So I have a typical sedan that has had a decent stereo installed into it. What can I expect from placing ports into the back deck. Will it increase the bass in the cabin or just make it muddy and sloppy? Will the ports act as a ported box and create port noise if I do not calculate them properly?
Also what is the easiest way to isolate the high's/mid's. They are currently built into the back deck and alot of sound is lost into the trunk. Is there a product that fits around them, or should I fabricate my own?
Thanks for the help guys.
No they won't act as tuned ports - unless you make them really long and restrictive or something.
But this tends to let in alot of trunk-lid rattle and never seems to add much SPL - nevermind it rarely looks decent.
The rear speakers aren't "losing" sound into the rear trunk - this is just how speakers work. Sound emenates off the rear of the cone as well.
You could get something like this but I think they make infinite-baffle (that is to say, car stereo) speakers sound terrible:
https://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?FILTER=XTC&FTR=XTC&search_type=main&WebPage_ID=3
I wouldn't bother enclosing the speakers or porting the rear deck.
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I always hear to put the port on the same side of the box that the sub is mounted--on the same baffle i think. So when I see pictures of people with subs facing to the back of the vehicle and a port somehow running up to the rear deck I always wonder if its wrong.
It sounds like too much trouble for not-that-great results. (besides saying to your friends, "hey i have ports coming inside the cabin of my car.")
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i used to have 2 jlw4 d4 in a bandpass ported the the rear deck of a 98 cav z24 and it friggen pounded, smooth clean bass!
Placing a subwoofer system in a trunk and openings into the cabin can indeed turn your entire vehicle into a bandpass enclosure. Not recommended
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