Subwoofers upside down? Purpose?

[AnthonyF]

I am wanting to do a custom setup. But I need to figure out which way I am going to set my subs. Each sub will have it's own box. One 10 in each trunk corner. i was thinking of doing one with a Ported Box and the other upside down...OR both upside down if it is worth it. Does it actually sound better or is it more for show? Should I just do 2 Ported boxes?

Appreciate all the help.


-Ant.

[aaronfelipe]

No clue but it looks good with some speakers

[AnthonyF]

well, that was a fast response, but didn't help too much. lol. I am wanting to do 2 10" Memphis subs.

[chuck]

yo anthony,
the main reason i've heard other than just for looks is that putting the magnet on the outside of the box opens up more space in the box to get the right airspace specs...you could just build the whole box bigger and it'd do the same thing...lemme know if you are interested in having a box built, i can hook you up and its a lot cheaper than you'd expect

[AnthonyF]

appreciate it. I am thinking of doing 2 10's, one in each corner. Fiberglassing from there all the way around the sides tot he back of my rear seats. Mounting my Amplifier and capacitor next to my rear seat. Along the sides of fiberglass mounting 6 1/2 speakers with tweeters while keeping the floor space and spare tire hole open.

can the place your talking about that? i was thinking of doing it on my own. read some books, got some dvds, rear some websites, etc...I have a shop and tools and looked like fun.

[Pringle1232]

Its called inverted mounting. Mounting it either way will have no impact on the sound.

Yea, it is mounted like that for show.

I know an installer for www.f650pickups.com here in town that installed 4 kicker solo x's in a XUV. Looks pretty wicked. http://www.icixsound.com/vb/icixnati...es/886_118.jpg

Good luck.

[AnthonyF]

looks nice as hell! would it be more like a ported system? a heavly ported system.

[Pringle1232]

get on aol and im me Pringle1232

Ill point you in the right directions.

[chuck]

looks nice as hell! would it be more like a ported system? a heavly ported system.

no, its still a sealed enclosure...

[Spyder]

also it helps cool the motor structure in comparison to having a sub in a sealed box

[chmura]

also it helps cool the motor structure in comparison to having a sub in a sealed box

yuppers. helps with heavy powerful subs... especially when u r abusing them...

[chmura]

appreciate it. I am thinking of doing 2 10's, one in each corner. Fiberglassing from there all the way around the sides tot he back of my rear seats. Mounting my Amplifier and capacitor next to my rear seat. Along the sides of fiberglass mounting 6 1/2 speakers with tweeters while keeping the floor space and spare tire hole open.

can the place your talking about that? i was thinking of doing it on my own. read some books, got some dvds, rear some websites, etc...I have a shop and tools and looked like fun.

Yes we can..... doing something similar now...

[AnthonyF]

Chumra-you work there also, with Chuck? I'm gonna check out the shop next weekend. I would do it this weekend but going outta town.

appreciate the help everyone.

[YokotaS13]

bump for Chumra, bad assed guy! He can do it fo sho

[Allstar3.8T]

The main advantage is to save the space of the subs basket/magnet structure in an undersized enclosure. Cooling is gained, as well as a different look. They work almost identical (Not exact due to enclosure seeing more air space w/ the speakers guts removed from the equation) as long as you wire the sub out of phase.
This is a real old trick also done to mimic "push/pull compound isobarik" enclosures of the late 80s early 90s. This was two subs face to face, one in the box, one out obv... the outside one wired out of phase, and they generally benefit w/ a tighter sound due to the playing ridgity of two layered cone playing as one sub. Tight and clear, but minimal volume gain. Makes it sound like one great sub vs two OK ones... Now that technology allows one sub to pound , its an archaic method to do woofers.

[chmura]

The main advantage is to save the space of the subs basket/magnet structure in an undersized enclosure. Cooling is gained, as well as a different look. They work almost identical (Not exact due to enclosure seeing more air space w/ the speakers guts removed from the equation) as long as you wire the sub out of phase.
This is a real old trick also done to mimic "push/pull compound isobarik" enclosures of the late 80s early 90s. This was two subs face to face, one in the box, one out obv... the outside one wired out of phase, and they generally benefit w/ a tighter sound due to the playing ridgity of two layered cone playing as one sub. Tight and clear, but minimal volume gain. Makes it sound like one great sub vs two OK ones... Now that technology allows one sub to pound , its an archaic method to do woofers.

WOW

[Allstar3.8T]

18 yrs doin audio will teach you a thing or two....