The do's and dont''s of my first wall....it seems like something isn't right....

I did see pictures of a 2x4 port...so how stupid do I think you are...? Maybe we'll steer clear of my opinion at this point and focus on the box. Bottom line is you need to do as some others have suggested and seal that ****** up if you want to make it work. In my opinion, the trough (previously referred to as 'cavern') where the bottom half of 2 subs are sitting is a major design flaw, given all the available space. Also, if there are visible holes in the box in photos, how can anyone take you seriously? You're also now trying to get final measurements for proper port tuning and your box doesn't have the whole backing on. Are you just guessing at the internal volume of the box or have you actually done the math to find out? On the program it seems like you're tossing out numbers. What is the gross volume? As you mentioned, your box is not 'square' so did you actually measure the volume of your whole space? (Please refer to gr. 10 mathematics, calculating the internal volume of an irregular object)...

I'm a pretty sarcastic person by nature, and I'm Canadian eh! I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but it seems like you're jumping ahead again. Finish closing up the box...draw it on paper. Take measurements as accurately as possible. Determine it's actual volume OR none of your port calculations will matter. Anyone trying to help with your calculations at this point is going to be frustrated for sure.

As for me, I make mistakes. I had to rip out my l.e.d. lights from the inside of my box because somehow they lost power. I tested them right before I attached my final piece, great...after top piece was attached...nothing. Did I hit it with a screw? Probably. But I still can't see how...so I had to cut them out and redo. We all fuuuuuck up.

What I meant with your back piece is not square as in right angles, I'm down with all shapes and sizes, I just mean there's so many attachment points, I question if the joints will be square or 'flush' is maybe the correct term.

When I made my box, I assembled it entirely with no screws or nails. Each piece was cut as square as possible and joints were flush. I had all the pieces cut and fit before final paint/assemble. This assured a tight fit and 'near perfect' seams. I spent 'a day' on 1 or 2 pieces.

I've spent just about a year on my box/power station (Business, wife, 3 kids) intermittently, and I have yet to power my speaker. All my equipment is gathered from previous builds over 15 years. I've never powered up the Colosus. The Eclipse sub I bought brand new in 2002, used in 2 builds so far...along with my Zeus amps.

This **** takes time.

Closing in that box is priority #1 .

There are some great builds on here, with 2 common themes....time and $$$

 
I did see pictures of a 2x4 port...so how stupid do I think you are...? Maybe we'll steer clear of my opinion at this point and focus on the box. Bottom line is you need to do as some others have suggested and seal that ****** up if you want to make it work. In my opinion, the trough (previously referred to as 'cavern') where the bottom half of 2 subs are sitting is a major design flaw, given all the available space. Also, if there are visible holes in the box in photos, how can anyone take you seriously? You're also now trying to get final measurements for proper port tuning and your box doesn't have the whole backing on. Are you just guessing at the internal volume of the box or have you actually done the math to find out? On the program it seems like you're tossing out numbers. What is the gross volume? As you mentioned, your box is not 'square' so did you actually measure the volume of your whole space? (Please refer to gr. 10 mathematics, calculating the internal volume of an irregular object)...I'm a pretty sarcastic person by nature, and I'm Canadian eh! I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but it seems like you're jumping ahead again. Finish closing up the box...draw it on paper. Take measurements as accurately as possible. Determine it's actual volume OR none of your port calculations will matter. Anyone trying to help with your calculations at this point is going to be frustrated for sure.

As for me, I make mistakes. I had to rip out my l.e.d. lights from the inside of my box because somehow they lost power. I tested them right before I attached my final piece, great...after top piece was attached...nothing. Did I hit it with a screw? Probably. But I still can't see how...so I had to cut them out and redo. We all fuuuuuck up.

What I meant with your back piece is not square as in right angles, I'm down with all shapes and sizes, I just mean there's so many attachment points, I question if the joints will be square or 'flush' is maybe the correct term.

When I made my box, I assembled it entirely with no screws or nails. Each piece was cut as square as possible and joints were flush. I had all the pieces cut and fit before final paint/assemble. This assured a tight fit and 'near perfect' seams. I spent 'a day' on 1 or 2 pieces.

I've spent just about a year on my box/power station (Business, wife, 3 kids) intermittently, and I have yet to power my speaker. All my equipment is gathered from previous builds over 15 years. I've never powered up the Colosus. The Eclipse sub I bought brand new in 2002, used in 2 builds so far...along with my Zeus amps.

This **** takes time.

Closing in that box is priority #1 .

There are some great builds on here, with 2 common themes....time and $$$
I dunno man. Seems he's taking on quite a bit and has a lot on his plate right now that making this wall isn't going well as he had hoped. I still say run 2 subs. Would make life MUCH easier and could possibly get a walled built in a weekend. But mistake after mistake, tearing down start over....if it was me, I would re think this entire situation, get with my designer, as he stated he did but dunno why it failed, and start drawing something up with pencil paper and a tape measure and def ask the walled experts on here. Instead of keep trying and failing, wasting time, $$, etc. But, sure don't mind the reading once in awhile.

 
Well for starters math was always my worst subject. I failed miserably throughout my whole life. I graduated high school in 07 with a D- in grade 10 math if that tells you anything. So i'm sure my calculations are off. And no I don't know how to figure out volume of irregular objects. The only thing I can do as far as math goes is basic multiplying and subtracting and adding. Even then I need a calculator. So yeah I guess you could say I'm down right stupid and worthless when it comes to numbers. And I have absolutely no problem running two subs. I agree at this point two subs would be MUCH easier. But there's no way I can sell all three subs for what I paid for them locally. And I don't want to run two of these meso's because I don't want to watch my gains constantly and have to worry about frying the coils when I feel like listening to music or give a demo. That's why I'm trying to run all three so I can distribute the power better. I wish I had someone here to help me. But I have to try and figure everything out myself. Well and with the help from you guys. I know it's much easier to help someone in person than over the internet. And I have nobody to help me so I tend to have no confidence in myself or motivation sometimes. And then I get depressed, which leads to me getting really angry at myself or whatever it is that i'm working on. And that leads to me fuucking everything up both physically and mentally. And the holes in the box I haven't gotten to them yet. But I do plan on sealing everything off first before I do anything else.....But at this point the depression has already set in. So I think I might just say fuuck all of it. Because I get positive feedback and then that gets shiit on. again and again and again. I feel like i'm getting somewhere and then what do you know? It somehow becomes a failure all of a sudden........I'm told to do one thing, I do it, and then I'm told it's a failure and won't work, and then I get laughed at for attempting to do it.

 
And the 2x4 port was suggested to me by you guys.....yeah i had gaps everywhere which is why i got rid of it and i made it rectangular instead of having that angle like the first time. So it'll be easier to make the port walls once I'm ready to do that part. And im going to finish the bottom part below the two subs. Thats what i was going to work on next

 
LMFAO!!! whether you were being an as shole or just being funny that video was fu cking hilarious lol. And yes it's been very quiet because I was in the middle of finishing up my transmission swap on my car and I ended up tweaking my back pretty bad. All I could do was lay in bed the past few days because the pain was excruciating. So I had my chiropractor friend re adjust me yesterday. And I had to keep an ice pack on my back all day and night yesterday. It's starting to feel better but it's still a little tense. But I'm going to work on the wall here in a little bit, all I have left on my engine/***** is to hook up the exhaust and driveshaft and the transmission mount and i'll be good to go. I ended up converting my front wheel drive ****** to all wheel drive also. I was thinking I was going to have to run front wheel drive. So yeah that's where I'm at at the moment. I will post some pictures later on today though for sure

 
No replies? Lol......just joking, im in a good mood right now.
How is it you can swap an engine and transmission in a car and are unemployed? Seems you should have a good trade doing car repair if even in your back yard via word of mouth or buying junkers and fixing them up for resale.

 
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