Whats the best kind of wood I can use to get the full preformace out of a 18'' FI.BTL with these specs? Dual 2 Ohm,Cooling,HiXm Coil,Induct heat ring,And Daily option. I plan on buying four!!! Also the recommended option is 2000 Rms but Steve Meade told me he gives his 5000 Rms each he has four also. ''audio-neon'' told me ''meade knows how to build enclosures to compensate for overpowering the woofers thats why he gives them that much power''. If thats true how will I make my enclosure inorder to do that if I plan on overpowering the subs. Is that a good thing if I have a enclosure do that or just stick with 2000 Rms each (or maybe 2600 rms if so).

FI.BTL Specs (BTL18)

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Double Baffle 3/4" MDF will be fine.

if you need to ask what kind, then i dno if you should overpower them. a little will be ok, like 2500 ish like you mentioned, but i wouldnt try to go more than that.

What is this going in?

Box? Wall? What?

What is this going in?

Box? Wall? What?

Its gonna be in a box. It will look like steve meades box but im having big FI.BTL logos on it on each side in gray because i cant think of another way how to design it but my woofers are gonna have seperate chambers because im probably not going to bump a four all the time and im having seperate chambers because i can get better sound unlike meade only having one chamber.

What is this going in?

Box? Wall? What?

Its gonna be in a box. It will look like steve meades box but im having big FI.BTL logos on it on each side in gray because i cant think of another way how to design it but my woofers are gonna have seperate chambers because im prolly not going to bump a four all the time and im having seperate chambers because i can get better sound unlike meade only having one chamber.

lol

You haven't a clue what you're talking about.

no no... hes gonna be louder meades dont know whats up... WATCH OUT MEADES RANDY D IS COMIN FOR YOU!

Don't do that.

Build a common chamber...your going to run into a lot of problems.

The best wood would be a hardwood void-free ply. But it is more expensive than MDF, but it is a lot lighter. I usually go to the lumber yard --NOT Lowe's or Home Depot-- to get mine. I just get the regular birch play they have, but I have heard talk of marine grade baltic birch as being the best.

You want something with a lot of ply's. The stuff I get has 13. And don't forget to add your bracing.

Edited June 10, 200817 yr by ogahyellow

I am currently building a box for an 15" BTL and I am using some birch wood. MDF will work absolutely fine though. The only reason I went with wood was just because I was afraid that the MDF would break because when I picked up my sub I was like holy *****, this thing is heavy. Haha.

Even with 2 layers of wood (mdf, birch, etc) you will want some internal bracing. Good luck with it, and focus on your charging system before everything else- I learned that the hard way