subs facing out or subs face in (to the front of the car)

[gorgeous-ss]

I have 2 audio Que hdc3 10s and a sound digital 5000.1 it is putting out around 6000 watts to the subs and I'm fine ... but then again I have a 270 amp alt and 2 xs power 3100 batteries... overkill never hurts when it comes to giving your system the right amount of juice

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[Kevinshawnm]

Originally Posted by cdigiovanni

not looking for SLP set up... done that already, looking for more sound quality, and heavy bass

had a 08 CTS with 1500w rms hitting 161.4db all day been there done that... sound quality is my this car is going!

IMPOSIBLE!!!!!

[DraggnFrameGMC]

Originally Posted by Kevinshawnm

IMPOSIBLE!!!!!

Yeah, i'd have to see that one. Our tahoe with 5 18's and 25k watts is only hitting low to mid 160's. I did see a guy hit 155 with 2 12's and 4k watts at SBN last year.

[martinezj454545]

So is the verdict front facing or rear facing? Looking for this also, I have mine front facing and think it should be louder than it is. I'll have it rear facing and check out the diffrence.

[grocerygetter]

Corner loading is where it's at. If you can't fab or do that, then go rear facing.

[DraggnFrameGMC]

We build almost all of our boxes for Camaros front facing now but we port them through the back deck and wall off the space behind the seats. If youre just gonna do a basic box front facing I dont believe it is gonna sound as good as rear facing. Just make sure if you face them to the rear to sound deaden your trunk to reduce rattle and improve DB.

[martinezj454545]

Okay so I switched my box around from facing foward to facing back to check out the diffrence and diffrence was big lol you could feel the bass hitting you more so its going to stay facing back till I get some better subs lol

[hightower]

Originally Posted by cdigiovanni

had a 08 CTS with 1500w rms hitting 161.4db all day been there done that... sound quality is my this car is going!

So are you deaf yet?


OP, it sounds like rear facing is the way to go.

[DraggnFrameGMC]

Its not so much the subs that you are running, its just acoustics. The bass waves want something to hit off of plus it takes a bass wave 7 feet of travel to hit its optimal sound range, so 2.5 feet to the trunk and 5 feet back to your head. Its about right.

[grocerygetter]

Its not so much the subs that you are running, its just acoustics. The bass waves want something to hit off of plus it takes a bass wave 7 feet of travel to hit its optimal sound range, so 2.5 feet to the trunk and 5 feet back to your head. Its about right.

That is a simple way to say it...and a good ballpark as to what is going on. With sub bass we are looking for 1/4 wave or 1/2 wave points inside of a car...thus again why we measure in SPL and not really dB. 30 hz is 30 cycles per sec...speed of sound...yadda yadda...math math...it completes its cycle outside of your car. LOL

All of us like Todd (TC Audio) on here, myself...few others...that compete in USAC and IASCA in the upper tiers pay attention to path length and soundwave recreation. It makes a big difference on staging with the front speakers. This is one reason you see seats moved back in SQ cars. My GN has the seats back like 9 inches. My seating position puts driver and passenger smack dab middle of front mids and rear subs. You can do the same in a camaro...look at Todd's build.

[jackievanzant]

So it looks like the answer to the question "rear v front facing" clearly leans towards the rear. So my q would be is it better to have two rear facing JL 10s, or will a JL stealthbox be just as good?