Posted March 13, 20169 yr a Baltic birch double flared kerfed port enclosure for a pair of JBL W12gti subs
March 13, 20169 yr Author for now on all my enclosures will be built out of Baltic Birch better quality , nicer to work with and it weighs a lot less
March 14, 20169 yr Author I'll have to test fit it tomorrow before I continue and see how the port fits up to the hatchback lid this Baltic birch is hard stuff..... takes forever to sand compared to MDF
March 14, 20169 yr Author once I'm done with this one I was informed it would make a good 2 man speed sled give it a coat of turtle wax for maximum slippage.......dual purpose..... LOL
March 14, 20169 yr Author the test fit was a success........ it could not be any tighter I'm liking the Baltic Birch ... I can barely lift my old Icon enclosure made of MDF .... I can pick up this new one and throw it across the room ... should help level the Magnums ass end
March 14, 20169 yr Even though my box is 10 times smaller, I can definitely agree with the weight difference of my birch enclosure compared to my last mdf enclosure.
March 14, 20169 yr Author the shit is harder to work with though the Kerfs are SPRING loaded , if you are bending and let go watch out ... LOL
March 14, 20169 yr 31 minutes ago, Thumpper said: the shit is harder to work with though the Kerfs are SPRING loaded , if you are bending and let go watch out ... LOL Haha luckily I didn't have to build my last enclosure but thanks for the heads up
March 14, 20169 yr I loved working with it when I built my enclosure for the Jimmy. Much lighter, easier to cut and shape, but so much more expensive that it's hard to justify the price difference IMHO. You sure knocked it out of the park with that enclosure though, it's a beautiful work of art!
March 14, 20169 yr oh LORD!!! !... I might have missed it but what car is this... great work nice to see you posting again man! EDIT: the test fit was a success........ it could not be any tighter I'm liking the Baltic Birch ... I can barely lift my old Icon enclosure made of MDF .... I can pick up this new one and throw it across the room ... should help level the Magnums ass end Edited March 14, 20169 yr by Shogen
March 16, 20169 yr Author got the subs in.... I'm not shure if I'll like the tuning or not so I'm going to leave it bare wood and play with it for a few days it is slightly louder in the upper sub range than the 28hz box but , some detail and impact is gone
March 16, 20169 yr Author ya so this is one of those WTF moments..... I must be getting old..... anything tuned higher than FLAT sounds like shit to me now
March 16, 20169 yr Author this one is tuned at 30hz..... JBL's recommended tuning ( not mine ) 30hz is too peaky for my taste .... I had the subs in my old Icon enclosure for the last couple weeks... it works out to 28hz and it sounded really good so I put it back in this morning .... not much room for improvement in SQ so I'm going to leave it as is for now
March 16, 20169 yr Author 27 minutes ago, Jay-C76 said: What's going on up there? How are the lows? up here wasting wood and the lows are as tight as a ........
March 17, 20169 yr Author 1 hour ago, Notorious97200 said: This enclosure is amazing, and it fits the car so well. Congratulations ! ya... yay me... LOL that's the last enclosure I build for this car , I'm going to put a fiberglass pod and sub in each corner and build a nice amp rack and add a couple more batteries once I get my components installed
March 17, 20169 yr You'll get rid of this one, for fiberglass pods ? What components finally ? The JBL gti or the focal utopia ? (I'd love to have a set of gti 660, but it's too expensive for me !).
March 17, 20169 yr Author I had 2 sets of the JBL 660gti in my ground pounder , they were by far the best components I have ever owned so far and I would not hesitate to use them again but a buddy of mine is the main Focal rep for the BC interior ...... he just had to show of the #7 component kit to me I'm thinking on using the Utopia's , put the midbass in the doors and the tweets and mids up in the pillars ... only decision is going fully active or use the cross block if I use the cross block I can still bi amp and use time alignment ... less chance of popping those tweeters he wanted to sell me the new Focal Utopia Ultima component set serial #002 ( pic below )but I think my wife would divorce me and never let me see my kids again......she would probably have me commited and put away...... LOL
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