Q 12" next an Alpine Type-E 12" HA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm 21, never done much wood/mdf work, and this is the first time I've ever attempted building an enclosure. Fortunately, it's going in that narrow little trunk hole in the rear of my 4th gen Camaro, so the shape of the enclosure is pretty simple.

 

(Also, only pic of my girlfriend who was there helping the whole 3 days for this project. If you can't tell, I'm a terrible person.)

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All done with a jigsaw. The planning/drawing out and cutting of the pieces took the best part of two days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquid nails and countersunk screws

 

 

 

Flaring the pvc on a bowl in some boiling water. . . we didn't have much to work with. Believe it or not, this actually worked pretty well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 gauge to the threaded rods

 

 

 

 

May as well have a look at the car it's going in. It's pretty COOL.

 

 

 

 

Spray paint, t-nuts, carpet and done

 

 

 

 

 

Alpine Xpower on the mids, Hifonics Brutus on the sub, and an Eclipse 30 band eq

 

 

 

2.5 cf net (after sub and port displacement) tuned to 30 hz. When those 30 hz frequencies hit, my car can barely hold up. I've already had to run a screw through the rear view mirrow & super glue it to hold it in place. And the glass over the rear hatch (which is EXTREMELY heavy) has some ridiculous flex going on). I'll try to get a video up soon.

 

The sound quality is amazing. I'm particularly surprised by how good the system sounds with metal music. Even the fastest double bass sounds fantastic. Bands like Whitechapel sound so much better in this enclosure than when I had this same sub in 1.1 cubes sealed. I've never heard this kind of reproduction from anything ported. I don't understand why this setup sounds as punchy as it does. Is it due to the aeroports' relatively lower port area? The low tuning? Or is the Q just that fantastic of a sub? Either way, I must have done something right. . .

 

 

I'm really happy with the way it all turned out. Thanks for looking.

Edited February 8, 201411 yr by TJ Fields

I think the Q is just that fantastic of a sub, but I might be a little biased, LOL.

 

 

You did a beautiful job on the enclosure.  

Thanks man, I'm really proud of it.

Awesome work man

Thanks man, I'm really proud of it.

 

As you should be.

 

 

You know, you should get and play the song 8-BIT Superhero by Excision.  It's one of the most insane songs to play and will quickly become one of the best for showing off exactly what that thing can do both on it's output capabilities and it's quality of reproduction.

I'm not really into electronic type stuff, but I'll give it a chance in the car.

 

Anyone into metal & subs should definitely check out Whitechapel: 

 

There are hits at 0:02 and 0:32 (and others) in this song that hit as hard as any rap song I've heard in my setup. & they have these pretty often on their newer albums.

I can't say that I listen to a lot of electronic type music either, but there are certain songs that speak to me like many others from genres of music I don't normally get into.  Regardless of whether or not you actually get into the song the thing will rock your world as far as it's ability to get a sub moving.  If nothing else I'm sure you'll love it for showing off the output capabilities of the sub and it's ability to keep up with the craziest note shifts.

I haven't had the time yet, but I'll definitely check it out.

Try Sepultura "Ambush". The whole roots album is pretty sweet on a good system but that song seems to just get better and better the louder you play it.

 Most Lamb of God albums are too, particularly Ashes of the Wake and Wrath imo.

I just came back here for the first time in a couple months, and like half the pictures are gone.

 

Anyone have any idea why?

Nice job-  from a fellow F-body enthusiast.

Thanks

 

It would be better if the majority of the pictures were still here.

nice job man

all the pics in this build log show for me... so not sure whatcha talking about lol

Really? I'm only seeing 4. There should be 9 or 10.

Hmm. . . this is weird.

I've been using Chrome, and only 4 of the pics are showing. But I just viewed it in Firefox and they're all there.

This doesn't make any sense, I guess it's just a problem with my pc then.

I've been using an extension called "Disconnect", and I just figured out that when it's disabled, all the pics show up. .  . for some reason.

 

Problem solved.