Jl 10w3v3 ?????

[emsdad 10+ year member]

I finally built a box that passed my expectations...........nail guns come in really handy........lol. My question is, the W3 has some really hard hitting lows but it seems some lows are a little distorted. I had a W1 and it did not hit nearly as hard as the W3 but it hit all the freq.. Is this normal for the W3? I have a 2ohm W3 with a 250/1 JL amp. The box is .66 cu.ft sealed with polyfil in it. I will say this where with W1 I had to turn the bass up on my Pioneer Premier 8MP to 3-4, I now have it at 0 and it hits harder. What is the difference in reversing the sub on the head unit? Thank You!!

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[Odd-io 10+ year member]

Reversing the sub on the deck just changes the phase 180degrees. Probably would not help in this situation.

The problem is most likely the box. A larger box will generally have a flatter response curve but will also reduce mechanical power handling.

My .02

 

[Mx3guy 10+ year member]

That box seems small for a w3

 

[emsdad 10+ year member]

If the box is bigger it will handle less power?? I have the box the biggest it can be in the space allowed. I have a 03 Dodge Dakota Quad and have the sub behind the rear seat.

 

[emsdad 10+ year member]

Also according to the JL rep and web-site a W3 only needs .62 cu. in a sealed box.

 

[Odd-io 10+ year member]

That is most likely the minimum requirement.

 

[emsdad 10+ year member]

yes the minimum. Thats good because with the space I have thats about all I can get in there.

 

[Odd-io 10+ year member]

If that's all the space that you have, and you've already tried polyfill then the only thing that may help is a good eq to help round out the response curve. Other than that, looks like you've done your best with that driver and space you have.

 

[wvufootball 10+ year member]

DO you have space to invert the sub? that would free up a little bit of room in the box

 

[emsdad 10+ year member]

negative. I have a wedge box that is 8" wide @ bottom and 5" @ top. I built it out of 1/2" MDF. With the deminsions I figure it to be .66 cu.

 

[wvufootball 10+ year member]

I dunno what to tell you....Are your gains set right?

If you are that dissatisfied(sp?) you could sell it and buy a better sub for your application. Or maybe try 2 8s or something.

 

[emsdad 10+ year member]

Its not that I am not happy...........I more than pleased but like everything I want to get the most out of what I have. I have my gain set at the nominal setting, which is about in the middle. I thought about getting the optional remote knob for gain boost. What is a good setting for the gain? I can push the sub pretty hard and the amp barely gets warm...........should I turn it up a little?

 

[Odd-io 10+ year member]

If you do turn it up some listen to the woofer and make sure you aren't clipping the signal. It would be best to set your gain with a dmm. You may have gotten all you can out of this setup.

 

[champaned_out 10+ year member]

you should look for a bigger amp to power the w3

ive got my 12w3v3 running at 325rms but it can definatly take more... im looking to upgrade my amp so i can around 500rms