Hey everyone, I have two 10in subs right now in a bandpass box and one of the subs is bad and want to get rid of it and just go with the one. I would like to get or build a new smaller box that would still sound good but not take up alot of cargo room. ive seen some on here that fit over the wheel well and was wondering where i could get one of those or how hard it would be to make one? I would like to take up as little room as possible because its getting to be a pain working around this huge box in the back. thanks for the help guys!

 

What you have right now is about the biggest for of a subwoofer enclosure...A sealed box is going to be your best bet if space is an issue. You can probably go as low as .75 cubic feet with some polyfil...If you dont have any experience with either wood cutting or fiberglass, a box over the wheel well would be difficult to do yourself. a small square sealed enclosure can be pretty simple if you can cut wood and use a screw gun...

 

would just a plain old box still sound good? also, would the speaker be mounted on the top of the box or sides or rear or is it all in want i want? i can install just about any deck and speakers and amp but when it comes to the subs i just pretty much plug and play whatever i buy.

 

Well, first thing, unless its custom designed and built by a professional, bandpass boxes sound horrible...Ported and Sealed should be the only two styles you should have to worry about...

Ported boxes have the ability to get louder and hit lower notes than a sealed box can, but they also reqire twice the airspace...Sealed boxes are great for sound quality. For the most part they have a nice punch, and they hit a very wide range of frequencies..

As far as the mounting, it really doesnt matter in a sealed box where the sub goes. Down, up, Sides, they are all going to sound okay. You will have a diffirence in sound depending on the direction the sub is facing, but not enough to see a large diffirence...

 

how can you possibly recommend that without knowing what sub he has? Each sub is different and you cant just throw out blanket statements like that.


coplinb, what sub do you currently have? what is the voice coil configuration? what blazer do you have? and what are your fabrication skills?

 

I made a generalized statement based on the average airspace needed for a sealed 10" driver. I did not say thats how much he needed, Just that it could be possibel to go that small depending on the driver...Please read the fine print before you cut me down like that...

 

I did read it correctly and stand by my statement. Its just rediculous how people (lots of members) like to recommend things based on generalizations. Before every recommending anything you should find out all of the facts first then make an educated decision. Im not trying to pick on you, this happensa loton this site by many members.

 

Thats fine, I understand how many members can rush to give out poor advice, but im sorry that i'm not one of them. I've been building enclosures for close to 4 years now and I do believe that I know what I'm talking about...The facts pertaining to this certain situation is that I stated he might be able to go as low as .75ft^3...Now if you took that out of context and assumed I was reccomending that he build a box that small, im sorry, but thats not the case...

 

coplinb, it isnt hard at all to make your own box. when i had the original design in my head for my box, it was way too intricate. i drew up 6 or 7 designs with google sketch-up and i came home from work one day with a ton of empty boxes, i made a giant template out of cardboard to see exactly how everything fit. my ideas were all too complex so i kept having to redesign and simplify. eventually i came up with the one i made. its basically a cube except the bottom piece only goes half way across and then there is a slanted piece up to the top.

with a single 10" i imagine it could be much smaller, mine is approx. 2 cu ft. but as mentioned above it could be as small as 1cu ft or less. however, it is highly dependent on which subs you have.

 

My brother our friend & I built this killer "3" 10" box. I ported sub and the other two were not ported. Ran entire system off 2 amps. It was in his ford escort hatchback. That hit so hard and you could hear it 3 streets away from the house. We still build them once in a while.