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padawan

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Posted: August 20, 2004 at 5:45 PM / IP Logged

Grab a "Bigdogaudio" sealed box on ebay, great boxes and super cheap...check him out.

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rawrrawrrawr

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 12:19 AM / IP Logged

would me gettin a .66 cubic foot box, close enough to the suggested .70 cubic foot box that it sais on the papers that came with my subs...?

padawan

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 8:51 AM / IP Logged

Here's one that they have that is smaller, .77 cu ft per chamber

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 10:46 AM / IP Logged

.66 would work fine. It is easy to go slightly smaller than recommended because you can always put a bit of acoustic stuffing in to make the box behave like a slightly larger enclosure. Being 'right on' is more important for ported and bandpass applications. Sealed boxes are more forgiving.

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rawrrawrrawr

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 11:15 AM / IP Logged

ok... i got my head unit installed yesterday... i have my 2 subs... i ordered an 8 gauge amp wiring kit... i ordered an enclosure... all i need now is an amp... hmmmm

kfr01

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 12:58 PM / IP Logged

Like forbidden said, look for a mono 300w + RMS at 2ohms. Post a few links up and we'll tell you what we think.

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rawrrawrrawr

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 3:44 PM / IP Logged

it specifically sais DONT use a mono amp to hook up two subs in the instructions... why buy a mono? when there is a 2 channel? sumone post a link to a sub under 150... 2 channel... i am not doing no mono...

customsuburb

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 3:54 PM / IP Logged

MONO AMPS ARE FINE FOR SUBS!!!! A 2 channel amp can power a sub (or two, depending on if your subs are DVC or SVC and the impedance of them). Get one of the amp's forbidden or kfr01 suggested...and I can't read your french...

rawrrawrrawr

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 3:59 PM / IP Logged

customsuburb wrote:

how exactly are they fine when it has its own CAUTION paper included with the subs saying NOT to... IT SAIS DO NOT...

DO .... NOT...

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Posted: August 21, 2004 at 4:18 PM / IP Logged

SCREW the sony manual, either they were smoking something when they made it or you are reading it wrong. If you have two 4 ohm single voice coil subs then you will want a mono amp so you can wire them in parallel like forbidden said, and get a 2 ohm load. Get one of the amps suggested by Rob or kfr01 and you will be fine.

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