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also, a subsonic won't help during a comp at all. You should be playing a note above tuning frequency.

I guess I just know when the note is being played below tuning and turn it down to where it won't rip itself apart.

that sure didn't take long

oh, I skimmed over the two part. my bad. as for no subsonic, no biggie. Mine doesn't have one and I've been using it for........3 years with no problems. I would check the amp. play a sine wave and hook up a dmm to see the voltage coming out of it. Chances are if the subs sound like they're fading when the bass hits, it's the amplifier lowering the amount of power it's putting out. subs only play what's given to them.

gobbly-gook. It will come and go just like January 1st, 2000. I knew nothing would happen then, and I know nothing will happen in 2012. or 2126.

Have you tried calling or emailing the company directly? Message boards aren't really the place to do business like this.

is that amp stable to 2 ohms by itself? Nearly all monoblocks are stable at a load under 4 ohms.

Yeah there are two different reasons for adding mat. One I suppose is mass loading to get rid of the tin-can sound (or adding something that will either reflect or absorb the sound, as in the case of foam). Another is to cover up holes in the door to effectively separate the front and rear waves to create an IB setup in the door.

Switching the terminals at the amp does nothing for checking polarity if a voice coil is wired wrong in a DVC woofer. You have to change them on the sub. And just because they look right with the markings doesn't mean they aren't switched once the leads get into the voice coil.

http://www.the12volt.com There was another site that was even better IMO, but I can't remember it right now.

I'd be interested to try the new Mag. The Icon has been a solid SQ performer as well (from what I hear). I believe a sub is a valuable asset to most if not all music types. More than likely once you add a subwoofer you'll hear notes played that you've never known were in the song. tuning a sub can either come in the form of the enclosure or signal processing. With a sealed box the most tuning you can do is change the size of the box. But then with processing you can set crossovers and adjust EQ settings to change the sound.

there is no way a sub should need a recone after just a few weeks. It should take years for the soft parts to become weak enough to maybe notice. Do they make any other noise (mechanical)? I'd be so afraid for that sub in an 8 cubic foot box with 1400 watts of power on it. The mechanical limits have been reached a number of times I'm sure.

check your power wire under the hood. Then on the amps.

Try reversing polarity on each voice coil one at a time. Sometimes manufacturers accidentally label them wrong.

You talking software like autocad? Or some piece of equipment?

people say those things for hype. Truth is, put an amp on it, play it as loud as possible without it blowing up or sounding bad, and just go with it.

It wouldn't be if there weren't stupid posts. If I had full run of the forum, the rules would be different but first off not using grammar would get you warned the first time and banned the second. It is just rude to come into someones house and not spend the time to actually try to ask the question you want. I'd also require that each post started with a phrase like "I searched for xxxx, and xxx, and xxx but couldn't find an answer...." I'd also have a pretty much zero tolerance policy. Perhaps you don't realize how many threads some of us have to read. It is really deflating when crap like this happens and makes those of us who put in a lot of time waste time which sucks. I read this thread right after he posted it. I was going to reply until I actually read the post. So I agree. I pass up on replying just because the poster sounds so unintelligent that it's not worth my time because more than likely I'll have to post 4 more times explaining what I posted the first time.

budget? Size? Silk or metal tweets? Do you like more midbass or better midrange? Are these just going to be IB in the door?

How about one FI BL 15" (not sure how much they cost). Just do a mock-up of the box with cardboard before building the real one to make sure it will fit into the trunk. Lots of problems with those openings.

While I agree with this for the tuning process, I think for the basiline you should start with everything in phase. Then make adjustments from there to determine best sound.

red is usually positive

inch is fine. I'd pretty much listen to anything 95Honda has to say.

I'd say 1000. The box you use may even lower that.

hello

the crossfire. I don't know where you got it to be .5 ohm stable, but all the info I've seen on it is that it's 1000x1 @ 4 ohms, 2000x1 @ 2 ohms.