Few Q's on how to get the sound I want

[dropkick13 0]

I have a few questions about how to obtain the sound I like from the equipment I have:

-Avic D3 head unit

-PRS 720's speakers running passive off a JL 300/4

-RL-p12 w/ 1.35 cu ft sealed powered by a JBL 1200.1

...and I have an 06 Silverado ext cab

I have been running this set up for about a year now and I enjoy it but I feel like I could get more from it.

My complaints:

The factory Bose front and rear speakers really filled the truck with sound. Now with the Pioneers (only having front speakers), the truck doesn't sound as full, if that makes sense. I mean that I can hear the music coming straight from the speaker as if it were a direct line to my ear rather than before where it sounded like the music was coming from everywhere.

I also would like my bass to be tighter. I'll admit to being a bit of a bass head but I don't like the heavy, long bass notes that end up rattling everything in my truck including my ear drums. I do like the real tight punch that comes from the bass drum and I like that to be nice and loud. I listen to a decent amount of punk/metal and nothing beats the feel from a song w/ double bass cranked up so that it feels like I am on a long flight w/ a crying 4 year old behind me kicking my seat.

What can I do about these two 'problems'? I imagine there's a lot of options: speaker placement, running active, head unit settings, amp settings, and as far as the bass goes, I am probably going to build a ported box anyway so what should I tune to? I really only have a max of about 1.8 to 2 cubes to work with for space though. Would sound deadening help?

Thanks guys

[johnecon2001 82]

Short of running your front speakers active in order to send a bit more power to your mids.. have you deadened and prepped your doors yet? A lot of sound can be lost in a leaky door. Your Bose stuff probably had specially made speaker boxes and baffles for each driver correct? You can't put new drivers in those, because they're not made for those drivers. And you can't just pop them in the door because a door is metal.. and resonates.

This should help fill the gap between your front stage and your subwoofer frequency wise.

Another thing you should look into doing is shrinking your box. A smaller sealed box will catch some of the upper low end frequencies a little better than a larger one will. You can also stuff the current box with Polyfill to see if it helps or not.

[dropkick13 0]

I have not yet deadedned as I'm waiting for a little money to come my way. I made my own baffles and used modeling clay to fill any voids.

So you think I need catch the higher frequencies? What if I built a ported box?

[akjay907 0]

off topic: You listen to drop kick murphys?

[dropkick13 0]

off topic: You listen to drop kick murphys?

Yes but the screen name is coincidence. Dropkick was a dumb nick name I picked up in high school but I'm not really creative when making up a screen name so...voila heh