More Power=More Bass?

[efm80 10+ year member]

The reason it takes so much power to get a 3db gain is because the DB scale is logarithmic

please explain further?

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya post up what subs and amp you have along with the box specs.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

I have 2 12" Infinity Perfects in a 3.4 cu ported box tuned at 33hz. The bass boost will give me more distorted bass and I only notice an increase in bass with it at low to medium levels. And I know using bass boost is like breaking a commandment. NEVER! hehe...thanks for some input though. Any other thoughts and ideas??
eddie

posted same time lol.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

it's true. How else are you going to get more bass? I guess you have the answer, so let me know.

change box size, tuning, placement in vehicle.....

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

I have 2 12" Infinity Perfects in a 3.4 cu ported box tuned at 33hz. The bass boost will give me more distorted bass and I only notice an increase in bass with it at low to medium levels. And I know using bass boost is like breaking a commandment. NEVER! hehe...thanks for some input though. Any other thoughts and ideas??
eddie

other than the power you are running, the trunk and the enclosure are everything!!!!!

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

I have 2 12" Infinity Perfects in a 3.4 cu ported box tuned at 33hz. The bass boost will give me more distorted bass and I only notice an increase in bass with it at low to medium levels. And I know using bass boost is like breaking a commandment. NEVER! hehe...thanks for some input though. Any other thoughts and ideas??
eddie

well you already know more than endofays so no reason to listen to any advice he gives .. .. .. .. i cant help you much either but anytime i want to get louder i just upgrade my setup and also 3db increase is noticeable by anyone even if there not a audiophile

 

[efm80 10+ year member]

no, that question makes no sense, so who wants to answer it any better.

ya I know, kind of a dumb question...but just thought there was some other ideas like box designs, porting your rear deck, adding subs, ect... that could yield a good DB increase without just adding a ridiculous amount of watts and killing my car's electrical system.

eddie

 

[dillinja666 10+ year member]

you could try a box tuned slightly higher to try to get more peak out of the box.. this is used mostly for spl competitions, for daily listning a lower tuneing give it a smoother spl curve ( i think this is BL but im not sure so dont quote me ) so more notes sound the same level but the output total is less. hope this makes sense, im no guru at this but this is my understanding so far

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

ya I know, kind of a dumb question...but just thought there was some other ideas like box designs, porting your rear deck, adding subs, ect... that could yield a good DB increase without just adding a ridiculous amount of watts and killing my car's electrical system.
eddie

problem is that there is alot of box designs out there, so you could listen to your subs in 100 different enclosures and still may not be able to tell the difference. But if there is a way to increase bass without adding more power i would like to know about it right now! So i can get more DBZZZZZ Too!!

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

problem is that there is alot of box designs out there, so you could listen to your subs in 100 different enclosures and still may not be able to tell the difference. But if there is a way to increase bass without adding more power i would like to know about it right now! So i can get more DBZZZZZ Too!!

doubling your cone area will increase loudness just as much as doubling power in most cases

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

yeah, but that involves buying new subs. For example, a type x doesn't sound as good as two type r's because the cone area is larger in the two Type r's. That would be kinda dumb to do though just to get a small increase. Just piointing that out, sorry.

 

[efm80 10+ year member]

I guess I just wish you could had 200 extra watts and notice a huge difference. If you added an extra 200 watts to your front components(if they could handle it) you would notice a huge difference. But to a pair of subs everyone is telling me you probably wouldn't notice much, if anything...right???

eddie

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

then your not going to get anymore bass unless you use bass boost.what subs you got?

do not give advice untill you learn a few things son

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

200watts is not much unless you're way under RMS.

Do your rear seats fold down? If not removing the rear deck speakers can help, plus removing deadening behind the rear seats...

 

[Cravingbass123]

endofdays89 you should not give your insight on here ever again, ur not exactly capable of helping

so just sign off