Alright - I posted the "sub vs. no sub" thread and had lots of good advice to date. I am still not convinced that I want to live without a sub, but trying to get my subs to sound "just right" is getting a bit old. I noticed that the bass in my wife's truck sounds better than in my car even though I always run better equipment in my car (sorry wife - but you are still hooked up nicely!)and I wonder if the better sound is due mostly to the fact that her sub is in the cab of her truck, whereas my subs are always in the trunk of the car.

I am interested in hearing if anyone has set up their subs in the cab of car somehow and if it might be worth my while to undertake a new "project". I thought about suspending the sub from the flat part of the rear dash (box is still hanging in trunk but front of speaker is in cab firing up at rear window) or facing it forward into to cab through the middle part of the back seat (again, box is in trunk but cone is more or less in the cab).

My gut feel is that a sub in cab would result in the following:

1) Less power required by the sub for same (relative) listening volume;
2) Reduced trunk rattle; and,
3) Better SQL b/b sound not traveling through back seats.


Any thoughts?

[ October 02, 2005, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: fatty matty ]

 

I definatly prefer to have subs firing directly into the cabin and have always set my systems up this way.... either moddify the rear seat to fold and build a baffle/box or build a box into the rear deck.... you might also want to check into AP installs....

 

what car?
when i did my bmw 735i it had a 1/4firewall for a seat and the rattle would not go a way

 

When I first got my system years ago I had the subs put in the trunk.. I put them in my back seat and now i'll never go back. I hope this helps.

 

It's a 2004 Kia Rio.

 

Well in my car, 2000 intrepid, i can say you definitely get more bass by facing the subs to the rear and placing them 8" away from the back of the trunk. The bass definition is better when I have the subs facing the interior with the seats folded down. This is one of the reasons I decided to install 3 instead of 2 and 12" instead of 10" subs facing the interior...it produces more bass and better quality and I have 1/2 a trunk left, which is still quite a bit in an Intrepid.

 

First you probably won't ever get the same sound in your car as in a truck, unless you change some stuff. bigger area in the car, so more air you gotta push. The sub would definately sound better in the cab of the car. the fold down seat is a good idea if you still want it in the trunk, I know in my beretta i have fold down seats and it makes a world of difference when the seats are folded down. and personal opinion I have found that the sub is louder and sounds better when facing the back of the vehicle.