HELP: Subs WAY too loud

Ported box. I'm guessing custom. Not sure what it's tuned to or anything. I really don't know much at all about all of this. The speakers were in the box when I bought them.
Here's a picture. http://i.imgur.com/YiWID20.jpg

 

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Alpine Fanboy
looks prefab. is it this one? those are usualy tuned high and do make alarms go off becasue they are boomy but dont get low. theyre loud as shit on corridos though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Dual-Labyrinth-Vented-Ported-Sub-Woofer-Enclosure-Box-3-4-MDF-Obcon-/321153197392?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac638e550

 
looks prefab. is it this one? those are usualy tuned high and do make alarms go off becasue they are boomy but dont get low. theyre loud as shit on corridos though.12" Dual Labyrinth Vented Ported Sub Woofer Enclosure Box 3 4" MDF Obcon | eBay
Looks like it could be. I have no clue man. I wish I did.

Here's a could pictures I took a while ago where you can see a bit of the inside. Not sure if that helps you at all.

http://i.imgur.com/XjpYxKm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WUpm3DX.jpg

 
**** dude ill trade you issues //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif my type R's are too low
Hahaha no way! First day I've actually experienced their true potential and I love em //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

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If any of you guys want, I could go up to an empty parking lot and take a few videos playing a couple different songs.

Just let me know-

 
a bird **** made my trucks alarm go off, and so did the trash guy. some cars have VERY sensitive alarms remember that.
Yelling at my truck will set the alarm off... Its stupid. I've actually witnessed my alarm going in from a semi heavy RAIN, not hail, just rain.

And as far as you guys dogging him for 2 Type Rs... I remember when my 115 Watt 8" MCM Autotuba was overwhelmingly loud to me... Just takes time to get adjusted.

 
Hahaha no way! First day I've actually experienced their true potential and I love em //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif 

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If any of you guys want, I could go up to an empty parking lot and take a few videos playing a couple different songs.

Just let me know-
yeah I wanna see

 
I feel like this could have also went in the HU section.. But anyways.
I brought my car up to a local car audio shop so they could set my gains all correctly on my new amp.

Once they finished they asked if I wanted to hear it. Obvious yes. Turned it up to about 15 out of 25 I believe and it set the car alarm off directly next to us and literally made it hard to breath.

Keep in mind I was not expecting ANYTHING like this when I chose to put 2 Type R 12's in my car.

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The real problem

These things are way too loud. I've turned my HU Subwoofer volume at ZERO out of 15 and it still can't be turned up to anything past like 15.

What am I not doing correctly on my HU to turn my woofers down? I want to quiet them down so I can actually be able to hear the song I'm playing, lol. Do I need a bass knob?
Sounds like the shop fked you over with noob settings. Turn down the bass boost knob and the gain knob.

 
type r's can get pretty loud, especially with a box tuned as high as that one looks. but it is in a trunk, so that takes some away, lol. anyways, i'm supprised nobody even mentioned the bass and loudness settings on the head unit. that should have been set first. if the head is playing too much bass, it will not only distort the door speakers and sound bad, but can also send a clipped signal through the rcas to the sub amp. try bass setting neutral and loudness off, and use the sub level on the head to adjust how much bass you want. chances are on the alarm thing, that they just installed an aftermarket alarm in that vehicle and didn't adjust the sensitivity down. it happens 8/10 times. i used to go to a parking lot and see how many i could set off.

 
type r's can get pretty loud, especially with a box tuned as high as that one looks. but it is in a trunk, so that takes some away, lol. anyways, i'm supprised nobody even mentioned the bass and loudness settings on the head unit. that should have been set first. if the head is playing too much bass, it will not only distort the door speakers and sound bad, but can also send a clipped signal through the rcas to the sub amp. try bass setting neutral and loudness off, and use the sub level on the head to adjust how much bass you want. chances are on the alarm thing, that they just installed an aftermarket alarm in that vehicle and didn't adjust the sensitivity down. it happens 8/10 times. i used to go to a parking lot and see how many i could set off.
It was mentioned....along with the gain on the amp which is prob set too high. OP needs to get himself some comp speakers and a 4 ch amp if he chooses.

 
its from the higher tuning of a prefab along with less airspace!!!! Didnt you know? peaky 50hz is where the chest pound is at! Forget anything under 40hz!!!

Have heard those prefab boxes are tuned pretty high. Just don't see how it can sound good.

 
Have heard those prefab boxes are tuned pretty high. Just don't see how it can sound good.
actually for an average consumer and a sub that can work in a small box (alpine/JL) they do pretty well on normal music, strong 40 to 120hz range, basically even if your door speaker midbass performance is garbage, the sub will pick up the slack and do it cleanly. I had a pair of JL w0s in a dual ported prefab when i first started out, (was a birthday gift from a homie) and I still miss the midbass performance those subs can put out. I enjoy my current setup's loudness and lows atm but music still feels a little empty without that 80-120hz area. No window flex but it was audibly loud on everything thats not decaf, was amazing for techno, hardstyle, mainstream pop, edm, rock and metal. Gives that chest/lung vibration feeling. No massive chokes though.

 
It was mentioned....along with the gain on the amp which is prob set too high. OP needs to get himself some comp speakers and a 4 ch amp if he chooses.
just went over the thread again.... don't see it mentioned anywhere. btw, that looks like a home made box and the tuning is just set based on how deep the box is, so they wouldn't have to put an L in there. in my experience, a box about that size should have 6-10" of port running along the back wall to tune it right.

 
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