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Nice job steve, I'm sure once your able to hold a 14v and add that other 5k you will have the numbers your chasing.

I don't want to see anymore recones out of you sir!

Great idea, I think I'm gonna start from scratch, this box is not the prettiest, although it is very strong. I have recently began the process of joining a local car club, one of those really spiffy shiny ones lol (Project Mayem out of Nashville) so, a more appealing enclosure is to be obtained. I will simply need to build a seperate enclosure for comps, as I've noticed that maybe I am asking too much out of an enclosure to play double duty. Although my ports are easily interchangable, other factors that play a vital role in SPL are not. Such as internal volume, box placement, etc. This is something that Shizzzon has taught me so I feel its best to not try and force one enclosure to achieve my goals.

This seems to be the issue. I believe this hit it right on the nose and I thank you for your input. I would also like to thank everyone who actually gave me suggestions on how to approach this problem. Today, I placed my subwoofer inside another enclosure that belongs to a local member, swift. And all seems fine, the subwoofer showed no signs of stress and sounded great. So the conclusion to this is that, in MY application, I could NOT use a larger enclosure. Swift will begin building my next enclosure soon. WONDERFUL news. I can relax now. In a way this topic is nice in the fact that some people can see that many car audio aimed sub woofers have a happy range in which their enclosures should be and the power they should get. Example, Dcon's like smaller boxes on modest power, where as Xcon's like bigger boxes on bigger power. All relative to the sub woofer and the environment it is in. Sorry about that Aaron As stated before, I was simply asking for advice, which I recieved to try and help me. In the end, I learned how much of an role that enclosures have on subwoofers.

This seems to be the issue. I believe this hit it right on the nose and I thank you for your input. I would also like to thank everyone who actually gave me suggestions on how to approach this problem. Today, I placed my subwoofer inside another enclosure that belongs to a local member, swift. And all seems fine, the subwoofer showed no signs of stress and sounded great. So the conclusion to this is that, in MY application, I could NOT use a larger enclosure. Swift will begin building my next enclosure soon. This seems to be the issue. I believe this hit it right on the nose and I thank you for your input. I would also like to thank everyone who actually gave me suggestions on how to approach this problem. Today, I placed my subwoofer inside another enclosure that belongs to a local member, swift. And all seems fine, the subwoofer showed no signs of stress and sounded great. So the conclusion to this is that, in MY application, I could NOT use a larger enclosure. Swift will begin building my next enclosure soon. Good find, I learned something new today myself about enclosures. Glad you got it worked out. Thanks, yes, I have learned how important of a role the enclosure plays. I hope to have a much better results now. Just to clear everything up, I have ALWAYS stand behind SSA and this fault is MY doing and I do apologize for any confusion. The subwoofer is in 100% working condition. The flex in your truck had me like glad to hear you have your issue ironed out.. now let's hope there is not damage... Was the scrapping/scratching noise present at all Sen? No, the scratching noise completely went away. I played a few songs off my ipod that I am familiar, one paticular song my T.I. that drops extremely low and all you could see was wonderful sub porn

I haz no sand on my clam?

:yes: :omg:

Love the progress and pics! Keep em coming and don't get sick again

Really Really need pics.

Awesome job Mark! So what did it meter? I see the picture of the screen but its reading 00 Was also interested in knowing hows the voltage with 3 D3100s handling 4krms.

gotta get more audio and recent vids up. I'll sub then Maybe make a playlist for audio and other playlist for family outings and such?

Build looks great. I love those RCA's. Would you be willing to build a set of 3 for me and ship them?

The flex in your truck had me like

This seems to be the issue. I believe this hit it right on the nose and I thank you for your input. I would also like to thank everyone who actually gave me suggestions on how to approach this problem. Today, I placed my subwoofer inside another enclosure that belongs to a local member, swift. And all seems fine, the subwoofer showed no signs of stress and sounded great. So the conclusion to this is that, in MY application, I could NOT use a larger enclosure. Swift will begin building my next enclosure soon. Good find, I learned something new today myself about enclosures. Glad you got it worked out. Thanks, yes, I have learned how important of a role the enclosure plays. I hope to have a much better results now. Just to clear everything up, I have ALWAYS stand behind SSA and this fault is MY doing and I do apologize for any confusion. The subwoofer is in 100% working condition.

This seems to be the issue. I believe this hit it right on the nose and I thank you for your input. I would also like to thank everyone who actually gave me suggestions on how to approach this problem. Today, I placed my subwoofer inside another enclosure that belongs to a local member, swift. And all seems fine, the subwoofer showed no signs of stress and sounded great. So the conclusion to this is that, in MY application, I could NOT use a larger enclosure. Swift will begin building my next enclosure soon.

The SSF setting on the AQ is not JUST shy of 50hz. So I am assuming in the neighborhood of ~46hz. Then simply put, if it has to be THAT high... the box is WAY too large for music. This makes me I was under the impression that a larger enclosure would result in a more sufficent manner when utilizing less power for a larger subwoofer that has a greater RMS rating.

I am aware of this. I hope it wasn't taken as a shock or suprise. In end, this is where I stand, as of right now. ~6cuft box, tuned to 37hz, powered by AQ1200. Port is ~8inches from rear hatch and SSF is ~46hz. I have now lost majority of my low end put. Yes I am aware of this, I am simply sharing for others who may stumble across this thread. When I first installed this enclosure, Box was tuned to 34hz, completely external, so was ~3 inches from hatch. At this time, I was unaware of the rule of thumb of having the port distance from loading surface atleast the distance away from port size(10"). With this setup, I had lots and lots of air movement on lower notes, but lacked the upper range, felt less "punchy" vs the Icon. I then switched to 45hz tunning, which is what I used for comp, and see what changes may follow. This had a lot more output in the upper range, but obviously, lost output on the lower notes. With this setup, I was able to turn SSF much lower than the ~46hz I'm at right now and could visually see a lot more cone movement without this "scratching" noise. As stated before thoough, I love SSA, and would never doubt any of his products. I simply posted this to recieve some help/add to my build as I'm not easy to give up on anything. More troubleshooting steps will be followed, starting tommorrow.

The SSF setting on the AQ is not JUST shy of 50hz. So I am assuming in the neighborhood of ~46hz.

From the short tests I have just gathered, the noise does go away with a higher setting on the SSF. In results, this loses mostly ALL bottom end output. This seems to be a fix, but is this the real answer to fix this issue. I suppose the only way to find a definitive answer will to be another enclosure. Which is not a huge problem.

That is below Zcon speaks, but sure, we can met before 2pm. I gotta work >.<

There is no noise when pushing on the cone. Your thought on such an large enclosure was too my initial thought as well, but I recently made a visit to the Dcon setup with new enclosure, and to my suprise, the noise was still present. Initial setup of the Dcons was done by a shop. I assume that sure, it is possible for the 1500 to damage the pair, but the power is distributed evenly between the pair, and are identical drivers, so in result, shouldn't both be damaged if that was the case? When I tested with my 45hz port, and adjusted the ssf accordingly, I began to slowly turned down the ssf while monitoring the subwoofer, and the excursion on the Zcon looks amazing, as far as to the eye, and did not hear this noise until extreme excursion, where I than adjusted the ssf. But currently, this noise, at 37hz tunning, is present way before reaching Xmax. DCON's It is possible to damage one and not the other. ZCON I honestly don't know?? Is it the same exact noise? Can you describe it any better or get a video of it? Yes, exact same noise. Can't get a video, because then you will just hear distoration.

Sure, this sounds like a good idea. Again, only reason for posting this before new enclosure is built, is because after hearing the Dcons still making the noise, which lead me to believe it is not an enclosure issue. But is still another troubleshooting step that I am willing to make as I don't won't to give up on this thing. Thank you for your help and text me when you are free/available.