Embarassed, Need Suggestions...

[BoominEclipse 10+ year member]

So I'm dating this new chick and she shows me the system she has in her '98 Chevy Cavalier. It's a 10" Kicker Solobaric L5 square in a short but wide sealed box running off of about 800 watt....

I was like 1 10", not a bad setup for a standard chick car. Later on she throws in 50 cent and turns up the volume and WTF, her 10" pounds harder than my 15"! The thing about it is I actually pull my back seat down and it still doesn't hit as hard as hers. To me I thought I had some pretty good bass, rattling the car and all.

I'm running the '02 ED-k 15" off about 500W in a 2.5 cube box ported at 30Hz. It's facing the rear of the trunk which did give it more boom because I had it facing up. The bad thing is she's been wanting to hear my system because I have a 15 and now I'm putting it off. How freakin embarassing!

The bad thing is her box is prefab and the guy who hooked everything up doesn't know anything about car audio he just threw the box and amp in the back and read the instructions.

What's going on? Any ideas?

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[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

She might have a better amp. That or if I am not mistaken the ed is more sq then spl, I might be wrong but could be that. Kicker l5's and l7's are more geared to spl.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

IIRC the older K's like larger enclosures...4 ft^3 ported IIRC.

Try that?

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

haha kinda funny, my system hasnt been upstaged by a girl...yet

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Me neither but **** some of those chicks at those car shows are BANGING!

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

What a bad situation //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[BoominEclipse 10+ year member]

IIRC the older K's like larger enclosures...4 ft^3 ported IIRC.
Try that?

I'm not sure as the size of my trunk is quite small. The Honda Civic trunks look pretty big but the way they are designed I had quite a time getting my box in there.

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

i bet her bass boost is crazy high and she's really wanging on that sub (that won't last long)

clipping the shit out of an amp and sub will make any sub sound like it's crazy loud

 

[plopy 10+ year member]

we all know shes got the **** cones to her advantage :O

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

thats terrible....i tihnk its time for an upgrade //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[XtrmAudioCncpts 10+ year member]

Fake an audio illness ...
"I have a headache"

thats a sad sad day but d@mn funny

 

[AndonD454 10+ year member]

make a new box if you can and it doesnt have to be 4 cubes btu 3 or 3.5 would be nice and tune up to liek 38.. even if its just to hold your own in this little contest.. its worth the cost of mdf haha

 

[Hook Me Up 10+ year member]

I suggest a new box as well, but man upgrade your amp, get some more power in there or something

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Buy a pair of RE MT 18'sPut her in the passenger seat, and play a 45 hz test tone. Problem Solved

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

Buy a pair of RE MT 18'sPut her in the passenger seat, and play a 45 hz test tone. Problem Solved

x2 she may not wanna sit in your car anymore but hey...you win