XtremeRevolution's Subwoofer Boxes

[XtremeRevolution]

I am VERY happy with the enclosure XtremeRev built for me. It is solid (and HEAVY!). If I tried to build one myself it would look like a birdhouse constructed by a 5 year old as a kindergarten project. On a bad day. And no self respecting bird would live in it. Which would be OK, because it would have been a sub enclosure, not a birdhouse. But you get the point.

If you need one of these, I would certainly recommend that you contact Professor X. He will take care of you!

Thanks for the review! I'm very glad you like it. Do you have any pictures with the sub installed?

[terrym]

Thanks for the review! I'm very glad you like it. Do you have any pictures with the sub installed?

No.

I have been purchasing components for my system upgrade, but I probably won't install anything until Spring. I'll use the excuse that plastic parts are less flexible/more brittle in the cold. That sounds better than saying I have no desire to do anything optional/elective that will expose me and my tender body parts to winter temperatures.

I still need to pick up sound deadening materials, and wiring. I will also need to order the advanced plug-in for the mini-DSP (I forget what it's called, and I'm not going to look it up right now). When I ordered mine I bought the standard equalizer plug-in (again, whatever it's called). Plus I've ordered some subs for my rear doors (as you know, X).

Anyway, I have my 12" IDQ sub, and my enclosure, but they haven't met each other yet. The sub is a box in the basement, but the empty enclosure is sitting in my bedroom, so I see it every day. It is nice to look at it and think that in the not too distant future, I won't be looking at it, but I will HEAR it from my trunk. And probably feel it, too, every now and then when I get in the mood to crank it up.

Hopefully I will have everything installed before the Spring '13 Lordstown meet. I'll be able to listen to it on the way there and demo it as well, God willing.

[XtremeRevolution]

No.

I have been purchasing components for my system upgrade, but I probably won't install anything until Spring. I'll use the excuse that plastic parts are less flexible/more brittle in the cold. That sounds better than saying I have no desire to do anything optional/elective that will expose me and my tender body parts to winter temperatures.

I still need to pick up sound deadening materials, and wiring. I will also need to order the advanced plug-in for the mini-DSP (I forget what it's called, and I'm not going to look it up right now). When I ordered mine I bought the standard equalizer plug-in (again, whatever it's called). Plus I've ordered some subs for my rear doors (as you know, X).

Anyway, I have my 12" IDQ sub, and my enclosure, but they haven't met each other yet. The sub is a box in the basement, but the empty enclosure is sitting in my bedroom, so I see it every day. It is nice to look at it and think that in the not too distant future, I won't be looking at it, but I will HEAR it from my trunk. And probably feel it, too, every now and then when I get in the mood to crank it up.

Hopefully I will have everything installed before the Spring '13 Lordstown meet. I'll be able to listen to it on the way there and demo it as well, God willing.

Don't feel too bad, lol. I was sitting on the parts for my own Cruze for just under a year before they got installed. I actually had the parts and was planning on upgrading my 95 Regal, but ended up buying the Cruze and deciding to put it in that car instead.

Plastic is indeed more brittle in the cold, and easier to crack, and you'll be pulling up quite a few trim panels to run the wiring on both sides of the car. Good call waiting until the weather gets better. It helps to have a garage, but I understand that not everyone does.

[Blue Angel]

Hey XR, I'm curious about your thoughts on the Aura NS8:

http://www.madisound.com/store/manuals/ns8-385-4a.pdf

This is the driver Madisound had on clearance a while back.

[XtremeRevolution]

Hey XR, I'm curious about your thoughts on the Aura NS8:

http://www.madisound.com/store/manuals/ns8-385-4a.pdf

This is the driver Madisound had on clearance a while back.

It's a nice woofer. I was heavily considering using it as a front door speaker but there just isn't room, at least not without some considerable cutting. I would not use it as a subwoofer though, unless you got it really cheap and had multiples of them. Might look nice in a vented box that way.

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[Blue Angel]

I would not use it as a subwoofer though, unless you got it really cheap and had multiples of them. Might look nice in a vented box that way.

I bought a case of 8 of them for $17.50/ea

I hadn't considered using them as a car sub until recently... I just build a home sub with one and I'm REALLY impressed with it. I stuck it in .65 cuft @ 30 Hz 20% Roxul S&S fill and it's more efficient, better sounding and plays lower than my Energy ESW-V8 home sub that, until now, I had been very pleased with for my computer audio. I haven't pushed it hard yet, but up to about 1mm excursion it sounds VERY tight. It has that effortless kind of sound where the bass drum keeps every ounce of impact and clarity right through the (very detailed) bass guitar, and it keeps going down and down with authority until well into the 20's (falls off steeply below 26 Hz). I'm not sure how that will hold up at higher levels, but so far I'm very pleased, especially given the price... for less than $20 I couldn't conceivably ask for more.

I originally did buy these to use two of them in the doors of my Corvette, an application that I'm pretty excited about having used this one crossed over at 120 Hz and loving it. The spec sheet claims THD at -40 db or better all the way down to ~50 Hz. I can't help thinking that a pair of these would be great in about 1 cuft @ 30 Hz in car.

[XtremeRevolution]

I can run a model for some of these if you want. The limited xmax is why you'll want it ported and why they aren't the best for subwoofer duty. At that price though, it's worth a try.

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[Jnoobs]

PM sent to you extreme!

[Blue Angel]

I can run a model for some of these if you want.

Go ahead if you're curious, but I'm not about to move on these as in car subs for right now. I was more interested in what you thought of them from a specs standpoint since they sound really good (to me anyway). I think a pair of these in my 'Vette doors will absolutely rock if I can do a decent job of getting them in there.

Yeah, 5mm Xmax and 100W RMS power handling aren't great attributes for SPL in car audio, but for modest listening levels I can vouch for them. Then again, WinISD is telling me good things about two of these in 0.8 cuft @ 30 Hz with a 200W signal...

[XtremeRevolution]

They will work well in the doors of your Vette, but you will need a high pass filter on them. That's really the only requirement I'd say you have.