Introducing the all new SSA F8L 8" Subwoofer.

[ManzKea 152]

6 hours ago, matt_bennett05 said:

Looking forward to the pair I just ordered! Two on about 2k in my 4 door S10 to replace the HDD12 that the car seat is pushing out! 

Yes. Let us know my man! And welcome to the forum

[matt_bennett05 0]

14 hours ago, ManzKea said:

Yes. Let us know my man! And welcome to the forum

Thanks. First 8" subs ever and hoping they will do what I'm hoping for. Big installs to a small setup but hoping for a surprising outcome.  No more toys like I'm used to since a little man is on the way!!!

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

On 10/29/2017 at 9:31 PM, matt_bennett05 said:

Looking forward to the pair I just ordered! Two on about 2k in my 4 door S10 to replace the HDD12 that the car seat is pushing out! 

Oh nice.  Thank you.  Look forward to hearing your feedback.

[matt_bennett05 0]

Who would be the best person to get a ported box design drawn up for these two F8L?

[SS Teacher 177]

23 minutes ago, matt_bennett05 said:

Who would be the best person to get a ported box design drawn up for these two F8L?

I ordered a box design from the SSA store when I bought my XCONN.  I told them exactly what I wanted, gave them the max dimensions and they designed it for me.  The cut sheet was super helpful, everything was clear and easy to understand, but most of all, the sub sounds great in that box.

[matt_bennett05 0]

25 minutes ago, SS Teacher said:

I ordered a box design from the SSA store when I bought my XCONN.  I told them exactly what I wanted, gave them the max dimensions and they designed it for me.  The cut sheet was super helpful, everything was clear and easy to understand, but most of all, the sub sounds great in that box.

Guess I should have looked better in the store!!!

[altoncustomtech 773]

I just ordered a pair myself. I’ll have to model and design an enclosure for mine, if you know what your maximum dimensions are and other pertinent information such as desired tuning frequency and sub/port orientation, I could help you with a design if you like.

[altoncustomtech 773]

Got my two in today. For such little subs they sure make you go “WHOA!” when you pick one up. 20lbs for an 8” sub is definitely not typical, lol.

While it’s still strange to me to see “Made in China” on the side of a box with the SSA logo right above it, the little beasties seem to have the build quality, fit and finish one expects to see where the SSA brand is involved. I know in my heart they never would have been approved for and financed into production if they didn’t.

The T/S parameters are pretty nice across the board and in a few aspects a notable difference over comparable offerings from other manufacturers. They also enter well in WinISD with everything checking out through the auto calculations very very close to published specs. With an EBP of 120 they are DEFINITELY only meant to be used in a ported alignment, they’re never gonna work in a sealed enclosure. That’s probably the only oddity I myself notice in the parameters and probably only because I have never seen an EBP that high before. 

I’m currently trying to kick off the build in my 2007 Grand Prix and I plan to build a modular interface at the trunk opening where the seats fold down so that I can build enclosures for the F8L’s, my soon to be revived 10” DCON’s and a pair of NVX XQW 12’s so that I can slide each enclosure in and out for testing. I am going to build a sealing system and a locking mechanism into it so that each of those and any other enclosure I build for whatever testing purposes will have the same great seal into the cabin of the car. 

Well, enough of that jazz how about a little box opening porn??  Well as soon as I get the pictures to upload...  damn slow rural internet connection...

 

[altoncustomtech 773]

Double boxed to help ensure the little monsters arrive safe and sound. 

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

That little monster is pure sexiness!! Thanks for posting.

[ManzKea 152]

Looks great! Keep us posted. Thanks for uploading those pics 

[matt_bennett05 0]

Started my box for the pair that came Thurs. Beefy little jokers that's for sure. I've got about 1.55 cubes before port and sub displacement to work with. Going to try precision ports. I've got 12" of depth, 22" length, and 14" width (and yes this is ID specs not OD). Calculated a 3" ID @ 10.2"L. Does this sound right for 32hz or am I off? Is there anything else I should consider?

[matt_bennett05 0]

Have some more tweaking to do but should be playing tonight!!!!!

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

1 minute ago, matt_bennett05 said:

Have some more tweaking to do but should be playing tonight!!!!!

Excellent, i'm sure you'll love them.  I just got mine going last night, and they sound amazing!

[matt_bennett05 0]

These things are super smooth and do handle more power than I'd have presumed but the output isn't quite enough for me. I knew that they weren't going to be nearly what I'm accustomed to but the mids/highs seem to overpower them on about 320watts with subs seeing about 1800/2K

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

15 hours ago, matt_bennett05 said:

These things are super smooth and do handle more power than I'd have presumed but the output isn't quite enough for me. I knew that they weren't going to be nearly what I'm accustomed to but the mids/highs seem to overpower them on about 320watts with subs seeing about 1800/2K

What is your box volume after displacement?

[matt_bennett05 0]

On 11/9/2017 at 9:13 AM, Aaron Clinton said:

What is your box volume after displacement?

1.4

[Xib@lb@ 0]

Port area seems  a little small for one thing, but I am newer to a lot of this.  At the recommended 15 sq in per cu ft of box volume would put you at needing 21 sq in of total port area.  A 3" aero only has an area of around 7.065 sq in.    Even if each were in its own chamber and had a dedicated port and had 0.7 cu ft of volume after displacement, they would still need 10.5 sq in of port area minimum for each sub and port.  

[matt_bennett05 0]

Guess the online port calculator proved me wrong. It told me I needed 8.2" @ 3" ID for a 32hz tune (leaving 4" from back of port). And I did flare the port pretty damm good for a first try 

[ManzKea 152]

You got pics of the Box 

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]