Help: Installing car sub indoors..

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

hi i want to install a Premier 12" in my bedroom but i got some doubts on whats the best place to install it.... i have this big cabinet and i think i could install it inside of it, or do you think it will sound better with the box just sitting on the floor on open air?

that's the cabinet

these are the ways i've been considering installing it...

2 pics of inside the cabinet if it's important to you

so which one is better?

oh btw i still need to project the box sides, what do you think are the best measures knowing the box must have 46,7L, 3"DIAx6"mm depth vent and that sub diameter is 32,5cm and 17,7cm depth...

help plz

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[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

wow, nice detailed pics.

I personally would install the sub outside of the cabinet. I've had a few inside cabinets and it rattled the shit out of all of them.

 

[nikosbuddy 5,000+ posts]

LOL maybe thats why hes doing it

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Just put it outside the cabinet. Having it fire into a closed space isn't going to do much good...

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

wow, nice detailed pics.
I personally would install the sub outside of the cabinet. I've had a few inside cabinets and it rattled the shit out of all of them.

hmmm i havent thought of that yet... all my audio equipment is sitting right above it... do you think all the rattling will be quiet too loud to be noticeable and maybe even damage some of my audio components? (my head unit is also sitting above it)

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I seriously doubt you'd be able to stand the racket that's going to cause...not too mention, you're going to lose output if you keep the doors closed when playing it.

 

[TeenWolf 10+ year member]

wow, nice detailed pics.
I personally would install the sub outside of the cabinet. I've had a few inside cabinets and it rattled the shit out of all of them.

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[Slaugh 10+ year member]

so uh.. despite of the rattle of other objects i will hear more and better bass with it outside the cabinet???

i was thinking it could act just like a trunk or something, but now im thinking how Sedan and convertible cars sound like shit with ported boxes

 

[Justintoxicated 10+ year member]

I would think outside the cabinet would be better and louder. I mean you said it's in a room not a convertable.