Small box = Small output?

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

Hey yall. My setup is in my sig, But the box is different since i got my new car. The box i have now is only 1cube a piece with very small port area. The subs call for 2 cubes ported. My setup gets decently loud until i get up to almost max volume. My friend is running 400 watts to 2 jl audio w0's and mines just a tad louder but i have more then twice the amount of watts. Is it my subs that ****, or is it the box that is too small...

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

box is too small...you need about 3.5 cubes at 35 htz and your friend will cry

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

I still think it should be way louder then what it is with the box i have..

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

they need room to breathe.....and a small port is not helping them.

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

The port is only 1" wide on both sides, the box is dual chamberd.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

the absolute minimum for those subs is 1.5 with around 50" of port

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

sell the subs back to me....add $150 bucks and buy my SX's

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

Well the clearly the problem is in the box, I know these things can get louder, Why dont you help me build a box in my trunk mang...

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

are the sx's louder then the swiss audios?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Well the clearly the problem is in the box, I know these things can get louder, Why dont you help me build a box in my trunk mang...

i don't do in trunk builds.......

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

are the sx's louder then the swiss audios?

should be....better power handling, more excursion

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

I actually really like these 12"s, Im just stuck because shops want 150-250 for a in trunk box built. my trunk is huge,, its just the opening is small

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

I actually really like these 12"s, Im just stuck because shops want 150-250 for a in trunk box built. my trunk is huge,, its just the opening is small

thats cuz they are a pain in the ass...specially if you want it carpeted

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I actually really like these 12"s, Im just stuck because shops want 150-250 for a in trunk box built. my trunk is huge,, its just the opening is small

Considering most charge that much for out-of-vehicle builds, I'd say you have very reasonable shops.

I know that's what I'd charge for a project like that...

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

If your box is entirely too small and you dont have space for a proper ported box...go sealed.

You will get much better performance out of your subs.

Ported boxes what are too small tend to really lack in the low freqs. So as daily boxes, they can really ****. But, for all out SPL...bigger is not always better.