub box, could also make a significant difference.

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

Get a new ported box and get a new amp. Your amp pushes out about 700 watts rms. I also didnt know kicker came out with a 2000 watt amp? lol

my 12" hdc3 with an aq 2200 amp hit pretty close to 144 db's. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[slvrado28z 10+ year member]

just get a ported box and that kicker wont be nothing

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

are you mad because his is better or are you mad because you got shown up?

 

[GrindFrog 10+ year member]

Im going to lowes wednesday for materials, I created a box help thread in general discussion. I know I need a better amp, but I got that one for next to nothing and the box for free. I decided to spend my money on a woofer first. Right now im working on getting my car running and its looking like I wont be able to start on my audio again till around january (working on minimum wage and going to school). I also need a better alt, my stock one runs about 75 amps I think? It's old and ******. But I should atleast be able to take care of the box problem within a week or two. Thanks guys

 

[benchambers80]

sell your power acoustic amp, buy better amp

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

His Solo was likely in a fart box. And his amp was probably putting out twice as much power. And why on earth have a box that huge and not port it? Keep the box, port it, new amp... viola. Oh, and your vehicle's cabins are going to change everything.

 

[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

I switched my 10WX from a .75 cube sealed enclosure to ~1.25 cube ported and it was much, much louder. (and played lower) The box was the only change I made at that time.

 

[GrindFrog 10+ year member]

I'd rather just build a new box than porting the one I got, i'll take some pics and show how ****** it is.