Best Bass Box for MSP trunk

[stoneluv18]

what's the best type of box for the MSP trunk, I've tried single port 10", that was ok, a 12" would have been better. I now have a dual port bandpass with 2 10"s, sounds great at time but also sounds like s*** sometimes. What are u guys rollin with? what kind of box gives the best response? would a 10" bazooka work well? or just a 2 10" sealed? lookin fwd to ur responses, thanks
-Dan

 

[pluto316]

what's the best type of box for the MSP trunk, I've tried single port 10", that was ok, a 12" would have been better. I now have a dual port bandpass with 2 10"s, sounds great at time but also sounds like s*** sometimes. What are u guys rollin with? what kind of box gives the best response? would a 10" bazooka work well? or just a 2 10" sealed? lookin fwd to ur responses, thanks
-Dan

Why you got no response: There is no answer to this question. It depends on your subs, sound you want, etc etc etc.

Let's start with, what type of music do you listen to?

 

[vindication]

I would go ported, and the size depends on what the subs call for

 

[stoneluv18]

Why you got no response: There is no answer to this question. It depends on your subs, sound you want, etc etc etc.

Let's start with, what type of music do you listen to?

mostly dancehall reggae (beenie man, elephant man etc) and hip hop, so i need a tight but heavy bassline minus the grumbling or rattling.
I had a 94 protege before with a 10" sony explod ported pushed by a kenwood 600 watt amp, bridged, best bass I ever had, I cant get the same feel in the MSP. (band2)

 

[CommieSpeed]

Where is Serv0Eyes when you need him?!?!?! PM Serv0eyes....he knows MSP audio like a mo-fo, and has a great setup.

 

[Yay-Boost]

Bandbass have a limited range so they tend to be really loud on some notes and don't exist on others. Sealed will give you the best sound at the cost of some volume. I added a sealed box from Crutchfield with a 12" MB Quartz. It is night and day difference over stock just using the stock amp.

 

[Larone]

mostly dancehall reggae (beenie man, elephant man etc) and hip hop, so i need a tight but heavy bassline minus the grumbling or rattling.
I had a 94 protege before with a 10" sony explod ported pushed by a kenwood 600 watt amp, bridged, best bass I ever had, I cant get the same feel in the MSP. (band2)

Yow wah gwaan yardie! I have no idea how to answer your question, but just thought I'd big up the only yardie I've seen on here.

 

[stoneluv18]

Bandbass have a limited range so they tend to be really loud on some notes and don't exist on others. Sealed will give you the best sound at the cost of some volume. I added a sealed box from Crutchfield with a 12" MB Quartz. It is night and day difference over stock just using the stock amp.

I've had ported and now bandpass, I guess the next will be sealed, which I always wanted to try but didn't wanna spend the dough, if ur post is correct then that should be the sound I'm looking for (tight and sensitive). Someone told me that only certain types of subs are made for sealed boxes, if that's true which models of kenwoods can I use?

ps: to my yardie friend, I'm actually guyanese, love the music styll. bless!!!

 

[Yay-Boost]

Yes most subs are designed to work best in one style of box. As for Kenwood subs there are probably better options out there that would give you better sound for the same money. Most people around here seem to like JL audio and Rockford Fosgate. I bought the MB Quartz because I got a great deal. I would of bought JL's if the local dealer didn't suck.

 

[1sty]

Any sub can go into any type of box. However, it might not be its optimum setup. Damn near any sub will be ok in a sealed box. Its the most basic box.
Every sub box needs to be built around the sub it will hold. For a sealed box the airspace needs to be specificly within the range the subwoofers needs to perform poperly. A ported box has to have the proper air space, port length and port diameter. If these measurments are off, the perfomrance sucks. Ported boxes are typicly able to be slightly louder then sealed boxes but the box is larger and usualy won't play the lowest of freqencies as well as the sealed will. Bandpass is the biggest pain in the ass as there are 2 chambers of airspace and ports that all have to jive. Bandpass boxes are great for getting a small band of sound loud, but they suck for everything else as they won't reproduce it. They are VERY rarely used these days except for by the typicle best buy customer that has no real experiecne in car audio and basicly just wants one tone......LOUD. Their day has come and gone.
I suggest you take a look at www.jlaudio.com they have an of articles about box types. It should help to claify some things.

The box is only a small part of the equation. Also important is the amplifier and of coarse, what sub that is being used. If you are going to be buying a prefab ported box then it should be build by the subwoofers manufacturer. Generic prefab ported boxes are designed to work with as many subs as possible and sacrifice possible performance to do so. If you want a prefab box not offered by the manufacturer then get a sealed box.

If you really like bass, then be honest with yourself about it and get 2 12"s. 2 10"s may satisfy you ears though. Keep in mind that if you cheap out andget a crap sub, your going to get crap perfomance. Spend the money on decent equiptment to make the purchase worth it. In other words, don't buy bazooka, sony, duel, ect. There garbage. If your shopping at best buy your options are Rockford and alpine, pretend everything else does not exist.


If you need to keep things cheap then go with two 12" Rockford fosgate series 1 subs in a sealed box and match them with an alpine MRP-M350 amplifier