Bass: The Final Frontier.....

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Hey everyone. Well, it finally happened yesterday. My bass system has now been installed in my car. My first reaction has been OMG!! I have a Mitsubishi Eclipse hatchback and the way I designed it , was great without sub, but ..... anyway, When I heard the test cd I was in shock and aww. Even the salesguy couldn't believe 1 12 could have sounded like this. The installer has the sub pointed towards the rear. I say all of this because I did not expect all of this spl/sq from this sub. I was looking for sheer bass enhancement and man am I happy now. I obviously have some tweeking to do, but that wiil come as I go along. I think a hatchback makes a major difference because I would have never bought this sub if I had a trunk application. You ask what the setup is. This may seem hard for all of you to believe, it is for me too, but rememer what kind of car and what my intentions are. My amp is a Directed audio 600 watt and the sub is a 12' Alpine type E yes type E. Vented box....You never hear anything about this sub on this forum because there is MUCH better out there and there is. But look at crutchfield reviews and you will see that 26 people give this sub a avereage of 5 stars. Must be something to that. Entry level that it may be, for my daily drive it is one bad *** sub. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Head unit: Kenwood Excelon KDC-X589

Dash: Alpine 4' type S coaxal

Front Stage: Infinity Kappa 6.5 coaxal

Rear: Alpine 6.5 Type S coaxal

Amp: Infinity Reference 7451a 4 channel

Sub Amp: Directed Audio 600 watt 2 channel

Sub: 12' Alpine type E Vented box

Dynamat extream in front doors

Monster amp kits

Click to read more...

 

[tmoney 10+ year member]

I had those subs in a vented box runnin off a memphis amp (500watts m-class). It sound pretty good until I blew them.

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

do you have a favoritism for Alpine speakers? cos that's where i'd try to star as far as i could from them... their SPX comps and subs must be amazing thou... but not for the price

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

dont the S's have a real high sensetivity rating? This could be why they are under-rated...and they still handle quite a bit of power if used correctly.

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

i say the same thing about the Infinity Referance subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'll impress ppl come competition time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[MBrock4u 10+ year member]

Like I said its been quite a shock. When I get my next car later this summer (hopfully) I would be looking for at least the type R or IDMAX, Boston G2 or something of that nature.

 

[SBLAZER]

yea i loved mine, had it in a sealed box, sounds real smooth and go pretty loud for wha it was. only paid 20bux for and it was well worth it. took my 2500d all day, neva had that "extra glue" smell at all.

 

[The Caddy 10+ year member]

Pics?