Flat subs - need bass - no space

[JohnK]

Anyone know a good place to buy flat subs?

I went to a local place, they had a 12" panasonic one for £250 although he did say he could get it down to £200 for me.

I NEED bass but i dont want to pay silly money or use up all my boot space. A removeable box would be ideal but most subs are too deep.

I was also offered 2, 6" kenwood subs, I thought I may be able to mount them where the standard sub should go, as I dont have one.

Any advice please.

[Mark Ayling]

I've often wondered about the best way to get some decent bass in the Supe without losing any of the already minimal boot-space...

As I see it there are a couple of options:

1) Somehow use the spare-wheel space under the floor, thus doing away with the spare

or

2) Have a sub made to replace the polystyrene block thing at the front of the boot, under the floor right behind the back seat. I can't really see what its there for anyway!

If there's an existing kit available I'd be very interested...

[Flavio]

I've got some pictures of my subwoofer install here:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291977781

Ofcourse I had to get rid of the spare but that doesn't bother me. I use a 12" Phase Linear Alliante subwoofer.

The enclosure is pretty simple. It sort of folds over the spare tire hump and it is screwed down by the same bolt that keeps the spare in place. The bottom of the enclosure is open when the box is out of the car but when fitted an eggshell foam bottom around the spare tire hump is flattened and seals the enclosure. It works prettu good and the enclosure is removable if I want to.

Flavio

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid14/p142c9363fa12dc3dab98011a9003dc88/fde38afb.jpg

[JohnK]

I dont wanna lose my spare, a removeable box would do, but these flat subs looked ideal, but damm expensive. Im not after soundoff / show standard, I just want a little bass.

Perhaps the magical Matt Harwood can help us out.

[SimonB]

I've got a 10" Infinity Kappa sub in a box I made. I chose this sub because it only needed a small enclosure. I think it was 0.6 cubic feet or something. The enclosure I made is a classic wedge shape, but the side panels have a kind of triangular section at the back the same angle as the rear seat back, so it fits snugly against the seat back. I was going to have some kind of catch or something to secure it but it's such a good fit it doesn't move anyway so I haven't bothered yet.

I can just unplug it and lift it out if I need the boot (or need to get at the spare etc).

Here's a picture (http://www.indidist.co.uk/images/images/SimonB2.jpg) from the members register.

[JohnK]

looks ideal, thanks for the info.

:)

[Matt Harwood]

I'm intending to run 4 Focal 5" subs in a slightly raised enclosure using the well behind the backseat.
It should end up sitting about 2" higher than floor level and be as wide as the width of the well.
I'm going to power them with a genuine 500w RMS and I'm expecting to get a little more output than the average 10" but with, (hopefully), fantastic transient response.

All I need to complete this now is..... Time. where can I buy some?

[HedgehogSandwich adi]

Flat subs? Foget them...someone pioneered one a couple of years back, and it was withdrawn shortly after..ie it was useless. A flat sub is essentially a compromise between traditional speaker design and the need for space, and as such sound awful. Drive units are and always have been that shape for a reason..when people try to change them (especially for frequencies under 3 or 4K) the results are normally disasterous.

Go for a smaller traditional sub unit, and by all accounts you should get a better result.

adi

[Flavio]

FYI, the Phase Linear Alliante subwoofers are considered by many to be the best sounding subs available and they are flat.

Flavio

[HedgehogSandwich adi]

Were talking about different types of flats...but the write ups on tha alliantes does sound impressive.