Jump to content

benz280se

Members
  • Content Count

    157
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by benz280se

  1. benz280se

    Bass question?

    haha shit on a wall...
  2. benz280se

    Bass question?

    also check the coils maybe one is out?
  3. benz280se

    Bass question?

    are you clipping your system? after looking at all the equipment you have you might be sending a distorted signal to your woofers after the midway point.
  4. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    that box looks sweet! more pics needed! what kind of wood is that, i'm using birch for mine.the q's should make a good bit of difference i would think. it might not be as dramatic as BL's but the increased power handling with the cooling option should be a big diffrence over the ssd's. i have the old ssd's that are rated at 800w and i have a crossfire vr4000. the ssd's are not going to be able to handle all the power i want to put out, i know i can tune the crossfire to put out roughly 3k-3500 and those q's should take it easily. i have 270a alt, two batcap 2000's, sealed grp 31 batt up front. Yea Thanks bro! I built it myself. Its a single layer of 3/4 MDF. Normally a single layer of MDF would not be able to handle this much power without flex, but my box actually is inside my false floor of my jeep for extra space and to make it tighter. The box has about 6 hours of sanding to about 220 Grit. Then i Stained and varnished it. I did however double baffle the front for the submerged FI symbol. Then i placced random screws in that so that it would have an old timey furniture look to it. All together i was very pleased with it. Also I realllllllly want FI q's just because they can go sealed. Im personally a very big fan of sealed enclosures granted they are not as loud. yeah sealed boxes are nice but i'll never go back to them i just love my boomyness too much lol. yeah i stained mine with a kindof rustic looking to give mine an old piece of furniture look i didnt go with the gloss stain more subdued. ill post pice probably tomorrow.
  5. hi folks i have two 12"ssd's running right now in my car in a 6th order box off of a crossfire VR4000d i have the woofers wired right now @4ohms for 2k. between the q's and the bl's which is the better selection to run in that box and what options would i need? i am not a competitor but i want to be able to slam my woofers now and again without worrying that they will fail. those two ssd's are giving what they can lol. dont get me wrog the ssd's sound great but whats the use of having a 4000watt and 270 amp alt two batcap 2000's if u aint gonna go into beast mode every once and a while? and before anyone slams me for a 6th order box, it's the onlyone besides a fourth order that works in my car. because its an older mercedes with the gas tank behind the rear seat and no way to get any sound unless ported thru the deck.thank for any info!!
  6. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    when they do come in i will make sure to let everyone know what difference the Q's made and probably do a vid. people are impressed with just the ssd's so i can imagine the q's are going to step it up a notch lol
  7. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    that box looks sweet! more pics needed! what kind of wood is that, i'm using birch for mine. the q's should make a good bit of difference i would think. it might not be as dramatic as BL's but the increased power handling with the cooling option should be a big diffrence over the ssd's. i have the old ssd's that are rated at 800w and i have a crossfire vr4000. the ssd's are not going to be able to handle all the power i want to put out, i know i can tune the crossfire to put out roughly 3k-3500 and those q's should take it easily. i have 270a alt, two batcap 2000's, sealed grp 31 batt up front.
  8. benz280se

    2 fi ssd's

    kicker 2500 rated at 2ohms, just be careful tuning it and you are fine there is one for sale on caraudioclassifieds. org. there is also the crossfire vr2000 rated at 2k at 2ohms if you can ever find one for sale. soundigital and stetsom makes amps that do 2k+ at 2ohms
  9. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    dammit so bl's would have been better? man i knew i should have gotten those. peeps was sayin not to get the bl's because they needed big boxes. even tho the specs say they could be in boxes less than 2.8 cu ft
  10. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    i think there was a slight micomunication here. i currently have the ssd's in the box and was deciding on wether to get Q's or Bls. but since the q's work in smaller boxes i went ahead and ordered a set . now i see why people were saying i wouldnt get any gain, musthave thought i already had the q's and was tryin to go up to the bls.
  11. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    my bud says from memory the inside chambers are approx 2.25 ported to 30hz and the main chamber is 3cu tuned to 60hz.
  12. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    . here is a few pics of the box as it was being built. my bud haswon and placed in competitions in texas and louisiana with two 18" sundowns in 6th order in his blazer, so he has a bit of knowledge. il see if he remembers the diminsions and post them. he mentioned that he made this box with the qs in mind.
  13. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    Absolutely the only reason for a BP in car. For your needs 6 > 4 so nice work. Only problem here is that it MUST be designed for the driver being used. Change the driver, change the design. That being said you can model the difference.k well i guess i'll just stay with the ssd's in the current setup. it took a long time for my buddy to build this box it's rock solid, and i really hadn't planned on him making another one just because i got the hankerin for some different woofers lol. thank yall for helpin me out cause otherwise i would have bought the Q's or BL's and probably been dissapointed with them in the box. i reeeally wish there was another way to stick that box in there without havin to bandpass it.
  14. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    yeah i know it isn't optimal because 4th and 6th order boxes arent as musical as a regular ported or sealed box. i know the difference won't be huge but the ssd's i have are not the newer ones they are about 3yrs old.plus the older ssd's are rated for 800w. they are a bit underrated but 1k+ apiece is maxing them out. i am going to need to get a different set of woofers so i can run my amp wired closer to 4k instead of the current 2k. i wanted the q's because the box requirements are similar enough to the ssd's that a new box isn't necassary, they can take the power and they work in smaller boxes. i just dont know what options i should get if i go with those or should i just go with them as is. i will just contact the guys at FI and see what they think also. thanks.
  15. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    oh well i was hoping that i could get away with just cutting and pasting different woofers in the same box. thanks.
  16. benz280se

    12"Q's or BL's and what options 6th order BP?

    thanks, i was lookin at the box specs for all the woofers and they are within the 1.5-2.5 range so i shouldnt have to build a bigger box. i was just thinking that the better power handling capabilities should give me a bit more output and control at the power i want to run them at.
  17. benz280se

    4th order bandpass ???

    thanks for explaining the different points of view to me rather than flaming.at first glance it just seemed that there was a lot or raving and no real answers. and truss i would rather put a good ported box in my trunk, but the way my car is made it just doesn't get enough sound in the cabin. if i could find a good fabricator that would move my gas tank to the bottom of the car all my prayers to the audio gods would be answered!!! but i second the emotion that putting a bandpass in anything other than an application like mine seems like a waste. the one thing that unnerves me about the bandpass is that it's only good for a certain frequency range, anything above and below the range will suckit hard! yeah as far as designing it backwards the "reputable " shop i went to did that about a year ago. because i told them the problem i was having getting my sound into the cabin. and i have completely destroyed my rear deck in this effort. i had always hated bandpass boxes but they promised good output and they were "professionals". i didnt realize until after blowing one of my ssd's and going all over the net trying to find info that i found that the ported and sealed dimensions were reverse what they should have been.
  18. benz280se

    4th order bandpass ???

    well since you guys have ranted and raved enough about people not knowing what they are doing and basically saying that people running bandpass boxes are dumb;can somebody find it in them to answer the question at hand? running a bandpass or a regular box or a woofer stuffed in a trash can and sealed with elmers glue is a matter of choice if you can help the person with the choice that he/she has made with thier intended woofer then do so if not just shut up and let people who are ready to help do so without feeling like they are going to get burned . i have a mercedes 560sec and the gas tank sits behind the rear seat and takes alot of the rear deck space, a bandpass box served me quite well for two ssd's ported through the deck. even though i know now that the box was designed backwards and put together solely with staples (i paid 300 for that mess) but it still pounded like a mutha. anything from about 60-20hz was beast. i wish i could help but i dont know the measurements , maybe someone will step up and help. and before you guys go at me i have tried several different boxes in this trunk. box facing rear port up (trash), round ports facing backwards and slot port facing backwards.-both sounded decent but my trunk lock and the rear lights cant handle all that pressure and my trunk lock broke and had to modify it. also and my rear lights keep blowing because of the massive vibrations. and i do have dynamat and foam in the nooks and crannies of mytrunk.
  19. benz280se

    PowerBass XA 4000d For Sale

    Still for sale?
  20. yeah i had found an escape alt i dont remember what manufacturer, i have it saved somewhere. besides mechman said all he would need is an original and he can make one for me. and i already have the 2400 in the front i had to do a lil convincing and move a couple of brackets but its in there and mine is not a hybrid its a 2003 xlt i would post pics but i am in korea right now and the escape is in AZ. lol to install test and repaet. ive never run anything higher than 2k and i jus wanna make sure i dont make my amp go poof when i get it
  21. ok i know there is a topic here somewhere on this but i have searched using keywords and didnt find what i was lookin for. i would like to know what are suggestions to correctly power a sundown 3500. it is not s competition vehicle jus a daily driver. the speakers will be 4 fi ssd's ( i already own them) run @1ohm. most likely this will go in my ford escape which already has 0ga upgrade, kinetic 2400, batcap800 for electrical. i know i need an alt so i will get probably one runnin at 14-15v 300-400a. i might only compete once or twice but this is just for me to blurr my vision when i'm feelin it. how many batts should i add after i get the alt?
  22. i dont get how you are supposed to be able to use the two ohm option on most four channels amps. mostly the speakers usd for front stage come in 4ohm and they are not dvc so if i run them in parrallel two sets of speakers would be runnin at 1ohm each right? i know there are 2ohm 6.5 speakers out there but its like searchin for a ghost. and i have never seen a dvc 6.5. besides i have enough 6.5's layin around to last for a lifetime. so how do you get the most out of a four channel amp that does say 75x4 @4ohm and 125@2ohm?
  23. benz280se

    how do u use the 2ohm x4 on amps???

    no front to rear fade doesnt bother me. i was just trying to figure how to get more out of the amp without buying a more powerful one or buying more speakers is all. but it looks like the original setup is the best until i buy a bigger four channel.
  24. benz280se

    how do u use the 2ohm x4 on amps???

    i see what you are saying and that makes sense, didn't think about the peakers sharing the increased load between them. dammit i thought i had it figured out. anybody know of some 6.5's that come in two ohm?
  25. benz280se

    how do u use the 2ohm x4 on amps???

    ya know i appreciate the responses, even the ones i didn't understand lol. but i was trying to make things complicated and they didnt have to be. after i was reminded that 4ohm drops to 2ohm in parallel all i had to do was take my rear speakers and wire them with the front so instead of having fader front to rear i just have left and right. DUH?! there is no need to bridge them since the power can be had at 2ohm stereo.
×