Yaris Sedan Deadening and Sound system upgrade

[sqcomp]

There will obviously be a difference beteen an IDQ 12 and a Hybrid 6 (even if it's ported). I would seriously look at the direction of "fire" on the woofer before makiing permanent changes.

You have to remember that the mid bass shouldn't be affected when your final plan is put into place. look at the difference in the enclosure of the IDQ and the Imagine woofer. You also should consider the tuning frequency of the sub woofer along with the resonant frequency of the car...and correspond the two so that they work together. At what point does your vehicle sound the loudest bass-wise? That will give you a VERY good enclosure and environment to allow the sub to play LOW and loud without even stressing the amplifier one bit.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

There will obviously be a difference beteen an IDQ 12 and a Hybrid 6 (even if it's ported). I would seriously look at the direction of "fire" on the woofer before makiing permanent changes.

You have to remember that the mid bass shouldn't be affected when your final plan is put into place. look at the difference in the enclosure of the IDQ and the Imagine woofer. You also should consider the tuning frequency of the sub woofer along with the resonant frequency of the car...and correspond the two so that they work together. At what point does your vehicle sound the loudest bass-wise? That will give you a VERY good enclosure and environment to allow the sub to play LOW and loud without even stressing the amplifier one bit.

I agree 110% with you.

I asume the IDQ out performs the little I6SW (a 12" woofer vs a 6" woofer?), but I'm aware that I'm not pushing the IDQ, I've seen videos and they move! mine moves just a little bit, my gains are very low, I never had the amp even warm up after one and a half our of playing continuously all kinds of music, the volt meter in the P99 shows 14.1v most of the time on the road, and at stop signs around 13.8v with music playing all the time.

I had a time of my life where I wanted my neighbors and friends to notice, hear and feel when I has coming around the corner (and I did, but boy my ears hurt and I really didn't enjoy music as I do with this set up), now it's all about sound quality, and it's just that little touch of bass (true bass) what I'm looking for. Low to moderate volume it's what I like, feel the music, be able to drive for more than an hour without fatigue or a piiiiiiiip inside my ears. I enjoy all the benefits of the time I spent deadening my noisy Yaris.

That is why I appreciate all your help, it's a learning process, it's an art, obsession and passion. After experimenting with the woofer up front there is no way back, it just sounds and feels beautiful (at least for me).

If I end up going with a vented box with a I6SW I know that it's the "vent" direction that counts, and maybe I'll to a dummy enclosure (ends up about a little bigger than a shoe box) and just play with "direction of fire" before glassing any permanent installation. I know there are many other issues to take in consideration, but I'm willing to go ahead, learn and experiment and like my mids... you told me in a very nice way not to aim them like I did, now I'm going back to re-aim and play more "off axis", but how I know this is the way to go... by experience! I learn from my mistakes.

Now I'm stuck with a problem at home.... "no heat!" I got to fix that first.

D.

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

At what point does your vehicle sound the loudest bass-wise?

That will give you a VERY good enclosure and environment to allow the sub to play LOW and loud without even stressing the amplifier one bit.

I'm trying to understand... is this the point where the bass sounds better at a specific volume level...

I would say if 1 is really low volume and 10 is super loud without distortion... the best is from 4 to 8 and some thing I found is that I really don't make gain adjustments on my remote any more between songs, the bass sounds great for all kinds of music at any volume level.

Some thing I found very nice, before I had to adjust one, two or tree clicks on the gain control, depending on the song to make it sound good.

Please correct me if I'm wrong with this question.

D.