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Thanks, going to build up the side walls Saturday since the foam has stopped creeping and seems set. Hopefully it will be playing next weekend

Yanked everything out of my trunk and am awaiting recones and baskets to build my 15s to 12s. Cutting down on weight and going back to cap banks, 6 banks of 6 3000F Maxwells. Laid the floor in with 2 cans of foam and fastened it down. Going to wait a few days to see if i have and major buckling from the foam before i proceed with building the rest of it. Will all be built in trunk. Have a ton of Kreg jig tools to get the job done. Will still be running my Tara HD 8000 till and if the HD 10k comes then ill swap them out. Car tends to like a lower peak and it was brought down a tad lower after using another bulk back on my doors. So ill do some MECA with it this coming season. Dropping almost 300 pounds of batts should help with the squat i had going on in the rear.

Yea the sp4 is a relatively weak motor for what it is. With what my car likes, running ported with dual 15s tuned low is not a option unless its single 15 then i can have it peaking down at 31hz like last season. If the etho would work in my old single box it was tuned to 36 but did a 51.1 at the headrest at 31. Running these subs sealed i only lost a half db but bandwidth and control increased 10 fold. Ill be cutting them down for a dual 12 4th for Meca since opened up she likes a lower peak.

This build was done around the car for a different set of subs and not the ethos. This is a review on what i did with them please keep that in mind. If you want to be super technical the 15s especially are geared towards sealed or 4th order enclosures.

So my setup consists of 2 Ethos 15s on a HD-8000 in a 03 impala. First try at the setup was a 6 cube street box with external ports tuned to 39hz. Musically fierce but with a flat response from the lower 40s to 50hz. With a slight peak at 47hz. I metered at 48 sealed on the dash in this round of testing. Typically i run MECA and my car has seemed to favor being open to meter in the past. For a daily guy i could see it doing much better with a low 30-32hz tuning for some good daily listening. Now to try something different i pulled my ports off and made some plate covers. Just wanted to see if i could get a better low end response. It did pick up alot more low end with a smooth roll off in the low 30s. Tried a few 28hz peak and 29hz peak tracks and it didn't have much output but the speakers didnt seem to be suffering. Now as i started playing into my previous usu-able bandwidth it seemed the speakers came alive. Amazingly in the 44-49hz peak range it became super intense. Gave a friend a ride along 30 minute heavy demo of a few tracks and to my surprise the subs remained very cool to the touch were as the ported setup would heat them up a little quicker. Which could be controlled by lower rise= less clamped power. Regardless the output was noticeably stronger. Which i Will update this thread with new numbers with the sealed box. Over all, for the price unbeatable value. Great sounding speaker. Top notch customer service. For the average guy that does not care about the meter id do a daily setup 3-3.5 cubes ported depending on power available. Lower power for a slightly larger enclosure. But for the best experience id go with a sealed enclosure or a 4th order. The entire line has a low Fs and a reasonably high Qes. Im doubtful there is a better suited sub in this power range on the market for it.

As the title states, this is exactly what im looking for nothing else. willing to pay a reasonable price for cosmetically un-flawed subs

Im sure you will enjoy them Thanks, i have excellent voltage, but may still switch back to cap banks for more stability Thanks, i have a few tweaks to do to get the numbers up, wasnt thrilled but its only the 2nd build the car has seen and it was down for a year since last meca world finals.

Went thru many amplifier changes before the build was even complete.Went from a Atomic 5k to a DD M4 to a Tara HD8000. Used my burp box in another vehicle and built a street box for the Etho 15s. Have had minimal playtime with them but the initial results were good. Tight accurate response. Did have a small hiccup that has had a band-aid put on just to get some testing in and show them off at a little local show tomorrow. So far ive done a 148 flat with them sealed on the dash from 44-47hz which is close to my vehicles peak. Have not done any meca style metering yet but in the past thats where it has typically shined. Going to play around with some more enclosures once i glue some recones in.

Update-Unfortunately i had to part with the wagon. Started having too many issues with it and at the rate things were going the build was never going to get done. So ive focused all my attention back to my dd. Currently wiring the car back up, deadening the doors, and finishing up the new frontstage with Pioneer tsd 6.75 comps on a PPi ion i520.4. Sub amp will be provided by Trafik Jamz which is still about 2 months out. I used my original dual 15 enclosure for another build. So im trying decide if i was to build a new box for my etho 15s or downsize to some ethos 12s and build a 4th order in the trunk. But from my understanding the ethos are a few months away from another production run

Amp arrived today

I wish , have to fix all my roof braces before anything goes in. factory adhesive let go

Yes! trying to put everything together for it as quickly as possible. But its a little expensive building from scratch, ill have about 3 grand in it shortly not including the vehicle

Hopefully so

Yes lots. I have the Ethos and all i can say is wow. The pictures online do them no justice. While building for the impala the opportunity to buy another vehicle to wall came about.So i put off building a trunk again this year and decided to wall . Using my box in a buddys build. 2 dd9515sc on 2 apk-5500s on 4 cap banks Picked up this Subaru Legacy wagon to build for Meca Mod class. Ill use my Etho 15s in a 3:1 4th order. So far the car is gutted to the B-pillar. Majority of the main wiring is done, 4/0, signal cables, hu etc. Picked up another DC Power 270xp to be re-cased. Atomic 5000.1 for power for now. And 4 group 31 sized Sprinter S12v370F Still have a few things to do before i can start cutting lumber. Mainly adding power door locks and alarm, tinting the 4 roll up windows.And picking up some more wire,copper bar and lugs.

I have a guy that does the logo work for a few other audio brands. I can have him message you on the dss fb page

a little resin action.

They would def have some uses.Thanks trying to get it together

Lol looks that way but its just some funky siding

Thanks! A little more progress. Soon ill finish sand and resin then on to the outer flare and the inner/mounting flare.

Thanks, hopefully ill button it up tomorrow and pour some resin

Lost a few pics on the first post

Thanks. its about 4 cubes tuned to about 37hz

Building a more spl oriented enclosure for the 15s. After its done ill move on to a 6 cube street box

Just imo but i kinda like the thought of a more flashy color vs fitting colors on a flashy design, if that makes sense.

Ive honestly never heard anything good about them, not saying they are bad tho. Dc xps do good idle power