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Old 04-03-2013, 07:33 AM
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The Polk grilles might actually look OK. I would be afraid of the woofers getting harmed more like kicked
Yeah that was my concern. It would be horrible to get one bashed in.

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You aren't originally from Alabama, are you ? You sound like a yankee.
17 and lived in Alabaster my whole life.

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Yes, your mic does handle bass alot better than most. The system sounds good ! Do you have the tweeters attenuated down ? Did you use a DMM to set the gains, and did you use 100 watts for the figures ?
The tweeters are neutral right now. I read that a lot of people turned them down at first but I like a really crisp sound so it's fine with me.

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Oh, and your subwoofer isn't wired parallel, your amp output is bridged to the subwoofer, unless you are saying it is a DVC 8 ohm, then you could have both.
No that's what I meant. I went by this diagram.

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Old 04-03-2013, 07:43 AM
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Forgot to ask - Why is there MDF in the doors ? If you made brackets for the speakers with MDF, then they spaced the woofers out too much, and that's why they are touching the door panels. If you had ordered 6.5/6.75" speakers from a reputable online store, they would have included brackets that do not add to the speaker mounting height.
I ordered from Amazon, because at the time they were a better price than elsewhere, of course this fluctuates, but I would have never ordered from Crutchfield because they are $100 more there. I knew the MDF would space it some, and I have seen it used before, but I didn't know it was going to space it that much. Otherwise I would have just ordered some plastic brackets. I just thought the MDF would be nice and solid compared to some plastic.

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Old 04-03-2013, 05:56 PM
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Forgot to ask - Why is there MDF in the doors ? If you made brackets for the speakers with MDF, then they spaced the woofers out too much, and that's why they are touching the door panels. If you had ordered 6.5/6.75" speakers from a reputable online store, they would have included brackets that do not add to the speaker mounting height.
I thought I read a bout mdf in the doors, yea man you may have spaced it out to much. Anyway though I think if you put the grilles over it then yours would be shittin'. I think u should drill the holes on the door And mount the crossover visible too.

And LOL at 20 dollar door panel. I need that!

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And in my opinion the mdf panel is better than my plastic.
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Old 04-03-2013, 06:09 PM
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The grilles look really nice. A good metallic silver with lots of fleck and a shiny gloss coating. I guess that's what I'll do then.

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Old 04-04-2013, 11:10 AM
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Yeah that was my concern. It would be horrible to get one bashed in.



17 and lived in Alabaster my whole life.



The tweeters are neutral right now. I read that a lot of people turned them down at first but I like a really crisp sound so it's fine with me.



No that's what I meant. I went by this diagram.

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Let's get this straight. Your Bazooka subwoofer is DVC 2 ohm ?
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Old 04-04-2013, 11:42 AM
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Old 04-04-2013, 11:46 AM
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Let's get this straight. Your Bazooka subwoofer is DVC 2 ohm ?
This http://www.crutchfield.com/S-XMNbaYh...BT6024DVC.html

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Old 04-04-2013, 02:36 PM
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Does anyone know anything about this sub? And what would be a good box for it? I built one just messing around and it sounds good with the windows open but gets a lot quieter when they're closed. It's an older Memphis 12. The box is 30" long 19" high 6" wide at the top then 10" wide at the bottom. I want a smaller box so if anyone could give me some dimensions or point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated
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Old 04-04-2013, 04:54 PM
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Anyone had luck with a dual front firing sub box with the port on the passenger side?
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Old 04-04-2013, 07:41 PM
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The grilles look really nice. A good metallic silver with lots of fleck and a shiny gloss coating. I guess that's what I'll do then.

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Be sure to put up the how to so I can put my RF grilles on.

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Anyone had luck with a dual front firing sub box with the port on the passenger side?
^^Unsure what you mean as passenger side, do you mean sub forward port forward/ port on passenger side, or sub forward port side/ on passenger side?
I currently have 2 10" Kicker Comp 10" in an Atrend 12" H x 30" W x 15" D single chamber center port tuned around 50hz with subs facing forward and port right behind the center console ( I have 99xlt ext cab).
Hmmm.....It'll rattle ya brain. Move the mirrors a little. Its powered by a 07 model RF t800-4 on the rear with each sub seeing 185wrms.

The BIG BASS guys are telling me Sub forward port up is the best.
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Old 04-04-2013, 07:57 PM
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Does anyone know anything about this sub? And what would be a good box for it? I built one just messing around and it sounds good with the windows open but gets a lot quieter when they're closed. It's an older Memphis 12. The box is 30" long 19" high 6" wide at the top then 10" wide at the bottom. I want a smaller box so if anyone could give me some dimensions or point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated
If that's a sealed enclosure its way too big. If it built with 3/4" MDF its 1.88 cuft. That's probably a good ported size I guess. I really know nothing of the older speakers.

Maybe a sealed enclosure at .6-1.0 cuft would be about right? Say 16" H x 20" W x 6"D1 x 8"D2 which is .8 cuft with 3/4" MDF.

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Old 04-04-2013, 08:09 PM
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2 10"a Rockford fosgate r2d4 with ford ranger extended cab downfire box with 500 watt crunch amp
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Old 04-04-2013, 08:10 PM
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Old 04-05-2013, 01:32 AM
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I'm confused as to how you have the DVC 4 ohm sub wired to the rear channels of the 4 channel amp. The amp is not 2 ohm stable with the rear outputs bridged, so you must either have the sub wired as 2 ohm impedance to 1 channel or as 8 ohm impedance with the voice coils in series and wired to the bridged rear channels.

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Be sure to put up the how to so I can put my RF grilles on.



^^Unsure what you mean as passenger side, do you mean sub forward port forward/ port on passenger side, or sub forward port side/ on passenger side?
I currently have 2 10" Kicker Comp 10" in an Atrend 12" H x 30" W x 15" D single chamber center port tuned around 50hz with subs facing forward and port right behind the center console ( I have 99xlt ext cab).
Hmmm.....It'll rattle ya brain. Move the mirrors a little. Its powered by a 07 model RF t800-4 on the rear with each sub seeing 185wrms.

The BIG BASS guys are telling me Sub forward port up is the best.
Do you mean the rear channels are bridged to the box at 4 ohms and 370 watts RMS ?

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2 10"a Rockford fosgate r2d4 with ford ranger extended cab downfire box with 500 watt crunch amp
You need an amp for thos RF subs. I doubt that crunch amp is doing enough for them.
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Old 04-05-2013, 06:19 AM
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If that's a sealed enclosure its way too big. If it built with 3/4" MDF its 1.88 cuft. That's probably a good ported size I guess. I really know nothing of the older speakers.

Maybe a sealed enclosure at .6-1.0 cuft would be about right? Say 16" H x 20" W x 6"D1 x 8"D2 which is .8 cuft with 3/4" MDF.
Yeah it's ported but I just cut out the pieces for a box that's 14" H 25" W 6"D1 9.5"D2, so should I keep it sealed? I had that other box sealed at first and man it sounded like crap.

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Yeah it's ported but I just cut out the pieces for a box that's 14" H 25" W 6"D1 9.5"D2, so should I keep it sealed? I had that other box sealed at first and man it sounded like crap.
Maybe I'll put it 22"W so it's under 1cuft
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