First off, Welcome! Please use this information to your advantage, there are about 6 members that have spent some hours gathering and compiling this to save you time, money and sheer frustration. Enjoy!
I want some bass, but I have virtually no money. Is there anything I can do beside some cheap Sony $30 woofer and pre-fab box I found in a dumpster? Yes there sure is. If you have a power saw of some sort, some glue and a credit/debit card and $50 available (that $50 includes your box and the woofer mind you) you will be set. As you may read in this link, it's not going to me block shaking nor be audiophile sound quality, but for what it is, it's damn impressive! All this is, is a OEM 12" driver from eD, a sheet of MDF from your local hardware store and an hour or two worth the work, drop it in your trunk, use it as a woofer in your party room, buy and build one just to have something to play around with. This box is also to spec with eD's 13Kv2 and their 13Ov2. So... if you end up building something like this but just want it louder, you already have the box made up, order the bigger driver and drop it in! http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php?t=39744
I simply dont live by any good stores that sell decent Car Audio, or I can't afford what I want at a local shop, where can I go online? There's some online stores that are excellent, some are authorized dealers, some have a great selection, some have excellent customer service, many have great prices. Here are a few that many of us have found to have all of those elements. www.acoustic-visions.comwww.edesignaudio.com (Dealers of eD, DLS, Tsunami custom build enclosures that are precision CNC machined as well)www.ikesound.comwww.sonicelectronix.comwww.woofersetc.com I am about to purchase a subwoofer and I am building my own enclosure but I have no idea how to calculate what size box I need, nor how to construct it properly, have any tips? Yes this webpage has a tool on it where you can input your dimensions and it will tell you the final internal volume of your box, it also has construction tips! http://www.bcae1.com/spboxnew2.htm You can also download a program like WinISD. It is a great little program that also gives you a tone generator, great to use if you are setting up/tuning a well put together system in your car. You can download WinISD here http://www.linearteam.dk/default.aspx?pageid=winisd I would basically just like to learn more about car audio in general, any site that can give me tons of information? Yes, http://www.bcae1.com/ is a site full of information. Tons and tons and tons on there. Use the table of contents on the right to your advantage. You guys talk alot about putting 6.5" component speakers in the front doors of our cars, but the factory size is 5x7, how will these fit? It's very simple, go to Wal-Mart and buy 1 or 2 of those hardwood (Technically called HDF) type clipboards. Uninstall your factory or existing 5x7, lay it face down on the clipboard, trace it. Then cut out where you trace and then trace where you would like the new speaker mounted within the 5x7 cutout and cut again, the mount your speaker in the cutout, then mount the cutout in the door. And there you have it. I am looking for a brands website and when I google it I can't find their site, can you help me? (Ex. Eclipse's website is not www.eclipse.com it is actually www.eclipse-web.com)If the name isn't clearly spelled out in the link, I typed it afterwards in parenthesis www.alpine-usa.comwww.audison.comwww.bostonacoustics.comwww.cdtaudio.comwww.clarion.comwww.code-alarm.comwww.diamondaudio.comwww.eclipse-web.comwww.edesignaudio.com (Elemental Designs)www.ficaraudio.com (Fi Car Audio)www.focal-america.comwww.maxxsonics.com/hifonics (Hifonics)www.imagedynamicsusa.comwww.infinitysystems.comwww.jbl.comwww.jlaudio.com[link
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