Vibe Space 15" D4 and JBL GTO-14001

[boddy 10+ year member]

Good combo?

Im buying the sub with the pre built enclosure because im not sure a proper 15" sub box will fit in my boot but if i find out it will then i will buy one but until then it will be in the pre built box.

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[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

JBL makes good amps, never heard of Vibe. You should never buy a pre built box. They never sound good. Its pretty cheap to buy a design and build a box on your own.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

There a UK brand, i have a vibe 12" 400w active sub and its pretty good to be honest. And the woofer is the exact same price on its own as it is with the enclosure, so i might aswell buy the one with the enclosure and get one custom built to fit my boot. And in the mean time i will still have something to bump.

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[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Try and see what other kinds of subs are available. To me it looks like a typical chinese made plastic cladded mass marketed piece of garbage.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

How about the Alpine: SWX-1243D?

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[boddy 10+ year member]

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[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

The type x would sound a lot better than that vibe 15. I still wouldn't put it in a premade box. How much is a sheet of 3/4 mdf or birch plywood by you? Most places will cut the wood for you so all you have to worry about is making the woofer cutout and gluing it all together.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

I'm not really good with that sort of stuff, then carpeting it after. I can get all the dimensions off the user manual, how much do places charge to make custom boxes?

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Its a lot easier than you would think. I'm not sure how much places over by you would charge for a box, try calling some shops and get estimates. Over here a well made single 12 box would go for $80-100.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

I might just buy that enclosure made for the sub, cant see why it wouldn't work?

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Because it looks like a prefab marketed as a custom. All the boxes on there look the same and when you look at the dual 12 boxes the port length is about 9in and I have never seen a 12in JBL with a recommended tune as high as what that box was.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

The Vibe space series are nice subs. i would go for it and build your own box.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

Oh ok, does anyone on this forum make custom boxes in the UK?

And thanks but i'm going with the alpine looks better quality and i dont think a 15" in a custom box would fit in my boot.

 

[boddy 10+ year member]

12" ALPINE TYPE X PORTED Subwoofer Box Sub Enclosure | eBay how about that?

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Its looking better but if youre gonna spend that much $, you might as well have a custom one made and save a little bit.