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Alright, I got all the carpet off and widened the cutout a fraction of an inch so that the subs lay flat against the wood. The sound is gone and the Dcons are AMAZING. Thanks for everyones help Alex

Alright well I am trying to remove any excess carpet at the moment. (I now understand the term contact CEMENT). But I had a quick thought, I had my alpines in this box before I got my Dcons, and they never made this noise even though I played them much louder than I was playing my Dcons when they were making the noise. Just a thought, as soon as I get all this carpet off I'll try again. Alex

Wow, thanks for all the quick responces. The air leak makes alot of sence. I think if there is one, it would be coming from the sub itself, so if I run weather stripping around the back of the sub, would that be effective or is there a better option? Any other ideas on where it could be coming from(I used alot of wood glue with alot of wood screws so I think the box should be sealed tight). Also, part of the sub is on carpet, the other is on paint so it's VERY possible that is where the leak is coming from. Alex

So I just recieved my 2 new Dcon 10's today and upon installing them, I noticed a strange noise that I could best describe as a rattling(as if someone was holding their finger slightly against the sub). I can't seem to isolate which sub it is coming from but when I take a sub out, the rattling stops, same when I take the other out, yet when I turn one around and reverse phase, it starts back up.... I seems to start as soon as any back pressure is applied to the sub. The subs haven't broken in but the volume is low when this is occuring. I'm kinda freakin out since I already had to wait a month before the subs even came and now I'm at a loss and could use some help. Sorry for the essay, just trying to give any info I could think of Thanks in advance for any advise Alex

Thanks for the link, however, once I actually recieved his subs, I discovered that they were just the comp woofers and not the compvr. I did find the right manual for them. They say that the "maximum volume" is 2.25cuft. What does this mean? The Isoaric design is the same as running one woofer at 2.8cuft which looks better in WinISD, but having is having and extra .6cuft going to be detrimental in any way? Thanks again Alex

So I talked more with my friend and from what I'm getting, his idea of a SQ type box is what we would call a Loud'n'Clean style design. He still insisted on the smallest box possible as he moves it around quite a bit, so this is what I came up with. According to WinISD, these subs like big boxes, so I decided to try an isobaric design. This gives him a small box, the output of a single sub like he was expecting, a decent responce graph, and most importantly, a SMALL box, 1.4 cuft @32hz to be more precise. My main consern is my lack of experience... Is there anything I am missing? Is running the subs face to face alright (reversing one's polarity of course)? Any other ideas? I'll accept any advise, critisism, etc. Thanks in advance Alex

Sounds good, I can't wait much longer!!!! thanks for the update and I'm glad to hear buisness is going so well. Thanks Alex

I was just curious on the shiping date of two 10in Dcons I ordered some 18 days ago (order #1956). I'm really excited for these and I thought the website estimated 1-2 weeks for build. I really don't mean to be a pain.... I'm just wondering Thanks Alex

I didn't realize a kicker could work too well in a sealed box, in fact, thought never even crossed my mind. So how bout a 2cuft sealed? he has the room and I thought the larger boxes allowed for a flatter curve. Thanks for the quick responce and for any future help Alex

So after seeing the new box I built for my future DCON's (ordered over two weeks ago) a freind of mine has recruited me to build him a box for a single old school (2001) Kicker c12vr. He wants a SQ build and could care less about output. The only problem I am seeing is that I can'ft find any specs on the sub. The manual I found for it is a little light on the T/S parameters so winISD isn't too helpful. So my question is, If I run a standard 2cuft box tuned to 32hz(seems to be a standard), would that have a somewhat flat responce curve(ignoring cabin gain and all that)? It seems to be a tried and proven tuning so If I strive for that, and being that he is new into car audio, do you think it would sound "good" Thanks for any advise, recomendations, criticisms, etc Alex

Not sure if these are really any good or not but I just found them on sonicelectronix and they look interesting. http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_31676_VIBE-Audio-SPACE6.html All the reviews I've found are good and if you "make an offer" on sonicelectronix, you can get them for 165.

Just looking through some websites dreaming about a future midbass/fullrange setup and happened across these speakers http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=297-210 I was just curious if anyone has any experience/opinions on these and if they would be realistic in a SQ type setup. Chances are I won't be upgrading my system any time soon but these caught my eye and at 12 bucks, I might order some just for the heck of it. Thoughts? Alex

Wow, can't believe I didn't think of any of that...now I really feel dumb. but yeah, I cut out the hole for the dcon and the alpines fit so I'm assuming the cutout's the same. I'll throw them in off center just to give the box a run. Thanks for all the help Alex

Simple noob question... I built a box for 2 10in DCON's but since they haven't come yet (day 8) can I throw my 2 old 10in alpine type-s subs in for now? will the spacing/distance for the screws be the same?

Alright, sounds good. I'll be ordering the DCON's later today! anyone know of any coupons? Thanks for all the help, I'm sure I'll be back with more questions sooner than later. Alex