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[pimppistol 0]

i dont know if its my subs suck, the amp, or the box i built.... i have a single 12" Kicker CVR, in a box with insulation, and a few small drill holes to let a lil air out, and a 600w rms infinity amp. the dry notes im talking about...

like in bass, i love you,by.... basstronics?? i forgot who it is, but that really really low note. i cant hear it at all. when i had 2 12" in my back seat, i could see the subs moving like crazy, but not much sound or feeling in the car. but now its in my trunk with 1 12", which im suprised sounds the same, if not better than how it was. i havent looked to see if it flexed like crazy, but i know i cant hear it in the car. theres also... i put on, by young jeezy or whatever. i cant think of anything else at the top of my head...

but is that cuz my sub/amp/ box suck? or what could it be?

and also, the amp is 2 channel. since i have one speaker, should i have the positive on one channel and the negative on the other channel? or both on one?

[Duran 387]

It's a low frequency, the human ear has a hearing spectrum from about 20-20,000 Hz. for an average person. You cannot hear the note but you can feel it, because tactile senses are more sensitive than hearing.

[pimppistol 0]

It's a low frequency, the human ear has a hearing spectrum from about 20-20,000 Hz. for an average person. You cannot hear the note but you can feel it, because tactile senses are more sensitive than hearing.

thats the thing...i cant even feel it...

[BKOLFO4 29]

Assuming it is not just your hearing and the amp SSF is not turned up too high, or the LP filter too low. . .Box design (in your case - sealed box design is pretty much just the internal volume) and the parameters of the sub are more than likely hurting you.

I have a small sealed sub in my truck right now and I have several songs I loved to play as demos in my subruban that I now hear nothing but hopeless flapping with my current subwoofer when playing those songs. . .

New box, maybe new sub for you if you want to hear/feel those notes.

Brian

[Duran 387]

Wall it Brian

[tejcurrent 13]

i dont know if its my subs suck, the amp, or the box i built.... i have a single 12" Kicker CVR, in a box with insulation, and a few small drill holes to let a lil air out, and a 600w rms infinity amp. the dry notes im talking about...

like in bass, i love you,by.... basstronics?? i forgot who it is, but that really really low note. i cant hear it at all. when i had 2 12" in my back seat, i could see the subs moving like crazy, but not much sound or feeling in the car. but now its in my trunk with 1 12", which im suprised sounds the same, if not better than how it was. i havent looked to see if it flexed like crazy, but i know i cant hear it in the car. theres also... i put on, by young jeezy or whatever. i cant think of anything else at the top of my head...

but is that cuz my sub/amp/ box suck? or what could it be?

and also, the amp is 2 channel. since i have one speaker, should i have the positive on one channel and the negative on the other channel? or both on one?

I agree it's probably a deeper note than you can physically hear. Question though - does your box really have holes to let the air out?

[pimppistol 0]

Assuming it is not just your hearing and the amp SSF is not turned up too high, or the LP filter too low. . .Box design (in your case - sealed box design is pretty much just the internal volume) and the parameters of the sub are more than likely hurting you.

I have a small sealed sub in my truck right now and I have several songs I loved to play as demos in my subruban that I now hear nothing but hopeless flapping with my current subwoofer when playing those songs. . .

New box, maybe new sub for you if you want to hear/feel those notes.

Brian

ok... i have input, LP, and bass boost. i have input at about 3 oclock, and the other two at 6 oclock. you know what i mean? when i turn the input up, when the radio is off, the sub will buzz real loud. the louder the input is, the louder the buzz. i dont know what the LP is, and bass boost is the only one i know what is, mainly because of the name.

[pimppistol 0]

i dont know if its my subs suck, the amp, or the box i built.... i have a single 12" Kicker CVR, in a box with insulation, and a few small drill holes to let a lil air out, and a 600w rms infinity amp. the dry notes im talking about...

like in bass, i love you,by.... basstronics?? i forgot who it is, but that really really low note. i cant hear it at all. when i had 2 12" in my back seat, i could see the subs moving like crazy, but not much sound or feeling in the car. but now its in my trunk with 1 12", which im suprised sounds the same, if not better than how it was. i havent looked to see if it flexed like crazy, but i know i cant hear it in the car. theres also... i put on, by young jeezy or whatever. i cant think of anything else at the top of my head...

but is that cuz my sub/amp/ box suck? or what could it be?

and also, the amp is 2 channel. since i have one speaker, should i have the positive on one channel and the negative on the other channel? or both on one?

I agree it's probably a deeper note than you can physically hear. Question though - does your box really have holes to let the air out?

yeah cuz when i first built it and set it up, i wated a day to test it, but i guess it wasnt completely dry, and one of the sides came off,so i just put a few small small holes just to let a little out. was acutallya friends idea cuz he knows a lil more than i do. it looks dumb,but i dunno

[The enD 467]

I think you are doing it wrong.

Leaky box, bass boost, supposingly wrong gain settings.

Bass, I love you has a 17 Hz note.

[KU40 173]

i have a single 12" Kicker CVR, in a box with insulation, and a few small drill holes to let a lil air out,

Why in the world did you do this? Now you have a leaky box, which, depending on the size of the holes, can vastly reduce performance of the sub and make it very quiet.

[pimppistol 0]

all i have to do is fill em up. i mean, theyre like... small small. so i guess i can easily just fill em up.

after i do that, how should i have the settings?

also, i have a hole where i put the wires through to the speaker... what should i do about that? its also a small hole, just enough so the 2 wires can fit through. but there still might be a lil air coming through

Edited April 30, 2010 by PiMpPiStOl

[The enD 467]

all i have to do is fill em up. i mean, theyre like... small small. so i guess i can easily just fill em up.

after i do that, how should i have the settings?

also, i have a hole where i put the wires through to the speaker... what should i do about that? its also a small hole, just enough so the 2 wires can fit through. but there still might be a lil air coming through

Fill them up.

Bass Boost to minimum, read first and fourth pinned topics here SSA Car Audio Forum -> Amplifiers / Head Units / Processors / Electrical and set your gains.

Fill that up too. Silicon works well. for small leaks like that.

[pimppistol 0]

the holes are filling up now. should be dry tonight and ill sand it down....

and those threads... not much help. for one, i dont really know what its talking about. and also, i dont have one of those dmm things, or know anyone who does. i did what you said and turned bass boost off, and i dont feel anything after that.... so yeah. i mean, it sounds good the way it is on most songs... its just songs like that, and those low notes, it doesnt work well