HELP!!! Audioque HDC3 12" Box

[tericke 0]

I Order an Audioque HDC3 12" sub and I was wondering is a 3 cubic ft box tuned to 35Hz is good? I really want deep bass and I want to know if this well get loud? It will be powered off a MB Quart onx1.1500d.

[Julian 641]

Lol, Deep...

[Moofs 1]

Loud depends on the person but yes, it'll get decently loud. Try like 2.5 cubes tuned to 38hz. Make sure u run that slut off 1 ohm with that amp.

Edited August 10, 2011 by Moofs

[Duran 387]

Is your definition of, "deep bass" above 30 Hz.?

[///M5 2,833]

Perhaps you should change your order to something else.

[tericke 0]

It would cost to much to change the order from where I live, basically I was told THE HDC3 get loud but it likes high tuning but Im not a real big fan of the high tuning, so i want to know if the 3 cubic ft box tuned to 35Hz would sound good and loud.

[An-i-no 86]

It would cost to much to change the order from where I live, basically I was told THE HDC3 get loud but it likes high tuning but Im not a real big fan of the high tuning, so i want to know if the 3 cubic ft box tuned to 35Hz would sound good and loud.

You bought a sub that you heard did the opposite of what you want......?

Like really though...you wanted a Camaro and got a Suburban? Anyway Hdc's are a "holy fuck...I can taste the bass" kind of sub. They like 36+. If you wanted to be able to drop down into the 20's you fucked up. (Cuz you bought the wrong sub)

[Luke.H 33]

That sub doesn't "like" high tuning. Most of the people who run them choose to tune their boxes that way.

[Duran 387]

That sub doesn't "like" high tuning. Most of the people who run them choose to tune their boxes that way.

No...they require relatively high tuning. They are designed for it.

[Ohjay 116]

That sub doesn't "like" high tuning. Most of the people who run them choose to tune their boxes that way.

No...they require relatively high tuning. They are designed for it.

^this^

Isn't recommended tuning 38hz?

[bakedboy08@yahoo.com 6]

I think so, subs that arent ment to get low and deep usually need a higher tuning, OP i think you should have done a little more research on sub choice but honestly i dont think you will be disappointed in the end, iv heard those things get pretty damn loud, and 3cuft might be a little too big for a 12". id say anywhere from 2.25 to 2.5 would be good

[Ohjay 116]

1.75-2.75 cubic feet depending on goals/power.

[Luke.H 33]

Yes, I was wrong. I was thinking he meant the 15". The 15" and the 12" vary quite a bit. I wouldn't have said that in regards to the 12. For the 15 I came up with a box size of 3.24ft^3 tuned at 26.14Hz with a 3db roll off starting at 20.68Hz. I used general formulas to find the ideal box specifications for the flattest response curve. When it was implied that the HD's liked a certain tuning this is what I had in mind. The 12 came out to 38Hz. My apologies.