RL-i8".....not what I expected

[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

Ok, I'm pissed...I spent all week making an enclosure for the RL-i8 that was on its way and today it arrived. I don't like it....I HATE it:furious: ...It's so bad that something has to be wrong!

Here is what I've got going on at the moment. I have it in a sealed .82 cube box with 300rms being thrown at it. It only lets me know it's there when I crank the **** thing up. If I have the volume lower I can't hear it over my Focals at all, and thats on songs that have lots of bass! In songs that have a normal amount of bass I have to go check in the trunk to make sure the **** thing is still back there!!!!

I know I have some air coming from under where the sub sits on the face of the box because I can feel it coming out from under the edges but I don't think it will make THAT much of a difference...

SOME ONE HELP:crying:

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[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

thats kinda big for a sealed 8...

 

[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

The site said that it should be .7 sealed but I was told to account for the driver being around .1 so I made it a touch over .8

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

Seal it off. But how much do you expect from a single 8" sealed? It's not going to rattle anything. Hell, my two AA 8"s sealed barely shake anything, but I'm porting these bishes soon //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

just seems generaly large for a sealed 8, thats all

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

That does seem large, mine only need .4ft^3, and I'm actually only giving them .35 >_>

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

ill trade u a eu-700 for it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif If u think the output of the 8 is nuts think what a 6.5 can do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

port it.

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Ok, I'm pissed...I spent all week making an enclosure for the RL-i8 that was on its way and today it arrived. I don't like it....I HATE it:furious: ...It's so bad that something has to be wrong!
Here is what I've got going on at the moment. I have it in a sealed .82 cube box with 300rms being thrown at it. It only lets me know it's there when I crank the **** thing up. If I have the volume lower I can't hear it over my Focals at all, and thats on songs that have lots of bass! In songs that have a normal amount of bass I have to go check in the trunk to make sure the **** thing is still back there!!!!

I know I have some air coming from under where the sub sits on the face of the box because I can feel it coming out from under the edges but I don't think it will make THAT much of a difference...

SOME ONE HELP:crying:

Your not going to get much output from a leaky enclosure. How many times have you read "it's all in the install", seriously, how many times? People say it becuase it's true. A leaky box is going to have cancellation, which means you'll get little to no bass. Heck I can run my 15 ava free-air in my room full bore and not wake anyone up, wonder why? Seal it up and you'll gain alot of output. Again, 1 8 sealed isn't going to be an earthshattering amount of bass, but it shoudl be enough to keep up with your focals for balanced listening purposes.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

or just give it to me.

 

[ItalynStylion 10+ year member]

seriously guys, i need help what should I do?

I have my gains set right and everything...

Let me put it this way, in my last car I had a kappa perfect 10.1 running off 300rms and it kicks the **** out of this set up!

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

Not to thread jack, but how much do they generally cost...? Would they put my Assassins to shame?

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

seriously guys, i need help what should I do?I have my gains set right and everything...

Let me put it this way, in my last car I had a kappa perfect 10.1 running off 300rms and it kicks the **** out of this set up!

Seal off your box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

assassins kick ass, i miss my 10" one. That thing wanged off of 300watts

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

assassins kick ass, i miss my 10" one. That thing wanged off of 300watts

Trust me, I can't wait to get these in my ported box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

I've already had people ask what 10"s I got, when these get ported, I'm gonna blow people's minds with my little subs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif