Sundown sa8 v3's bass question

Well as for the sealed box question. Theses subs are ONLY designed to be played inported boxes, no exceptions. CSCatang I have them in a 2004 f150 supercrew underneath my rear seats, and the subs are firing foward. The box that I have them was built by cherryman custom enclosures. The box is built to spec as per sundown. I believe the box is tuned to 35 or 36 hz with an fs at 32hz if my memory serves me correct. As for the T-line box that's what I would have preferred, but I simply just don't have the room.

 
Well as for the sealed box question. Theses subs are ONLY designed to be played inported boxes, no exceptions. CSCatang I have them in a 2004 f150 supercrew underneath my rear seats, and the subs are firing foward. The box that I have them was built by cherryman custom enclosures. The box is built to spec as per sundown. I believe the box is tuned to 35 or 36 hz with an fs at 32hz if my memory serves me correct. As for the T-line box that's what I would have preferred, but I simply just don't have the room.
Yeah very tough spot to get straight lines for a T. Hds208's would help with that upper register but I'm certain the chambers are a little small if they are at spec for the SA's. Aeroport?

 
I own 2 sundown sa8 v3's in a custom ported box, and have them powered by a Sundown saz-1200d. My question is that it doesn't seem like my subs don't hit 60hz-100hz bass notes that hard. Although around 30hz-40hz they get violent . Oh I forgot to mention that my box is 1.5 cubic feet at 35hz. Is this just the nature of the beast, the box or is my amp not set up properly?
All depends on what a sub is designed to do.

Go listen to an icon. Hits low midbass with clean authority

 
So, just to throw in a couple of things here I didn't see mentioned, try adjusting the phase on your subs. That may not be an issue, but it could help a fair amount.

The other is the high port tuning. The box recommendations give a nice boost to the low range of your subs performance. Put in your car and you'll get another boost in your low range. Where and how much depends on the car. Its not that your sub's aren't playing the upper range loudly or cleanly, its that everything else below is so **** loud that by comparison the upper range is week. I like to tune low, not just to get the low range extension, but to even out the response curve so everything sounds clean and even. You will loose some output at your peak notes doing that though.

And the last thing is orientation. This one can have a huge effect. With all else being equal, if you don't have your sub's in the right position to minimize reflections, everything else could be perfect and you'd still have dips in your upper end response. There's a link around here I need to find and post for you, but basically you want the subs as close to the back of the sound chamber to minimize the reflected wave being out of phase and canceling out some of your output. Typically this means in the furthest towards the back of the trunk or SUV as you can get with out affecting excursion or port clearance. The other way is to wall off your sub's so that are literally the furthest to the rear of the sound chamber you can possibly be. This also means pointing the subs to the rear of the car. Thats another ~ foot of reflections you could minimize.

 
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