SPL tip of the day: make your baffle STRONG

[97cavy 10+ year member]

my baffle is 2.25'' thick

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

bracing is MUCH lighter than additional baffles. I just got pwnt with my 9917 breaking my box. Shook the(unbraced temp box) baffle right off. Ripped just above where the glue soaked into the MDF //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Now I get this great fffapp faaap sound when it's turned up.

Round closet rod would be my internal support of choice seeing as how it's less work to get installed. Teh threaded rod is ChevyAudio's favorite box addition.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

HMMM who told u to do that tommyk
[21:17] tommyk: i lose

[21:17] tommyk: hicks wins

[21:18] CKHicks: ?

[21:18] tommyk: gained my 2 dB back

[21:18] CKHicks: oh?

[21:18] tommyk: orly

[21:19] CKHicks: how for?

[21:19] tommyk: bracing

[21:19] CKHicks: told u

[21:19] CKHicks: idiot

[21:20] tommyk: i know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

You weren't the only or first person to tell me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

common sense > j00

Not common sense really. I've had this box for over a year and never had problems up until about 2 weeks ago. Therefore you can understand why I tried everything else out first. I was convinced it was an electrical issue. I pwnt myself.

 

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

that happend to my box, so i stuck 2x4 in and sounded way better

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

my baffle is 2.25'' thick

If I could have made a thicker baffle, that would have been my first choice. Unfortunately I don't have the room for that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

bracing is MUCH lighter than additional baffles. I just got pwnt with my 9917 breaking my box. Shook the(unbraced temp box) baffle right off. Ripped just above where the glue soaked into the MDF //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Now I get this great fffapp faaap sound when it's turned up. Round closet rod would be my internal support of choice seeing as how it's less work to get installed. Teh threaded rod is ChevyAudio's favorite box addition.

Personally, I would rather have the threaded rod over the wooden dowels. I think I would run into the same problem with the dowels eventually (loosening screws, breaking the glue joint, etc.). Threaded rod > wood. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

I have never seen a box with a threaded rod in it...

do you just tap a hole on one side than another and then thread the nuts on it so that they tight on the inside and outside of each wall?

I have seen 2"x4"s, but not any threaded rods...

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

tommys truck is teh loud.

because i got to live outside of chitown for a little bit. wish i had the chance to stay longer because i could show tommay what a real car sounds like //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I have never seen a box with a threaded rod in it...
do you just tap a hole on one side than another and then thread the nuts on it so that they tight on the inside and outside of each wall?

I have seen 2"x4"s, but not any threaded rods...

That's exactly how you do it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

tommys truck is teh loud.
because i got to live outside of chitown for a little bit. wish i had the chance to stay longer because i could show tommay what a real car sounds like //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

And you never got to hear the 15. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

well. if you drive to SBN some year, you better ****ing stop in VA you jerk.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

well. if you drive to SBN some year, you better ****ing stop in VA you jerk.

How about you come to nashville for MECA finals? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

SBN is too d*mn far of a drive for me and the old s-10. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[BASSMEKANIK 10+ year member]

lesson here...

do it right the first time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

lesson here...
do it right the first time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Well, I thought it was right up until about 2 weeks ago. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Never had a problem in the past. I guess it may have just developed over time or something.

Maybe I need to build a new box. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Rod is sweet, but I'm using a double baffle instead //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif