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 Jul 13, 2004 - 12:07 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jun 15, '04 From new york Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
im thinking about buying this sub box off of ebay. But what im wondering is will i get a good sound quality out of my subs with this material of a box? Or would a regular MDF wood box be better?
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Jul 13, 2004 - 12:50 AM
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look like it would explod if you turned up the sub woofers.
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Jul 13, 2004 - 12:55 AM
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Might have a weird vibration sound to it- but it LOOKs cool
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Jul 13, 2004 - 8:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 19, '02 From West of Atlanta Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Plexi has to be real thick so it won't resonate. That box is way to thin. Back when I worked at a shop we had a guy building plexi boxes for us that used 1/2" thick sheet. It still resonated but it wasn't too bad. The problem was that a 4x8 sheet of 1/2" polycarbonate is over $400 and it weighs a ton. But yeah they sure do look good.
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Jul 13, 2004 - 9:01 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 3, '04 From Alhambra 62001 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Save your money. Personaly I would never buy a plexiglass box.
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Jul 13, 2004 - 10:11 AM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'd imagine that that enclosure might work for lower-output subs, but I bet that it would sound bad because it would flex. Put a XXX or a IDMax or W7 or something in there though, and I think it might explode, because it's pretty thin.
Plus, I bet that box weighs a ton. I'd go with something fiberglass...it's a lot of work(I'm doing it now, again), but it can turn out great once finished. 
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Jul 13, 2004 - 5:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 15, '04 From new york Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yeah thats what i figured too after thinking about it. For now i just bought a regular carpeted MDF box with a plexiglass window thingy in the front. I should still be able to throw a neon or two in there and have it look decent. down the road i wanna do a custom fiberglass enclosure. Your making your enclosure yourself Coomer? |
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Jul 13, 2004 - 6:03 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Yep, hopefully it'll be done by the weekend. I said that last week though. 
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Jul 13, 2004 - 6:41 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I think I'm just gonna drive my car up to Yakima and throw money at coomer and ask him nicely to do my fiberglass work..
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Jul 13, 2004 - 6:44 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Haha, go for it...you know I'm down to help.
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Jul 13, 2004 - 7:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 15, '04 From new york Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
lol i'd be right behind you if i lived over that way but post pics after ur done coomer. its gonna look sick |
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Jul 15, 2004 - 9:46 PM
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my 2 type r's are in a plexiglass box with mirrors, and it has rattled the screws out of the box on more than one occasion and it sounds like ass.
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Jul 18, 2004 - 2:10 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 13, '04 From St. Louis (Webster Groves) Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
It might work with a short throw sub, but with most being long throw (more bass... duh) it could shatter the box. And that box looks thin as hell, for it to work right it would have to look like bulletproof glass from a bank (1"thick at least) and that stuff aint cheap.
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Jul 19, 2004 - 8:34 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 15, '04 From new york Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
 so i decided to buy that box to put my 2 Audiobahn Alum12Q subs in. I just got it today and gues what....??? THE SUBS DONT EVEN FIT IN THE DAMN BOX!  the only place to put em in is the plexiglass window in the front and the subs are too deep to fit them in there. I have no clue what to do. any ideas? |
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