Up-firing a sub

[brynm 10+ year member]

Are there any problems that you guys are aware of with having the sub firing up? I have a 94 Mazda 626 sedan that I'm thinking of putting a 15" Fi Q into but I don't know if I have the clearance under the rear deck to have it facing rear like my 12's are. I'm thinking of having the sub firing up and the port firing rear.

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[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

up firing..im a lil confused now

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

ya do sub up, port firing back at the trunk =teh loudz

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

I'm thinking of having the sub firing up and the port firing rear.

As I said sub up, port back.

 

[appleyard 10+ year member]

Had my Q15 firing upwards with port also firing up. No problems whatsoever. But its louder for both sub and pot firing rear.

 

[type[s5] 10+ year member]

Don't think there are any problems with it. Response differs from car to car for different applications so if you wanna go for it, try it out and see how you like it.

 

[Mdjai 10+ year member]

My friend has a dodge intrepid with two Memphis 15" subs facing up, and it is painful to sit in his car. It kind of makes me sick, lol. And they are just some entry level Memphis subs, and that is LOUD. He sold them and put some Audiobahn 15's in there place and same result, it was VERY loud. Now, we never compared it to facing them straight back bcuz of the dimensions of the box, but it was PLENTY loud facing up.

He sold those Audiobahn subs eventually, and I borrowed his box. I only had one fifteen to put in the box, but it sounded niiiice. I wish i had a matching fifteen at the time, it probably would've BANGED like his did. I gave it back to him and went with another setup bcuz that 15" I had needed too much power for just one speaker, and i wanted a pair of speakers. He bought some cheap DHD subs and put in the up facing box, and it BANGED again, lol. Some cheap DHDs banged, lol.

Facing UP in some cars simply BANGZ. I liked the way it sounded in MY car with ONE fifteen. Btw, the box was sealed.

If I decide to get 2 15" ED 16oV.2 subs instead of my IDMAX 10's, I will face them up too. I talked to an ED tech and asked him about facing them UP, and he said in my car it should sound awesome. He also said he has several friends that face theirs up too. I am really considering doing that.

I think it would look neat too, to pop my trunk and see two 15's looking right up at me and watch them dance, lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I've read people that give advice on it that say you shouldnt bcuz it will cause "cancellation" facing up, but I sure didnt hear it in the UP facing setups i've listened to. It must depend on the vehicle.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

Are there any problems that you guys are aware of with having the sub firing up? I have a 94 Mazda 626 sedan that I'm thinking of putting a 15" Fi Q into but I don't know if I have the clearance under the rear deck to have it facing rear like my 12's are. I'm thinking of having the sub firing up and the port firing rear.

Nothing wrong with that. I have my BTL facing up with the ports firing to the driver side of my trunk. (Variation of the CRX style)

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

the rear deck will probably just rattle alot more with the sub firing up. i had the same car a few years ago and i had a 15 in it with sub back at an angle and port back, sounded pretty good and got loud