Not happy with new system, need help

[MarkyMark 10+ year member]

Hello,

i'm new to car audio and this was my first build. I just got my equipment installed today by my cousin. Here's what I have.

Head unit: Alpine IVA-D106

Sub: 1 12" Alpine type X in sealed 1 cube box

Sub Amp: Alpine PDX-1.1000

I thought this was going to be enough for me and make me happy. But after getting it installed it isn't loud at all! You can't even notice there's a sub in the trunk! Some info, my cousin filled the box with polly fill, it's like cotton he said it makes it louder. He also said that because I went with sealed it's not as loud as ported. He said if I upgraded to a ported box it would be louder. But I'm not sure. I don't know if this is really how loud it gets or if he didnt install right or set settings right or something. This can't be! i'm so mad i thought I would have a little knock, bump, boom, bang whatever you wanna call it in the trunk. But nothing, you can't hear it. if you were to pull up next to me at a redlight you wouldn't know i had a sub in the trunk. did I expect too much out of my setup or something is wrong here? should I upgrade to ported? please help me.

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[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

the X is more SQ right? but it should still get pretty loud. how did he "set" your amp settings? also where in michigan are you?

 

[Insupasmomsom01]

oh man, you sealed a type x in a 1 cf enclosure? Not good man, that sub needs at least 2 cubes. Also, turn your head unit lows up.

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

it will get louder if you port it would be my guess, but you should hear it just fine now... check maybe bass h/u settings or sub level settings on your h/u... check your gains... i would start there...

 

[De_Troit! 10+ year member]

lol, play around with your head unit settings.

Turn up the bass and ****, if that doesnt work, send me pics of the knobs on your amp and i could help you out with that.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

i believe that sub is made for a ported box. that means it would do very poor in a sealed box. you will notice a very big differance with a ported box. settings could be low. read up on gain settings with a DMM and do it yourself. a lot of people say they know how to do everything but... they dont.

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

is the amp even on? powering the sub? how could you not notice it at all lmao.

 

[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

lol, play around with your head unit settings.Turn up the bass and ****, if that doesnt work, send me pics of the knobs on your amp and i could help you out with that.

dont just turn up the bass. itll distort all your speakers. do everything at the amp. you shouldnt need to touch the bass setting at all.

 

[De_Troit! 10+ year member]

Hello,
i'm new to car audio and this was my first build. I just got my equipment installed today by my cousin. Here's what I have.

Head unit: Alpine IVA-D106

Sub: 1 12" Alpine type X in sealed 1 cube box

Sub Amp: Alpine PDX-1.1000

I thought this was going to be enough for me and make me happy. But after getting it installed it isn't loud at all! You can't even notice there's a sub in the trunk! Some info, my cousin filled the box with polly fill, it's like cotton he said it makes it louder. He also said that because I went with sealed it's not as loud as ported. He said if I upgraded to a ported box it would be louder. But I'm not sure. I don't know if this is really how loud it gets or if he didnt install right or set settings right or something. This can't be! i'm so mad i thought I would have a little knock, bump, boom, bang whatever you wanna call it in the trunk. But nothing, you can't hear it. if you were to pull up next to me at a redlight you wouldn't know i had a sub in the trunk. did I expect too much out of my setup or something is wrong here? should I upgrade to ported? please help me.

didnt twister make your box for you?

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

go on youtube and type in alpine type-x and you will see what that sub does in a 2.3-2.4 cubes ported.and get a line driver to bring ur hu's pre out voltage to 4 volts

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

What do you use for the front channels?

Bass isnt all there is to car audio.

 

[MarkyMark 10+ year member]

I don't even know how he set them, i'm gonna take a look tomorrow and post the settings. I'll also take a video.

I'm from sterling heights.

he was having a problem though installing. i'll try my best to explain it. when we connected the sub to the amp it wouldnt work. he was stuck for like two hours trying to figure out what could be wrong. then he took this little thing out of the side of the sub. it's metal. there's three possible slots it can go in. it was in the middle slot. after he took it out it worked. i was happy it worked but wasn't impressed with the output.

 

[Insupasmomsom01]

do you guys not know that 1 cube is too small for a type x?

edit: You have a serious problem because even 100 watts should move that sub to where you can notice it back there.

 

[Doola36 10+ year member]

What is the Input Gain Selector Switch set on? Because I know with the 1.600 I had I had to set it on 0.1V-1.0V instead of 1.0V-8.0V and I have a Kenwood 812 as my HU.

 

[MarkyMark 10+ year member]

What do you use for the front channels?
Bass isnt all there is to car audio.

stock for front stage. I understand bass isn't everything but I'm building it little by little. front stage will come soon.