Best Way To Face Subs In 2G???

[TSIracer010]

I just purchased a jbl 1200.1 amp, 2 RF p3 15s, and a RF digital cap. and was wondering the best way to face them in my 95 talon . straight towards the back straight up towards the back glass or facing towards the front seats. i wanna know so i can go ahead and get my amp mounted and wires ran before the subs get here. And does anyone else have 15s in there 2g. thanx???

 

[CyberEye]

I just purchased a jbl 1200.1 amp, 2 RF p3 15s, and a RF digital cap. and was wondering the best way to face them in my 95 talon . straight towards the back straight up towards the back glass or facing towards the front seats. i wanna know so i can go ahead and get my amp mounted and wires ran before the subs get here. And does anyone else have 15s in there 2g. thanx???

Never point your subs facing the front. Unless your building a wall. Either mount them facing the rear, or angled up and back at the glass.

 

[tunerkid]

i have a RF 750w amp, and 2 RF 12's and i used to face them back like normal. it sounded good but rattled like a mother ####er. so i faced them upwards, sounded good also, however rattles my hatch on the inside. now i have them facing forward, i flip the seat down usually. it is proven that facing back or up is the best, but with them facing forward i dont have to deal with as much rattling. they still sound fine and it definatly pounds.

 

[n0c7]

I believe you point them towards the rear because the bass "reflects" back at you. Having them facing forward decreases the intensity because they have nothing to reflect off of. If rattling is a problem you can sound deaden the hatch with products such as dynamat. Check out http://www.the12volt.com

 

[gsxtacy]

the third brake light is a good target. Might wanna remove it if BIG BASS is the goal though...tends to vibrate ALOT.

gsxtacy

 

[Lzybum06]

My personal opinion on which way to face teh subs is, the only way to do it is facing up towards the glass, it's one of the biggest perks of having a hatchback. An example i have to prove my point is, I have two friends one who has a 96 firebird(hatchback) and one who has Chrysler Cirrus(trunk). They both have 2 12'' Diamond Subs and an amp to power them equally. The difference is teh Chrysler has a step up system compared to the firebird(better quality). The sound difference however is that the firebird sounded unquestionablly better and louder because of the hatchback. The chrysler was even in a ported box at the right frequency whereas the firebird was in a sealed. There's my $.02 go with facing it up towards the glass

 

[Team Xplizit]

never face the the subz torwards the front because the sound waves have nothin to bounce off of like if it was facing the rear or the glass. facing them to the front is just like buyin a mid range speaker i got my 3 pa'z faced in a U n my 2 amps in the middle i think that soundz the best in my 1g but thats my opinion peace

 

[91boost]

IMHO, it doesnt really matter which way the speakers face.

Try it different ways, and make your own conclusion.

 

[Game Over]

I have two 12's in a bandpass box with the glass in the front. The subs face the front and sound fine, although the sound can bounce off the glass i guess...

 

[Team Xplizit]

yeh its the box if u got a regular box no plexi glass their want be as much bass etc

 

[EclipseSH21]

I fire my alpine at the glass...still rattles like hell though, and Dynamat isnt getting any cheaper....gr.

 

[djmidnite]

I've got one sub in the passenger cubby hole on the passenger side facing the driver's side trunk panel and the other facing forward on the driver side of the trunk. I can thump the front seats just fine. I have 2 10" sony's and a 1200w sony amp.

 

[Jon Lane]

Bass energy is non-directional -- at the frequencies involved, the car can't even contain a single wavelength, or even an appreciable fraction of one. We're dealing with alternating pressure and rarefaction in a leaky vessel...your car. In the low frequency region there simply is no directionality and it's very unlikely you'll measure any big difference in such a small volume as a car just due to woofer placement.

Facing drivers up (or down) will eventually sag their cones off-center, so that's a bad idea. Likewise, up/down orientation may bump the cones away from center as the car jostles, adding distortion.

What's left is changing the system's acoustic resistance by its proximity to a surface, with glass being the hardest surface in the back of the car. Having said that, unless you're within a couple inches, you won't change the acoustic loading enough to make a difference. If you are within a couple inches, you're altering the bass system's design parameters, provided it has any worth keeping.

Best choice? Face drivers parallel to the road and in whatever direction you want.

 

[2GturboTALON]

This might be off topic but i just reversed my subs and am now firing them into my sealed box. (sound alot boomier) lil less rattle

 

[EclipseSH21]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think reverse orentation makes any difference in the sound quality/power of the sub.

 

[VENOM]

Towards the rear glass window Sound bounces off alot better, sounds better, I use to compete in sound offs with my 94 eclipse back in the day

 

[Crawl]

Id definiitely say Firing up, I have a GSX with a 15" Rockford Power HX2 with a kenwood excelon 1600watt amp, Upwards firing, sounds great.

 

[kicknyours]

this is what i have in the back of mine and it sounds great. All i have to do is take care of the of the damn rattles. :thumbdown

 

[LukePhillips]

Didnt read through all the replies so if this has been said, ignore it.

Basically, if you want more bass for IN the car, point the speakers towards the window. If you want it for more bass OUTSIDE the car (to look cool I geuss) point them inwards.

Has something to do with the bouncing of soundwaves.