SpeakerBoy

I think I see what you're getting at, complete rigidity. Makes me want to recone to a 12 to make a tank of a box but not have it be half my bedroom lol. That being said, how should I make the best of this situation? Especially before getting the EP2500.

The stone slab in the port is to cut port area til I add the brace next week. This is a learning experience, this is box number two that I've built like I said lol

I have a few ideas of where I can go with that in mind;Is there a specific reason alltread is no good? I was thinking six or eight side to side, sandwiching each board between two nuts. Then three front to back, and four top to bottom. Then glass, then on to making it pretty and adding the spikes. I can wire and weld the allthread together where they intersect. I can also use those pipe style braces, and throw two four point braces in here.

There's less box flex than the box it came from, which is a good start to me. But I want it rock solid before I liner it I'll admit my skill with a router is laughable, never used one before yesterday; between a few mishaps with forgetting blade thickness on the table saw and the router being less dummy proof than thought, I just took the easy way out in terms of the window bracing. What would you do for that 40" give or take beam I would've used? I know you'd probably not be in this position, but humor me.

Did you catch what I posted up above? It's not 100% yet. It's plenty big to make adding more easy. I have a fatty brace to add to the port still, one from the top port wall to the top of the box, and two more from side to side. Port area isn't even correct on the lower part til I add that brace o.o

Box is complete and playing. Does exactly what I wanted, louder the lower it goes, then drops off around 20. Want to bedliner the outside, and add one more beam from port to top panel for safe measure. Then I'm installing spikes and it's done. So so fuckin geeked. Sounds phenomenal compared to 4.5cu @ 35 with ~70 in of port. Gonma slap an EP2500 on it in a month or two. I'll take a few completed pictures once I clean up

Thank you =]

Blew a strut mount in the CRX so it's chillin in the driveway til Tuesday. I came up with another way to brace it since I wasnt able to grab a last sheet for some window bracing. I still need a piece to brace the end of the port, but it's pretty much done. Once braces dry, ima slap the side on and give it a listen. So excited. Only the second enclosure I've ever built and it's going far better than last time

Too much Hennessey I'll finish it tomorrow lol But this is what I have so far. Different than originally planned, larger. Before disps it's 14.5cu int lol. Not sure where I ended up tuning, I think it'll be around 26-28.

Happy birfday mang =]

Eight twelves sealed and polyfilled?

That is a seriously wacko description.I am not articulating myself well today. How should I put it instead lol

I think the enclosure you're searching for is a well built parallel 6th ;P Just a recklessly large "sq" build xD I love clamshells, might just be my favorite enclosure style.

Maybe the factory is smarter than just the ground trick... Never heard of this =[

It's not the same as what you're planning, but I always thought it would be slick to have eight 18's sealed on a buncha power eq'd flat from 15-75. Any pics of current build OP?

Switching to a 5k amp versus a 4k won't be worth the money. Without taking into account thermal compression, you'll need to double power to hear a difference. I would just grab a third 4k,run one per sub on solid electrical and call it a day, but like I said, won't hear even that difference.

Pretty much. The BL is a bit louder, the Q is smoother.

I think that sounds excellent

Sub up port back, in 3-5cubes is what Fi recommends; I like larger boxes, takes less power to get what I want =]

I can see your pics of the comps, the truck and the woofers, or do you mean others?

It won't hurt the sub, it'll shine once you get a box up to spec though

Without jumping too far off topic, what don't you like about Focal? I like the towers I heard, except for the fact that the highs seemed a little too pronounced for my liking.