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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffdachef" data-source="post: 8354736" data-attributes="member: 650438">sadly, its the characteristics of that particular driver with its spider -ess air suspension system and heavy kevlar cone mass.I&#039;ve owned the 12 inch version before, they generally peak very low and have very minimal bass response past 50hz and zero response past 80hz regardless of enclosure. They sound very different from a subwoofer with an actual cone and suspension soft parts.<a href="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Pioneer%20TS-W3002%202502%20instruction%20manual.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Pioneer%20TS-W3002%202502%20instruction%20manual.pdf</a>the range recommended by pioneer is .6 cubic feet to 1.2, but generally i found going bigger got the sub playing louder overall, the sub is not very efficient so it needs airspace to reach mechanical efficiency. so 1.2 to 1.5 cubic feet tuned around 29-33hz is your best bet.I&#039;ve tried many enclosures with the 12&quot; version of this sub, all of it sounded horrible on rock and metal, very weak kick and a lot of the lower midbass frequencies are missing so there was a huge gap between the door speakers and music, it did not blend at all even with a 40hz tuning in one of my boxes but it hits the lows pretty well. It does its best when its tuned low (30-32hz) playing 25-45hz</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeffdachef, post: 8354736, member: 650438"] sadly, its the characteristics of that particular driver with its spider -ess air suspension system and heavy kevlar cone mass. I've owned the 12 inch version before, they generally peak very low and have very minimal bass response past 50hz and zero response past 80hz regardless of enclosure. They sound very different from a subwoofer with an actual cone and suspension soft parts. [URL="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Pioneer%20TS-W3002%202502%20instruction%20manual.pdf"]http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Pioneer%20TS-W3002%202502%20instruction%20manual.pdf[/URL] the range recommended by pioneer is .6 cubic feet to 1.2, but generally i found going bigger got the sub playing louder overall, the sub is not very efficient so it needs airspace to reach mechanical efficiency. so 1.2 to 1.5 cubic feet tuned around 29-33hz is your best bet. I've tried many enclosures with the 12" version of this sub, all of it sounded horrible on rock and metal, very weak kick and a lot of the lower midbass frequencies are missing so there was a huge gap between the door speakers and music, it did not blend at all even with a 40hz tuning in one of my boxes but it hits the lows pretty well. It does its best when its tuned low (30-32hz) playing 25-45hz [/QUOTE]

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