My install so far lots of pics
11-30-2008, 04:36 PM
#1
My install so far lots of pics
Well here we have the system in the Cavi as it sits right now. All gear is listed in my sig. This is the sealed box I built. Not too bad for a first try I think. Any suggestions, comments are welcome just remember it was my FIRST TRY ok. Really this is the first install of this caliber I have ever done. All others have been total ghetto don't care how it looks just jam it in there and power it up. LOL Wonder why I have never been happy with the sound. Sooo anyhooo on to the pics.
The box as it sits in the trunk. It is dual 1cuft chambers 3/4" mdf with double baffle front and recessed mounted drivers. The end walls where the carpet tucks in were made using a 1/4" rotary cutting bit with a straight edge guide set to 3/8" depth. Ends were then carpeted and tucked into slot. Front, top, back, and bottom were then done and also tucked into the slot for the recessed end look. I saw a tutorial on this but already had the box designed and pieces cut, so cutting the slot into the edge of the end pieces would not have worked also would have looked weird due to the double front baffle. Turned out great, at least I think so.
The box as it sits in the trunk. It is dual 1cuft chambers 3/4" mdf with double baffle front and recessed mounted drivers. The end walls where the carpet tucks in were made using a 1/4" rotary cutting bit with a straight edge guide set to 3/8" depth. Ends were then carpeted and tucked into slot. Front, top, back, and bottom were then done and also tucked into the slot for the recessed end look. I saw a tutorial on this but already had the box designed and pieces cut, so cutting the slot into the edge of the end pieces would not have worked also would have looked weird due to the double front baffle. Turned out great, at least I think so.
11-30-2008, 05:06 PM
#2
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 259
good job! you should see my box... wood and aluminum tape. lol!!! the only thing i can see that i'm confused about is... doesn't your seat fold down and you covered it with wood? how is sound suppose to get in the car? i'm sure it sounds good but it could always sound better.
Last edited by turboeeyore; 11-30-2008 at 05:09 PM.
11-30-2008, 05:16 PM
#3
On to the amp rack
Nothing fancy here just a piece of MDF mounted behind rear seat. I need to make a couple of trim pieces to cover the wires from the Memphis amp. I love the RF amp for this as all the wires come out under the chrome piece at the bottom. Mounted to the back is my cap, negative distro block, and positive fused distro block. Positive is 4ga from battery to inline ANL 100amp fuse about 6" away then 4ga to cap, 4ga from cap to fused distro with 2x 60amp fuses and 8ga to each amp. Negative is bolted to metal about 1' from the cap. 4ga to cap, 4ga to distro, then 8ga to each amp. Right now I only have one set of RCAs at HU, so they run to the sub amp then out the passthrough and each into a Y splitter and then into the Memphis 4ch which is being run bridged to 2ch for the front door components.
First attempt at an amp rack as I have always just screwed everything into my boxes before. Being kinda about the pretty new box and don't want to be putting ANY screws into it. This was thrown together in one day so I could finally hear everything. Ended up finishing the wiring in the trunk at midnight and working outside at -2c. But it is done.
Finally the last pic is my el cheapo $100 Kenwood deck and what I use for playing MP3s. It is a new Sanyo Katana cell phone with built in MP3 player and stereo headphone jack out with micro SD card memory. I made a cable with 2.5mm stereo jack on one end and 3.5mm stereo on the other. It plugs into the aux in on the face of the deck. The sound is awesome, I was surprised.
First attempt at an amp rack as I have always just screwed everything into my boxes before. Being kinda about the pretty new box and don't want to be putting ANY screws into it. This was thrown together in one day so I could finally hear everything. Ended up finishing the wiring in the trunk at midnight and working outside at -2c. But it is done.
Finally the last pic is my el cheapo $100 Kenwood deck and what I use for playing MP3s. It is a new Sanyo Katana cell phone with built in MP3 player and stereo headphone jack out with micro SD card memory. I made a cable with 2.5mm stereo jack on one end and 3.5mm stereo on the other. It plugs into the aux in on the face of the deck. The sound is awesome, I was surprised.
11-30-2008, 05:54 PM
#4
Thanks Eeyore, actually the amp rack really won't affect it much as it doesn't take up any more room than the box would sitting against the seat. As you can see from the pictures of it from the front I left an opening on either side of it of 5" or so. I was wondering if doing that just turned my trunk into a massive bandpass box??? I will be pulling the factory speakers from the rear deck as well for a little more opening.
11-30-2008, 09:42 PM
#6
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 723
I think about things a little differently, I guess. The subwoofer is designed to reproduce sounds that various low-frequency-producing instruments make, whether they be real or synthesized. Now, if you were to go to a rock concert, are the drums and bass guitar backstage? Or are speakers that send all those low notes to the crowd, in another room? All the instruments, or the speakers sending out their sound, are out in the open. So I have a hard time understanding why subwoofers are put in trunks. That's what I think about when I see all these subs stuck back there. Like you're putting those instruments behind a wall or curtain. Sure you still hear the sound, but its all fudged up.
Just my opinion. There's more to bass than boom. Of course, it has something to do with the type of music you're listening to.
Just my opinion. There's more to bass than boom. Of course, it has something to do with the type of music you're listening to.
11-30-2008, 09:48 PM
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11-30-2008, 10:16 PM
#9
Just to clarify it was just the amp rack built and installed in one day the sub box took me 6 weeks working a few hours each Saturday as it is my only day off work. Also I live in a basemant apt and have to haul all tools and wood outside and then back in when finished. Box was all ready to go in the car before I even started the rack, just hook up the wires ( yes tape and all LOL). This was just a quick temp install to get me through the winter. It all comes out as soon as I move and have a garage to work in. Found alot of rattles that weren't there last week LOL. Good thing I have a bunch of B-quiet still.
