Did I waste my money on these subs?

[cobracommander 0]

I guess i'll be the first to say this since after 21 posts, i still don't see this posted-

You can't ask the question which will be louder by doing a direct sub swap and nothing else. that's an almost impossible question to answer.

Secondly, yes the Fi Qs are their SQ sub line but CVXs aren't bad subs either. You keep wanting SQ and LouD...

Everybody wants good SQ but loud for their money... who doesn't?

You broke me when you said that you used bass boost.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET A FLAT RESPONSE WHEN USING BASS BOOST?

You might as well pull the sealed box(es) out of your ride and build a nice ported box tuned to 32hz for example and have someone else set your amp up right because it isn't setup correctly right now and you will definitely love it over what you have now.

Basically, you have a setup that is designed for your tastes to have good control and "suppose" to have a good smooth range in spl to your ear but you have bass boost engaged which is centering a boost at a certain range so it just throws the whole flat response out the window.

So basically, you DO want a ported box.

Go back over what i just said because this is what you have told us and i just explained what i means so re-evaluate your goal seriously because i think you want ported and just don't know it or are trying to tell yourself you don't wnat it because you have either never had ported or a bad experience or are afraid because you may think ported is just a devastating peaky, boomy box.... If you think the last option i said... that's bandpass... not ported, (bandpassed designs are not a good choice for music clarity.)

The bandpass design i am thinking on doing in my sig is kinda complicated.... Not the same BP i am referring to if wondering.

i was just gonna post something like this lol

Q would have been a better choice for a sealed box

using bass boost will throw you 'flat response' right out of the window, i mean think about it, you want a flat response but you are dialing in probably a 12db boost at 40hz.

you could have built a ported box and tuned it low probably mid to high 20s and have a flat response yet retain more output

what kind of music do you listen to, if you say rap or rock (most) forget a flat response or 'sq' because i gurantee that isnt the sound you are looking for, unless you are listening to jazz or classical

[///M5 2,833]

Shizzon is spot on. Regrettably you aren't really a Q buyer and you are using the wrong alignment. Buy the BL's and port them and you will have what you want.

You shouldn't ever use bass boost.

most of the time but not always. ive had the gain maxed and had to turn the bass boost up to get full output due to a very weak signal source mp3 player. once i switched the source to a better one bass boost was dropped to 0 and gain lowered to 1/3 to get same output. most signal sources now though wont require any bass boost and wont need to max gains to reach full power.

That is still NOT a valid reason to use it. You should also never have the gain maxed either. Please stop making recommendations to people as you obviously have no clue what you are doing at all.