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12-19-2014, 10:26 AM | #1 |
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Rear seats blocking a lot of bass to the cabin
Does anyone else have this problem? I love the way my sub sounds with one of the rear seats laid down, but if they are both up I don't hear that much bass. I'm only at 300 watts RMS to a 10W3, but it's plenty when the seat is down. Is there any way to help the bass get to the cabin. Taking out the rear deck speakers? I'll be running a 2.1 when I eventually get my components in, so I wouldn't need the rear speakers. Just curious to see what other people say about it. Do you really need 500+ watts RMS to hear it in the cabin?
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12-29-2014, 08:18 AM | #2 |
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what frequency do you have set for the filter? (just from a technical standpoint bass travels relatively far) truth be told though I know W3's arent to strong as is but you may have to change its location for better imaging
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12-31-2014, 09:33 AM | #3 |
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Low pass is around 110. The deep notes are very prominent when one of the rear seats is down. In fact, the sub might be a little more than I want in that configuration. The exhaust does drown it out at some times though. But when the seats are up, I only barely hear the kick of the bass. Almost zero of the lower notes get by. It doesn't sound right that you should have to put 500-1000 watts RMS in the trunk just to make it sound like a 300-500 watt RMS sub in a hatchback/open trunk setup. I dunno, maybe I just need to do it.
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12-31-2014, 09:55 AM | #5 |
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Rear seat delete. Problem solved.
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01-06-2015, 12:16 PM | #7 |
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Could you elaborate on this? Can I use the rear speaker cutouts for this(won't be using them)? Will simply removing them solve the problem, or do I need a port placed in each hole like a ported enclosure? I've never had to do this. Thanks.
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01-23-2015, 05:28 PM | #10 |
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It is a sealed enclosure. As I mentioned earlier, it is the TPLSM3 enclosure. Here's the link for more info.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308823 |
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01-24-2015, 10:21 AM | #11 |
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Remove the rear seats and install a board with a couple of 15's in it and use the trunk as the enclosure. That was the hot setup way back when I was in high school.
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