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12's in my double cab

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by montgomery_30824, Aug 5, 2008.

  1. Aug 5, 2008 at 7:50 PM
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    montgomery_30824

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    well i spent the better part of today designing and building a box for my sony 12's. it started out as boxes for some 10's i was gonna ttrade my 12's for but then i got to looking and decided i could get 12's in there. here is a pic of one of the boxes. it fits with some finageling but i am not sure on how it will sound , not sure about the cubic air space in the box.. tested it on my home stereo and it sounded ok for a home deal. when i get my power wires ran and amps hooked up i will post some more info. till then adios.

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  2. Aug 5, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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    rick

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    turn em wayy up to listen to the preseason #1 games
     
  3. Aug 5, 2008 at 7:55 PM
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    HerNameIsLucy

    HerNameIsLucy I miss Lucy. :-(

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    Are you going to port them or leave them sealed?
     
  4. Aug 5, 2008 at 7:57 PM
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    i am gonna leave them sealed. i am not a big fan of ported boxes. too tight of a freq band.
     
  5. Aug 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM
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    HerNameIsLucy I miss Lucy. :-(

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    Excellent. I don't care for the whistling I hear (even at my age) from ported boxes. Also like the damping effect sealed enclosures have. Much tighter bass. Only drawback is you need a lot more power for the same sound pressure.

    Far as the 12's in the 10 boxes volume-wise, never tried that. When I sold my Klipsch Cornwalls because of moving into a much smaller house I missed the bass, so I bought a box and a JBL 12 incher to use with a couple little satellites in the living room. The box is friggin huge, only way I'd get them in my Taco is if I took the mini-seats out of the rear and bolted them down instead.
     
  6. Aug 6, 2008 at 4:13 AM
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    power isnt a concern for me. i have one sony 1200 watt amp for each 12. had this set up in my extended cab ranger and with the windows down it rocked. hoping since there is more air space in the cab of my tacoma it will hit even harder.
     
  7. Aug 6, 2008 at 4:49 AM
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    2400 watts of bass....I'd love to hear that! Or I should say I'd love to FEEL that!
     
  8. Aug 6, 2008 at 5:47 AM
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    its nice!!!!! my wife says she can hear me about 3 minutes before i get home.
     
  9. Aug 6, 2008 at 5:57 AM
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    Nice setup, thats a lot of power. Is that 1000W RMS power or peak?
     
  11. Aug 6, 2008 at 8:23 AM
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    i run it bridged at 4 ohms.

    2 x 400 Watts Max @ 4 OHM
    2 x 200 Watts RMS @ 4 OHM
    2 x 600 Watts Max @ 2 OHM
    2 x 250 Watts RMS @ 2 OHM
    1 x 1200 Watts Max @ 4 OHM
    Bridged
    1 x 500 Watts RMS @ 4 OHM
    Bridged.
     
  12. Aug 8, 2008 at 9:26 AM
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    be careful with sony subs and amps, there overrated, running the subs at the max rms is going to destroy them very fast
     
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    this is true.
    but not everyone has the same results.
    buddy of mine had th 1200w xplode amp and it constantly got hot and shut off. returned it twice.
    but ya never know
    hope it all works out for you man :thumbsup:
     
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    yea my buddy had all sony xplod system, turned it on, played about 6 hours, over heated lol
     
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    if you don't mind me asking where are you going to put them...i have a dc as well and i cannot make sense on where to put them...i have two alphasonic 12"s from my last ride but don't know where to put them...
     
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    well i am sadened to tell everyone this but even though i did get the 12 in the box behind the seat i could tell that there isnt quite enough airspace in the box that i built to really get the lows maybe you could make each chamber of the box half the width of the truck and i think it would be fine but i dont think my amps would fit under the seats and i didnt feel like pulling out the front seats to find out they dont fit. the highs sound good but nothing like 12s should so i traded the to a guy at werk fo a pair of JL Audio 10s. :( anywho. about the over heating problem. i had this set up in my ranger for a couple years and never had a problem with over heating. checks your grounds. they must be at least the same diameter/gauge wire as your power wire. resistance=heat. but with the tight space in the tacoma i am gonna install two 4" fans to circulate the air behind the seat.
     
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    You meant to use the smiley face emote right? I think you came out much better from this deal
     
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    always a sad face when i have to down size my subs. but those jl's hit pretty good. got them hooked up in the box the came in and they sound really good. kinda surprised me.
     
  19. Aug 12, 2008 at 5:51 AM
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    That's no down grade. The JL's are a much better driver, IMO, than the Sony's, even if they are smaller. You should have better power handling with the JL and more Xmax, both should add up to stronger bass response.
     
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    are you putting those behind your rear seat? where are you mounting your amp? i have a similar problem and have yet to come up with "good" solution. by the way, nice cbr in the pics. got one very similar.
     

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