Backward subs ?

[Digita187 10+ year member]

why do some people put there subs facing in towards the box to where the back of the sub is sticking out ? does it get louder or something ?

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[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Aesthetics, mostly. Some do it because they think it sounds better to them. Some do it to increase the volume of the box.

Remember to reverse the polarity of the driver if you do this.

- Steve

 

[btmax96]

most people use it to show the backside of the sub for install purposes, or for spacing issuses (not sacrificing the sub's displacement for cubic ft. loss inside of the speaker box)

these are the only 2 reasons that i can think of right now

 

[Digita187 10+ year member]

thx, i was just wondering because im a newb trying to get ino car audio

 

[Hellbound 10+ year member]

It sounds better, you get more base if the magnet is facing toward you.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

It sounds better, you get more base if the magnet is facing toward you.

And you've done countless tests to prove this ...

Ah well, an opinion is an opinion - if it sounds better to you, than thats fine.

- Steve

 

[Jim Boom 10+ year member]

another reason I can think of is to eleminate the problem of needing a sub grill, but not too many people use those any way.

 

[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

iono but when i inverted my sub i thought it did actually sound a lil better. it could just be my preference in sound but wateva. my 2 cents.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

i inverted mind cuz i didnt feel like getting grills and my subs and when i bought my subs i wanst sure if i was gona wire em up to 4 ohm load or 1 ohm load so it was much easier to re-wire the subs with them inverted. Also my subs cones i think are ugly compared to the magnet and baskets are so beefy and sick lookin.