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  1. QuestionMan

    Battery Terminals

    http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KBT-30N I have their other set that only holds one 1/0, and another if you want to use a ring terminal. It's easy to use, and look pretty good too haha
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    table saw kickback

    Yes, i've used a table saw before, before anyone asks lol. But never for a box with mdf. The table saws i've used have always been pretty big, like shop table saws. I recently borrowed a 10" table saw from a buddy who builds boxes with it, but it's small as hell. It's really small, especially for the box i'm making (the biggest sides are 39.5"x21"). I even put tables on two sides, to help support the wood as it goes along the blade. I used a circular saw to make the mdf as small as possible for the saw, cutting the 4x8 in (about) half. Everytime i take a piece across, it kicksback pretty bad. Now i know i'm not the first person to use a small table saw for a big project, and i'm not looking for a scolding from anyone. If anyone could help me out a little bit and tell me what they did in something like this, it'd help a lot. Thanks for reading and (maybe ) replying
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    another carpeting thread

    I did search 'box carpet',and you'd be amazed (sarcasm) how much those two words are used on this forum. lol, i went through about 15 pages and found some good info on where to get it,but i still have one question. A lot of people said they got their carpet from a hobby store,and i'm just curious what kind of carpet to look for when i get there. I could be wrong, but i don't see them having "sub enclosure carpet", so i really just need a name to call it... If i can't find it at a hobby store, i guess partsexpress.com is the next choice ($5.85/yd... much better than crutchfield's $30 for 3yds.)
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    Your killing me Scott. . .

    Just make sure it doesn't turn out to be 369 lbs, 23" tall, and mad mikes new favorite toy. ... nah, scott wouldn't do that
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    Can someone check the tuning for me?

    On some of the formulas it asks for the ports diameter, so i put it in just in case. Thanks!
  6. Could someone check and make sure this is right for me?: 39.5 x 21x 20.25 box (outer dimensions, i'm using .75" mdf) 4.5 x 19.5 port (10.57 in. diameter, if you need it) 24 inch port length i got just a little below 33 hz. I just don't want to find out it's wrong after i make the cuts and all. Thanks a lot
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    Vent length

    Well for the Vb, i had 7^3 ft. as the net volume in both of them, and my dimensions on the box are around (i have some wiggle room to make it to 7cubes after port) 40x21x19
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    Vent length

    assuming i was supposed to make a net volume and add the port on when i'm done, i went ahead and used that formula, and it said i needed 25 inches of vent length for 32 hz. I used: 10.57 inch diameter (4.5x19.5 slot) 1 port 7 cubic feet 32 hz end correction of .723 Here's the link Just to see, i went to JLs Tutorial, and for end correction, I used the 25 inches from the other result, and added 2.25 because the width of the port was 4.5 (27.25 for total Vb). I used the same numbers for everything else, and the tuning came out to be 31 hz. Did i do the end correction right here? 1 hz isn't much. i'd just like to know... I know it's long but i'm really trying to learn this, so bear with me if you can haha
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    Vent length

    i haven't done anything with audio in months, and i'm wanting to make a new box.. just making sure everythings right, as i didn't know much to begin with lol. To get the vent length, i'm using: . Is that right? it seems like theres a ton of equations for the same thing, and i dont know which one to trust. The other question is that with Vb, am i using the volume of the box, including the port, or do i subtract the port from the volume? The second seems hard to do if what i'm trying to do is to find out how much volume the port is going to take up... Thanks for reading, and maybe answering :bigclap:
  10. Just curious, but is the area right in front of the subs still considered the port? how'd you take that into account when you calculated the tuning? Awesome scores by the way
  11. I'd really like to learn (not ask here whenever i have a question) how the amp draws current, and where it draws from (how the alternator comes in to play and such). A buddy was asking me if he should get 2 bls, and i told him his electrical couldn't handle it if he were to power them as much as he wanted to. I'm pretty confident what i told him was right, but i'd really like to know more, it just bugs me to tell him that and not know why myself lol. Anyone know of a good link or two so i can learn about this?
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    Component setup help

    Sounds good to me, but if i were to do that, isn't that a little much power for a tweet? Thanks for the help.. and i know it won't be exact, but you think this will be out around november?
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    Component setup help

    Really haven't been on here much, so i'm even more out of the loop than i was. I planned on waiting till next spring (after cross country and wrestling) to do more with my audio, but i can't wait. To start off, i really don't know a whole lot about speakers or tweeters, but i want something with good quality and good price, and from the looks of it, the Mach5 MLI-65 is great for the money. I'd also need some tweeters, and when i searched, most people recommended SEAs tweeters to compliment the mli. Does that sound good, what model of the tweeters, and are there any other suggestions? I was thinking a 100x2 amp for the mli's (sundown, maybe), and just power the tweets from my HU, but then i don't have a good way to crossover them. So what should i do there? Sorry for the ignorance in advance. lol. Please keep in mind that i don't need an all out SQ setup, and i don't need top of the line. What i do need is something that can keep up and sound well enough with what i have (18 bl and saz1500). Thanks for reading.
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    My box still smells

    I wondered about that, but i figured carpeting wouldn't help the wood on the inside (not fiberglassed), which the sub moved that air outside the box constantly. I've been telling myself i was going to carpet since i got it in, just never got around lol. guess it's time.
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    My box still smells

    Well i installed it mid june(?), everything has worked great. Whenever i took people, they said my truck smells weird. I never really thought about it, but last weekend i drove a group to the football game (they chose the guy with an 11 mpg truck to drive 1.5 hours there, wtf lol) and took the box out for the ride up. When i put it back in a couple days later, i noticed the smell. I guess i just got used to it, and never noticed. I know it's not my sub, because it can smell funny when i get in it for the first time in a couple days, when nothing has been playing. I really can't describe it, it's a mixture of things. Wood would definitly be one smell, but could it be silicone? I wouldn't think so after so long, but i'd really like to figure out what it is. Sorry for the long post, thanks for reading oh and air freshners don't work. lol
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