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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FtheNutHuggers" data-source="post: 7445507" data-attributes="member: 632254">Because they can't. Are you after SPL # scores only or do you actually want this thing to play music? Asking for both literally is like asking for a pet dolphin that can play soccer with you on a baseball field. SPL is asking for a massive spike in efficiency at the narrowest possible bandwidth whereas music is asking for a relatively wide bandwidth with very little deviation in output.....natural sound. If your goal is SPL out of that type of trunk car, you are already barking up the wrong tree. Analogy: like pulling up to the drag lanes on PINKS with a dump truck.....you walkin' home!Almost ALL subwoofers you could list are "pretty good stuff". But what the manufacturers don't know (for the most part) is what they are and are not capable of. That is because there are no acoustic engineers working at the car audio manufacturer facility. In other words, the people that make the subwoofers don't know anything about enclosures and the effects an environment (car, truck, boat etc) have on the enclosure. They recommend certain enclosures, which shows that there is no working knowledge of acoustics, ONLY because the industry has been lying to the consumer since the industry started and the manufacturer can't be the ONE that won't give blanket box specs. EVEN IF THEY ARE FULL OF BS, like RMS power ratings and whatnot. Bad habits, because of bad teaching have taught everyone to look for those things, blanket box recommendations and RMS numbers, Xmax and Fs parameters etc.You can make the best of the purchasing blunder you've made....but as you can see, if I were to recommend where you should go, that would be an unwelcome opinion in this forum. (Albeit only to those that don't know their @ssess from holes in the ground.) The only legitimate acoustic engineering service I've ever encountered is pwkdesigns.com. You should investigate before you take my recommendation and run with it, or anybody else who would steer you in another direction. If you are serious about making the best of your many problems (vehicle model, goals and product choice), I highly recommend that you check out pwk designs youtube channel. Youtube.com/hexibase. Watch as many videos related to audio as you can stand. You will quickly notice that he has a much higher grasp on what's actually happening in the acoustic environment than anyone else you've previously and most likely ever will talk with.It would be wonderful if the answer to anything you ask were just a single sentence and BAM, you have what you want. But the truth is that this field is EXTREMELY complicated and those that don't agree simply have no clue what they don't know.......so don't take it that they are purposely lying to you. If they knew what pwk knows, they'd be doing what he does.Hit us back once you've watched a few videos.</blockquote>

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