Good point... I'm struggling with the great sound vs. practicality
issue myself right now.

We are considering designing a track-based system whereby my box can
be moved back and locked against the back of the seat for when I need
the trunk, but rolled and locked against the back of the trunk for
when I want the best sound.

Getting the track to "fold" up in order to access my spare tire is
proving to be the tricky part.

If all else fails, we may redesign my rear deck to fit a 12" sub in
free air configuration between my 6.5" full rangers.

Unfortunately, I want a more stock look to my system so as not to
attract thieves. Mounting a 12" speaker in the deck would not help my
cause


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:01:56 -0500, Scott Gardner
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:45:48 GMT, Rod wrote:

in the traditional spot, firing backwards right behind my rear seats
in my trunk

Traditional?!?!? You mean crappy? You'll get a 3-6 db increase by
moving your sub box all the way toward the back of the trunk firing
directly at the back of the car. Dynamatting the back wall of the
trunk (lower part of trunk lid) helps a lot as well.

This position has been proven to prevent all the bass wave cancelling
that can occur in your "traditional spot".


Well, everything in life involves some kind of compromise, and sub
placement is no different. In most of the sedans and coupes I've
owned, putting a large box where you describe (in the trunk, slid all
the way away from the back seats, firing toward the rear of the car)
makes the rest of the trunk a pain in the ass to use.

With your location, the box is situated right at the trunk opening.
Anything you want to put in the trunk has to go in between the box and
the edge of the trunk opening, then positioned between the sub box
and the rear seat, or off to the sides of the sub box, if your trunk
is wide enough.

While the conventional location up against the back seat and firing
rearward may not give the most SPL, watts are cheap, and if it bothers
me that much, I'll buy a bigger amp.