Thumpper

I'm not going to waste any time to paint or carpet this one it's only temporary until I get my hands on a 2nd W10gti

it"s a JBL W10gti enclosure is 1.75cf3 plus displacements tuned at 26hz

the HX2's are OK .... but they are painfull when you are use to having good detail on the bottom end they are a bit peaky to me ( I lied...ALOT peaky ) and they unload to easily down in the sub sonics for my taste it did well for the year and for the $100 I paid for it

got the fiberglass done , drop on the top with a bit of sanding and I will no longer have to listen to that Rockford Punch HX2 anymore ( thank gawwd ....LOL ) listening to that thing bang for a year was almost painfull

finally got a place for my extra battery

breaking in the table saw and getting back into the swing of things with the sub I am using and the design this build is like putting a front end loader into a mail box......... LOL

anyways...someone from Georgia decided to scoop up my domain name after it expired and he wanted a retarded amount of money for it so I lost the .com and had to settle for .net ...LOL website is back up and it will be updated little by little over the next couple weeks for the guys that sent me pm's I should be frozen out and laid off shortly so I will get to them

it's a Steel City hybrid saw...10" bade and 15 amps I had to custom order to get the full sized cast top...one heavy mofo

almost got the shop re tooled ,just about ready to go again it's gonna be a shame to get the table saw dirty...LOL

I have read everything there is on damping factor...all the stuff for it and against it all you have shown me is something I read back in the early 80's no offence but I believe techs from Companies like Crown over your opinion ( not fact ) they revolve their amp design around achieving a high damping factor and their amps are some of the tightest sounding around..they like other companies that brag about high damping do it for a reason BTW...I have a real tube amp and no they do not have a high damping....it sounds really good and smooth but it is no where near as tight as the YBA sitting beside it with a damping of 3000 not even close unless you are completely deaf

I can tell 20 seconds into a song if the amps have a high effective damping or not I have had pages of discussion about damping factor since the very first car audio forum when the internet started....not worth arguing about because opinions are like buttholes....we all got one all I can say is there is no room in my system for an amp with a low damping factor...I am way to picky in listening for those micro details hidden in the bass and I like it TIGHT I always go for the highest damping factor I can afford.. use short wire runs of thick gage pure OFC and my systems always sound tighter and more controlled than the systems owned by those who think DF doesn't matter...first comment I always get is how tight it sounds.......just the way it is I guess....LOL anyways..... to the OP seriously....try a BPX 2200.1 if you can find one...you won't regret it I had four of them along with the big brother A3000gti and wish I still had them

if you are looking to buy used go to E-Bay and hunt down a JBL/Crown BPX-2200.1 it will give you flexibility of getting full power from 4ohm down to 1 ohm and those things have current servo's with an effective damping factor almost 50 times higher than the amps you have already discussed...tighter bass it"s what I would buy if I was going used , those amps are awsome

the Icon is more of an SQ sub.....personally I would not tune it any higher than 33hz I have had a 12" Icon on 500w rms in a buddies truck and it moved good... took a while to break in but IMO the Icon is one of the nicest sounding subs on the market

well it"s been about 5 years since I had to pack it in but it looks like I am going to live long enough to retire an old man that drives around communicating with whales and continuing my therapy with 5 finger death punch anyways,I will be building enclosures for locals and for pick up...I might ship across Canada but one thing I will NOT ever do again is ship to the US unless the customer takes care of ALL aspects of shipping... I figure the last year I was shipping to the US I ended up building every enclosure for basically free with all the after charges I got nailed with by the shipping companies...some of the shipping bills doubled from the original quotes BTW....I still have absolutely no desire to design enclosures I do not build so please no design requests

still stuck in Kelowna BC welding on Fortis natural gas distribution pipelines... that is going to change soon though , I miss car audio and see more MDF dust in the future

nice craftsmanship but ditch that screen door bracing with over 3000 enclosure builds under my belt I have done extensive testing with all types of configurations of bracing...got some completely mind boggling numbers on the termlab right down to 10hz when it is done right that bracing is more than enough resistance to stop the woofer from cupping 100% of the enclosures internal volume ,that could cost someone that .6db they need to win or the deep low end extension some people need to communicate with whales ( like myself ) screen door bracing changes the EFFECTIVE internal CF3 and if it is bad enough it can also effect tuning....I have seen some SPECTACULAR screen door bracing that looks really cool but if you run bracing IN LINE with the air movement to and from the woofer and the port the woofer can CUP all the internal CF3 giving you max efficiency and performance of the enclosure

I forgot how good the HX2's sound... Rockford Fosgate did a big boo boo replacing them with the T series IMO

I just use wood glue the kerfing was fun with the skill saw.....LOL I'm really happy with the final result... very good out put for being a single 12" tuned so low

this one is 2.0 cf3 tuned at 30hz

all done ignore the bungie cord...it's going by by tomorrow when I install the brackets no paint or carpet,,,,this is only temporary till I am ready to fiberglass pods for the two 10"

I can not wait to get a table saw....slow going anyways...starting to take shape

got my hands on a mint 12" Punch HX2 , I can not resist building an enclosure to play with this thing..... no table saw or router so I'm skill and jig sawing this one

sold