What do you think?

[pd298 10+ year member]

I just bought a Lightning Audio 900watt amplifier and two 12" Sony XPLODE's.. how do you think this will sound coming from one 12" sub and a Jensen 400watt amp?

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[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

What kind of enclosure ?

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

You mean like the sub box? Im not sure.. its made to fit 2 12"s and it has some tweeters on the top.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

oh, its a sealed truck box.

Do your self a favour and make a ported enclosure, it will be way louder than the one you have now

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

Perhaps you could help me out and explain what that is? Im new to the car audio scene.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

good, a n00b. Now we can set you straght !

check out:

www.bcae1.com, its alot of reading but you will gain alot of knowelege.

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

Im not going to change my box, so does anybody have any thing to say about Lightning audio? Will it provide good bass?

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

should be an ok entry level setup. im not fond of sony at all, and never had experience with LA but you wont find much support for the sonys on this forum...

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

I had sonys be4 and the only reason i would say that it would be good is for starters and if you basically got them for free. But i gess its a good temporary set up for now. giving their rms should be alrite as long as they dont blow which they do all the time

 

[aphinney 10+ year member]

spend alittle more money and build a ported box and some good subs..and a sweet amp and u will be very happy..atleast alot happier then what u will be with this new system

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Changing to a ported box will do about the same as doubling your power or adding another sub...so yes, it could be very worth it to fiddle with the enclosure specs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

Well, im only 15, soon to be 16, dont have a job yet so its not so cheap to me lol. amp was 180, each sub was 70, then my head unit was like 200.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Hey, I'm a college student...I know what it's like to live off Ramen, water, and cold pizza for weeks on end so you can afford these toys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

And since I know what that's like, I can tell you...going to a ported enclosure (shouldn't cost more than the price of an MDF sheet or two, plus screws and misc. hardware if you don't have them) is going to be the best bang-for-the-buck option out there. Cheaper than going the more sub/more power option.

 

[pd298 10+ year member]

But i dont really know what a ported enclosure is...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

don't be afraid to ask, that's why we're here..

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