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[Reevo8]

Im looking to put a smallish sub in my car. Im guessing I would want an amp for this.

This is all good and well, but I use my boot, so I want something that I can disconnect easily, which I can do fairly easily without much hassle, and also I would like it to not take up half of my boot to start with. So I was going to build my own sub box to fit a 10'/12' sub. What would you recommend?

And why do sub boxes seem to be so long? Are they made out of a special wood? And would it need to be quite a long box?

What kind of wattage is god for subs? And what kind of amp would I need to power it?

Cheers

Reevo

[properphatboy]

Sub boxes are a calculated size, which allows the sub to operate correctly (or should be). This is why they tend to be a larger than you might like, but the sound wouldn't be as good otherwise.

To power a sub you need either a monoblock amp, a bridgeable one, or something like a 5 channel. Monoblocks are just for subs, bridgeable are where 2 of the amps channels are bridged to power the 1 device and a 5 channel has 4 channels for speakers and one channel for a sub.

The way to make it easy to remove would be to put some sort of plugs/sockets on all the wires in the boot, and screw the amp to the side of the sub's box (or buy an active sub). I don't know of any suitable for the power wires, but the others just plug in anyway (if you're using low-level inputs to the amp). Otherwise it's just unscrewing the wires from their terminals every time.[/list]

[~ John Reid ~]

if your looking for a small sub that doesnt cost that much - halfords do their own sub in a small box ( ripspeed ).

dont know if its any good but its small and compact ( 10" )

[bbl]

best way of doing what you want is i would get 10" sub, box to match and amp, install amp under driver or passenger seat, and then use velcro to hold the sub box and sub in place, that way you can take out the sub easy enough and when driving it will be secure. if you install amp under seat all you have to do is disconnect the wires to the speaker terminals on the sub box.

there you have it, you have all your boot if you require it and sub which is easy enough to remove

[:: blade ::]

you can get a sub box, which is molded to the side of your boot (stealth box), i think there on http://www.autoacoustics.co.uk i dont think there cheap, but i think there gud if you onely want one sub, and need the space for the boot.

[properphatboy]

Think I've found the solution! All you need is one of these and an active sub (Which is a sub in a box with an amp built in). Then it's just plug or unplug and go.

[diablosvy]

Sub boxes are a calculated size, which allows the sub to operate correctly (or should be). This is why they tend to be a larger than you might like, but the sound wouldn't be as good otherwise.

Thats not quite true. There are plenty of subs that perform very very well in <1.cuft sealed enclosures.

TBH mate you might be better off buying kick bass in your doors and if you listen to dance then I highly recommend this!
Otherwise a smaller sub under the seat might be possible...but I cant remember how much room there is under my fiesta seats.

Mike

[bbl]

not a lot for a decent volume on the box, sub wont sound much good, although will give bass