how to make a sub louder

[bass4life16 10+ year member]

ok i have one 12 in eclipse in a 2.5 cubic ft box tuned to 34 hz and it gets pretty loud but other than feeding it more power and pushing it over the rms rating are there any safer ways to just get a little more bump out of a sub:yumyum:

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Tune higher...

 

[bass4life16 10+ year member]

so i gotta build a new box

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Maybe, maybe not...calculate what dimensions you'd need and maybe you could build a port plug to raise the tuning on the current enclosure.

 

[bass4life16 10+ year member]

well if this helps it is all the dimensions of my box http://subwoofertools.com/forum/ported-box.asp?Ew=45&Eh=10.5&Dia=6&Xmax=15&Vd=.13&NumW=1&Vb=2.5&Fb=34&Qts=&Vas=&Fs=&CE=0

 

[revots 10+ year member]

wall socket??

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Your external box height is 10.5 inches......and You have a 12"....dont mess up on the cut //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Or you could sit back and wait and be happy with that until you can purchase another 12 that can handle more and build the proper box with it and be happy ?

 

[bass4life16 10+ year member]

10-4 over and out

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Try different mounting locations. Try it firing forward, back, up, and even down (Spaced 2-3" above floor) in these different locations.

Brace your enclosure. Threaded steel rod works wonders, as well as long thin scrap MDF.

Round the inside corners of your enclosure. Those thin strips of MFD and a concave router bit will do the trick.

Use fiberglass resin to line the inside of your enclosure, this will in turn raise your tuning a little, but some people swear by it. It also ensures an airtight box.

Play with your amp and HU's settings. Even if they end up right where they started, at least you can be confident they are set right.

Finally, know what you want. If you have 60dB of music, and 90dB of bass, and "it's not loud enough" it could be that you're constantly cranking the volume to get the music back. Or, if you lack midbass, you could be trying to use the sub to make midbass, which it's not suited to, and cranking it higher to compensate for the weak midbass output.

$0.02 only. Take it as you will, but I hope it helps.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Keep the bass controls on the hu low, turn off bass boost on the amp, and set the gain knob correctly.

Ensure that the seal around the sub is air tight. Use duct tape to get them extra deebee's //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Look into using aero ports; do them externally if possible.

Play with your tunings by adjust port length

 

[vwrx_freak 10+ year member]

wall socket??

**** that was going to be my suggestion