subwoofer enclosure PLACEMENT!

[exxdine 10+ year member]

i got a box for my 08 civic si coupe and its build custom to fit pressed back against the seats firing towards the trunk...

everyone says that systems hit harder if theyre suffocated and closer to the trunk "lid/door", if theyre 2 feet from the trunk lid/door opposed to 5 inches, is it really a huge difference?

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[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

sometimes yes sometimes no

try it and see

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

ya sometimes it does pay to play with sub placement

 

[exxdine 10+ year member]

well i dont gotmy head unit, power ran thru my car, subs wired/ nor in the box...

so i was just asking before i did all that, i want it to look good and sound good,

but i wont have a sub box chillen in a random part of my trunk just for a non audible difference. because its fiberglass, made for looks...

i would like it to look as organized as possible without sounding like butt

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

I had mine in my civic as far back to the seats as possible and it hit hard do that you will be fine.

 

[exxdine 10+ year member]

thanks man!

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

Every vehicles gonna be different, so just drop it in and see if you like it. If not, then move it around til you like it. Sound will change when you drop crap in your trunk too.

 

[exxdine 10+ year member]

yeah i get that, but i was just wondering if from other people experience, how big of a change is it. but i guess ill just have to try it, i just dont wanna install everything, put the box where its made to go and find out that my subs only preform well when the box is not where i made it to fit

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

As long as your not building a custom placed fiberglassed style enclosure you should be able to move it around a little to se where it sounds better for you. Fiberglassed boxes made to fit the shape of he trunk will obviously be too hard to move around.

 

[ericfg]

Wouldn't sound quality be more related to the quality of the components used rather than the placement of said components?

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[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

actually it a mixture of both. placement is a critical aspect though. because of the way the sound couples with the car, it's amazing how moving something over 3 inches can make a differnece in tweet placement, and with subs it's amazing how firing it back towards the trunk lid and firing it up towards the deck sounds different.

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

actually it a mixture of both. placement is a critical aspect though. because of the way the sound couples with the car, it's amazing how moving something over 3 inches can make a differnece in tweet placement, and with subs it's amazing how firing it back towards the trunk lid and firing it up towards the deck sounds different.

X2 I have a pair of separates in the kick, but because the imaging was done right all the music sounds like it's coming from the base of the windshield and center of the dash, not from the floor where the speakers are. Great components and poor install can make any system sound like poo, but even average quality components will sound great when the placement is right. What I get from the original topic of this thread is that he wants his bass to hit better, not for SQ.