Here's the concept behind this whole idea.
6x9 subs are great if you want more output. Tang Band as well as Cadence make some great ones. However good the trunk I'd at sealing noise, it is imperfect. The end result is that any 6x9 sub will effectively be installed in the equivalent of a very leaky box.
As a result, you will lose low frequency extension. Your bass will be louder, but it will not be truly deep. Play "The Kraken" by Hans Zimmer to see what I mean. You will not be able to hit the truly deep yet natural double bass notes because of that.
The other issue is the rear deck pad. It differs in cars equipped with the Pioneer factory 6x9 subs from cars not equipped in that there is more material cut out of the pad in the former to allow air to move. Any 6x9 subs you install will not produce the entire potential of their sound as a result.
The Tang Band subs will get recently loud, but are ultimately going to sound boomy until you get some mass loaded material over the rear deck to seal all but the 6x9 holes. However, that rear deck can breathe for a couple of reasons.
1. Closing doors. There are two flaps on opposite sides of the car in the 1/4 panels by the rest tail lights that vent air. When you close a door, you pressurize the car. The pressure is released through those vents.
2. Closing the trunk. Some of that pressure will go through those flaps, but if you seal off the rear deck and close the trunk too quickly, you will force pressure on the 6x9 drivers.
3. Driving with windows open. Seal the trunk enough, and you will begin to create a "fluttering" sound.
Thus, you have a catch-22 with rear 6x9 subs. Use them, and you have stealth bass but you lack linear extension below ~55Hz. Seal the deck, and you get that extension but you create pressure problems in the trunk.
Finally, all of that bass goes away the moment you fold down the back seat for any reason as the bass waves will cancel out.
For a stealth install, a fiberglas molded enclosure is really the best bet, but of course will wind up costing you an extra $250. How accurate do you want your bass to sound? Do you just want a louder punch, or do you want to tell apart each note in "The Kraken?"
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6x9 subs are great if you want more output. Tang Band as well as Cadence make some great ones. However good the trunk I'd at sealing noise, it is imperfect. The end result is that any 6x9 sub will effectively be installed in the equivalent of a very leaky box.
As a result, you will lose low frequency extension. Your bass will be louder, but it will not be truly deep. Play "The Kraken" by Hans Zimmer to see what I mean. You will not be able to hit the truly deep yet natural double bass notes because of that.
The other issue is the rear deck pad. It differs in cars equipped with the Pioneer factory 6x9 subs from cars not equipped in that there is more material cut out of the pad in the former to allow air to move. Any 6x9 subs you install will not produce the entire potential of their sound as a result.
The Tang Band subs will get recently loud, but are ultimately going to sound boomy until you get some mass loaded material over the rear deck to seal all but the 6x9 holes. However, that rear deck can breathe for a couple of reasons.
1. Closing doors. There are two flaps on opposite sides of the car in the 1/4 panels by the rest tail lights that vent air. When you close a door, you pressurize the car. The pressure is released through those vents.
2. Closing the trunk. Some of that pressure will go through those flaps, but if you seal off the rear deck and close the trunk too quickly, you will force pressure on the 6x9 drivers.
3. Driving with windows open. Seal the trunk enough, and you will begin to create a "fluttering" sound.
Thus, you have a catch-22 with rear 6x9 subs. Use them, and you have stealth bass but you lack linear extension below ~55Hz. Seal the deck, and you get that extension but you create pressure problems in the trunk.
Finally, all of that bass goes away the moment you fold down the back seat for any reason as the bass waves will cancel out.
For a stealth install, a fiberglas molded enclosure is really the best bet, but of course will wind up costing you an extra $250. How accurate do you want your bass to sound? Do you just want a louder punch, or do you want to tell apart each note in "The Kraken?"
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