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irseg · 01-12-2005, 02:05 AM

I hooked up a subwoofer for a friend. It's a custom-built bandpass box with 2 JL Audio 10w0's. The box was built by a guy I know who is somewhat of an expert in the field; he built it to JL's recommended specs for the enclosure volume and port size.

However, it sounds very boomy in his car ('98 Vette convertible). It hits hard enough to be rather painful, but it doesn't sound very clean or musical.

What would you guys recommend? I think part of the problem is there is no enclosed trunk and very little sound insulation; it just fires straight into the cabin and bounces off the windshield and dash. I put the box in my car, which has far more sound deadening material, and sounded a lot better.

Are there any subwoofer equalizers on the market that'll flatten out the response curve a bit? Would Dynamat help? I'd really like to get it sounding better, it's too nice of a car to sound like a ghetto blaster!

01-12-2005, 02:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
irseg Junkie Location: Florida	Reducing subwoofer boominess I hooked up a subwoofer for a friend. It's a custom-built bandpass box with 2 JL Audio 10w0's. The box was built by a guy I know who is somewhat of an expert in the field; he built it to JL's recommended specs for the enclosure volume and port size. However, it sounds very boomy in his car ('98 Vette convertible). It hits hard enough to be rather painful, but it doesn't sound very clean or musical. What would you guys recommend? I think part of the problem is there is no enclosed trunk and very little sound insulation; it just fires straight into the cabin and bounces off the windshield and dash. I put the box in my car, which has far more sound deadening material, and sounded a lot better. Are there any subwoofer equalizers on the market that'll flatten out the response curve a bit? Would Dynamat help? I'd really like to get it sounding better, it's too nice of a car to sound like a ghetto blaster!