making an HDC3 loud daily on 1100w rms

[SomeDonnieDude 10+ year member]

Sub is an AQ HDC3 15" w/copper coils

Power is ~1100w (lightnig audio storm x1.1000D)

Vehicle is 99 S-10 pickup (extended cab obviously lol)

Going to be daily ground pounder, loud to the ear but musical...not worried about numbers.

I was thinking about 4~4.25 tuned 37~38hz w/ 60sq of port area. Sound good? should I open the port up more, bigger box? can i tune any lower without sacrificing much output? I've hear that they tend to really mellow out in output when tuned much below 38hz...truth?

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[Red-navi-916 10+ year member]

if you ever recone that bi*ch resin the cone i hate how i can put my finger through the other side lol its always boithered me now i resin all my woofers haha

i think since im a little on the dee dee dee side i would tune to like 34hz

actually do a hybrid T-Line u cant go wrong

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

that box is about as good as it gets for that sub. no need to tune lower or increase the port area.

 

[Red-navi-916 10+ year member]

double post cmputer froze piece of shit

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

4.5cubes @ 38Hz with 72^2 of port area. Save up for a better amp that does around 2k+ of power...

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

for what you have its about as good as u will get.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

HDC's like big boxes, do 4.5net if you can fit it...

 

[SomeDonnieDude 10+ year member]

Gonna stick with that amp for now, my cousin doesnt have the money for a bigger amp or electrical upgrades at the moment. Plus the LA storm amps are pretty **** tough so should last him a long time lol

4.5cf shouldnt be a problem. I guess I can try to go that route @ 38hz and if it doesnt sound the way he likes we can just add a piece to the ports lenght and flatten out the response.

Anyone else have an opinion?