yea that sucks. wave cancellation is always bad news.
LOL - I’ve never seen woofers move so much with so little sound.
Damn sry to hear that bro especially with all that work you put into it!
Thanks man. I’m so bummed. That arrangement accomplished all of my design criteria.
Like:
-SQ
-below window line
-display amps
-protect/hide woofers
- ~some~ floor space left over
-cubby for battery
-hidden spot for small amp & passive crossovers
-was going to be easy to make a nice vinyl cover for everything
The amps have blue LED meters with lights bouncing around and I put blue LEDs shining out of the vents. It’s pretty sweet, but no way to do that now.
Now the amps will probably be behind the box. Woofers facing forward (unprotected). Trying to sqeeze 9 cubes net below the window line. Obviously no extra floor space. No platform to hide crossovers under…etc…
Wood is cheap & I enjoy the construction, but I need a new vision.
Plus it’s holding up my horn install!
I know its an old post, but I couldn’t help but say that RF T1 isnt the best sub for sealed installations, also you could have 1 sub wired out of phase…
Anyway, absolutely amazing attention to detail in that install!
Thanks, yeah I’m going ported if I ever get motivated with this thing.
And I checked the phase with a battery. Man that would have been an easy fix…
How much louder does it get once you crack open a window?
1.15 for a T1 is tiny, they would be much louder in a ported box tuned to about 35hz. The T1 isnt really a “sq” woofer by design. Ive always loved Image Dynamics subs. The IDQ series would work very well with 1.15 cuft sealed.
EDIT: The problem may be with the box design. The box looks as if it could be acting poorly tuned 4th order bandpass. The chamber the subs are firing into acts as a ported enclosure and may possibly be throwing off the frequency response.
I knew I was taking a risk with the design. It’s basically what you’re saying - a crappy 4th order.
Everything was basically from suggestions from the RF dealer. Downfire into an “intimate barrier” keep the box volume to the low side of the recommended range for power handling.
Definately box design. So I’m trying to fit ~2.25 cubes each tuned a couple Hz above Fs…and make it an inch shorter. Woofers forward - vent up and in the rear.
BTW - thanks for the compliment above
That is awesome man.
Tweeter pods are done.
Rings aimed & attached to sail panels.
Fleeced - lol
Resined, sanded, filled, sanded, primed, filled, sanded, etc…
Ready for texture paint.
Duplicolor bedliner.
Test fit.
Next up are the door pods. 2 - 6.5" per side.
looking really good, poops gonna be Loud! haha
Hope so! I said that about my sub box though too…lol
I’m getting really tired of this temporary crap:
Kove cheapies…
What kind of tweeters are you going to use?
2 sets of RF T1652-S, but ditching the passives.
I’m going active with Alpine Imprint.
We’ll see how that goes…people seem to love it or hate it.
update?
Haven’t worked on it since before Christmas.
But I’m working on the door pods.
Rings & bases:
Mocked up and aimed:
Height of pods compared to thickness of doorpanel:
Not much of an update, but it’s something.
Well, I ripped out my old box a couple months ago and been working on the new one. The rear battery and trainhorn wiring is all integrated so progress on the box means progress on the trainhorn.
Here’s the new plan.
For anybody that cares about specs it’s 9 cubes net @ 33hz
Looks like a buffet table lol
WoWsers, reminds me of my IASCA / USAC days
Well it better serve me up some bass!! The drawing/rendering shows birch, but it’ll be black.
The box is coming along. After this weekend I won’t be able to lift it.