I'm planning on mounting putting a pair of 10" subs in the back of my station wagon, at the very back, one on each side of the tailgate (so the interior is still accessible) and pointing forward. A lot of people have told me though that I should put them at the front of my cargo area, pointing backwards. They say pointing at the back is supposed to make a system louder for various reasons (no real good ones, mostly ones which defy the laws of physics).
It is my understanding that pointing the subs at the back is for the purpose of making your car seem "longer" so you get a lower resonance frequency and your hip hop bullcrap hits the low notes even better.
I just like listening to country music, I don't play the same stupid lows as other people. I want my stereo to sound clean, which is why I assume that pointing the subs forward means I'll get a cleaner sound because the sound will be transmitted directly through the air, without adding in a bunch of extra noise from rattling my tailgate.
So, for my setup (a pair of 10s in sealed boxes) for country and older rock (no hip hop, no rap, none of that stuff with a ton of bass), looking for good sound quality not just getting real loud, am I better suited for pointing towards the front or the back?
