enclosure, 12 inch type r

Im running 1 12inch type r in a 2.0 cubic sloted inclosure tuned to 35 hz the bass is deep but the higher bass tones sound like crap so i was thinking about buildind a box with an aero port any suggestions i dont know much about them or wat i should tune the next box to that will still hit hard any imput would be greatly appreciated thank youSeth

What do you mean by "higher bass tones"? What is your crossover setting? A 2-cuft enclosure is a little large for a Type R but it should be fine as long as you are not overdriving it.Support the12volt.com

Some tones hit hard and the rest sound distorted.i was told to make my box as big as i could is that not true?Seth

Yeah that's not true. Too much space can be a bad thing. Although subs need their space and enough space is very important. Maybe they meant make it as big as you can because you don't have a ton of space, if your in a car for example. But if you had a Tahoe you wouldn't make a wall for a 12, "making it as large as possible". I used to run 2 type r 10s each in their own ported box. 1.6 ft^3 (feet cubed) tuned at 33hz. They sounded good. What is your crossover set at that may be why highs aren't sounding as good as they could.Hello.

Im sorry im kind of new to all this by crossover do you mean my low pass filter on my ampSeth

My low pass goes from 40hz to 300hz and its set a quarter of the way upSeth

A Type R needs about 1.3 CUFT enclosure. Your low pass filter on your amp should be set to no higher than 100Hz. How did you set the gain on the amp?Support the12volt.com

I set my gain to 2volts because thats what the manual for my deck said the rca outputs wereSeth

Btw im running a hifonics 1200.1 zues amp at 1 ohmSeth

if you feel like your higher bass tones are lacking then maybe you should think about getting better mids. building a new box that is tunes higher will just shift the peak of the subs output and might help a little bit with your "high bass notes" but it will be at the expense of your lows. 2 cubes ported for a type R is about the maximum i would recommend for those but that is assuming that you dont mean that the entire box including the port is 2 cubes... if thats the case then you may want to make it a bit bigger because type R's like bigger boxes. you could tune as high as 45hz without sacrificing too much low end performance even though i prefer mine tuned below 40hz.