help with subs for a hatch

[jgonino 10+ year member]

I am not in a hurry, but sooner is better. PM me and we can talk a little more about all of this.

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

Does anyone else have any input on what i should get?

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

Has anyone heard kicker l5's? I need to know what would be best for my car.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Id spend the money and get a nice ~$225 12/15. Then just use that Hifonics amp, it will get the job done.

I can design you an enclosure for like $15 with everything you need, then another $40 in supplies and you have a box for $55 out the door.

Just PM me.

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

would a single 12'' alpine type r in a ported box with the hifonics amp be a good setup in my car?

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

the box will be the most important factor here, trying to get what you want out of it. its well worth it to build your own box or pay someone to.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

also it being a hatch, try sub up port back if your going for spl.

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

If galacticmokey designed me a ported box, single 12'' alpine type r, and the 1200 watt hifonics brutus amp would i be heard from at least a block away?

Would that beat harder than 2 12'' kicker comps in a ported box?

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

being heard far away ist what you want if your trying to be loud. sound deadening will be more important. how loud something will get depends on the box. car and a lot of other things, nobody can tell you what will be louder. though 2 12's have more cone area. so if you port the 12's they might be louder, a before again depending on the other things as mentioned

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

what would you do if you had to spend $500 or less on a full setup?

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

how much do you have to work with? the single type r with a good ported box and the hifonics amp will be a great budget setup. especially if your just getting into car audio. you could do this or close including wires, box and other install stuff you will need.

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

I have all of the wiring already in the car. i have an amp to use temporarilly until i get a new one, so for now all i need is a sub/subs and a box. once i get the subs i will get an amp that matches them perfectly. for the sub/subs and box i want to spend around $300, then later on i will spend around $200 for an amp.

I need to figure out if i will get 1 or 2 subs, what size to get, what subs to get, and i will probably make my own ported box. I want it to be louder than my friends 2 12'' comps in a ported box, because ive heard his and they are not quite loud enough for me.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

for 250 you could get the ssa icon, would do circles around your friends setup on 1k rms and a nice ported box tuned 8-10 hz below the resonant frequency of your hatch. thats what i did. though i was going for "sql" i t so happened that my car peaks at around 40hz so i tuned to 30 for the sq and it sounds great, but gets loud when i want it to but never out of place either.

 

[kickflip01 10+ year member]

How do i find the resanant frequency of my hatch? would the hifonics amp power it well?

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

yeah the hifonics amps are a bit over rated but you get enough power to do the icon some justice even though it could take 1200 daily. would be better if you got an amp with more power to have some headroom.

stick the sub in a 1 cubic foot box and play test tones to see which tone sounds loudest to you. would be ideal if you did it on a mic to be more precise. you could design your own box for free of your go to the re box calculator. at http://www.reaudio.com/speaker_box/LPort_Box_Calc.html=