free air or enclused?
#2
Enclosure all the way. It's a little hard to make an enclosure in your door though. You might want to look into kick panels. Im sure someone makes prefab kickpanels for your car. You drive one of the most common cars on the road (J body).
#4
Most people in the know will tell you it's not worth all the trouble to put an enclusore in the door. Also a lot of car doors don't have any room really to build one.
The trick is to seal your door well with a deadening matt and put in your speaker free air. A lot of speakers are made to work best in free air.
However you will get more rattles then a kick pod midbase but get more foot room and stealthier install. All about the compromise.
The trick is to seal your door well with a deadening matt and put in your speaker free air. A lot of speakers are made to work best in free air.
However you will get more rattles then a kick pod midbase but get more foot room and stealthier install. All about the compromise.
#5
there something from METRA that can make the speaker it self SEALED in the back its called a "BAFFLE" i used them in my car and it made a HUGE difference... Metra 81-4300 (met-814300) Speaker Baffles Speaker Installation Car Accessories and Installation Car Audio, Video, & GPS Navigation - Sonic Electronix you can search around
#6
there something from METRA that can make the speaker it self SEALED in the back its called a "BAFFLE" i used them in my car and it made a HUGE difference... Metra 81-4300 (met-814300) Speaker Baffles Speaker Installation Car Accessories and Installation Car Audio, Video, & GPS Navigation - Sonic Electronix you can search around
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#7
Some speakers do not react well to being cooped up like that.....The volume of air behind the driver in a kickpanel is very limited compared to the door itself, and my experience has been that most coaxes or comp midrange drivers sound better with the full (properly sealed) door air volume to work with. I'm sure there are lots of examples of great sounding kicks but it is up to you to decide if the difference is worth all the extra effort it takes to build them......
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