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wiring and box design help

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: wiring and box design help

Posted By: madman001
Subject: wiring and box design help
Date Posted: January 18, 2004 at 11:54 AM

hi yall i have a jbl dvc 10 sub gt1000d and 1 pioneer  svc 12 sub ts-w304c and first have build a box not sure what kind of configuration i should use (bp,port or sealed box  i do know tha cubic air space jbl .74 and pioneer 1.2 im putting these in a sunbird  i dont have an amp yet any ideas?  not to sure on how i should wire these up yet  tri mode or 2 amps



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Posted By: madman001
Date Posted: January 18, 2004 at 3:53 PM
bump




Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: January 18, 2004 at 4:16 PM
are you saying you want to run both those subs together in the same box?    i would highly not recommend that. realisticly if you add another sub(same make model ect) you should pick up approx 3db depending on box and power type, clean power vented ported boxes can vary.    but if you run 2 diffrent sub you will more then likely lose spl and sound quality the sub will produce diffrent sound frequencys and distortion causeing crossfaze..this is also a very good way to damage equipment subs and amps.

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Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: January 18, 2004 at 4:41 PM
First of all you shouldnt run two subwoofers of different brands and sizes off of the same amp. They wouldnt blend properly. The only way to use both subs is to buy/make a seperate box for each or build a box with two different sized chambers and cutouts for mounting the sub. Pioneer reccomends only a sealed enclosure for its sub, but JBL says you can use either a sealed or ported. I would just put them both in their own sealed boxes. Then i would either buy one amp and connect one sub at a time ,or buy an amp for each sub. Since the Pioneer is larger you might want to buy a slightly bigger amp. I think a good amp for the JBL would be a Rockford Fostgate Punch 301M which costs about $199.99. This amp can handle 2 ohm loads which would be useful since the JBL has dual voice coils. I would wire the JBL sub like this posted_imageNow for the Pioneer sub i would reccomend the Rockford Fosgate Punch 301S amp. Since the pioneer sub dosnt have dual voice coils this Rockford amp would be perfect for it because the amp can be bridged to get 300 watts. I would wire the pioneer sub the regular way to the Punch 301S amp. Since you probobly want to play both subs at the same time you will need a crossover. You will want one that will send for instance frequencies below around 40 Hz to the Pioneer sub and everything between 40 Hz and 80Hz to the JBL sub. I'm not sure what crossover setting would work best so you might want to ask some one else but a proper crossover will prevent cancellation between the two subs.

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Posted By: madman001
Date Posted: January 19, 2004 at 7:56 PM
no i would never fit tmeminside the exact box but i wiil build 1 box with two different enclosure sizesi figred out my measurements last night  since space is very limited my box will be 24 w,14h,14in depth with of course two divders 1 between the 2 subs and 1 to make my 10 inch smaller my cubic footage r almost  to spec im still not sure on my amp (s) yet




Posted By: madman001
Date Posted: January 19, 2004 at 7:58 PM
no i would never fit them inside the exact box but i will build 1 box with two different enclosure sizes i figured out my measurements last night  since space is very limited my box will be 24 w,14h,14in depth with of course two divders 1 between the 2 subs and 1 to make my 10 inch smaller .my cubic footage r almost  to spec im still not sure on my amp (s) yet




Posted By: madman001
Date Posted: January 19, 2004 at 8:00 PM
bottom post has propoer spelling lol




Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: January 19, 2004 at 9:00 PM
With a name like madman, are you from Hongcouver Island?

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Posted By: madman001
Date Posted: January 21, 2004 at 4:45 PM
nope from london ontario my name is madman cause my ol lady says im always pissed off so hence the name





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