Don't
be afraid, I'm a Ninja
At the age of 22 or so,
Adam is the oldest of us audiophiles, and has had his license for the least
amount of time. As soon as he got his license, he purchased a 198? Ford
Bronco II. This SUV was used by all of us off-roading all the time, last
summer and has quite a few fun stories behind it. Adam now doesn't off-road
much, so the damn thing doesn't get wrecked. Almost right after Adam got
his truck, he upgraded the head unit to a Panasonic tape deck purchased
from the same place I got my amp and line driver, Grafton Electronics.
Next on the block was a cheap 10 disc F.M. modular CD changer from Crappy
Tire. It did the job. Now the speakers had to be changed, so he picked
up a pair of Blaupunkt 6x9's for the back seat panels. Since all of us
know that a pair of 6x9's don't put out super low end, a Pioneer 8"
bass cannon was purchased from Mark. This was hooked up with a Kenwood
amp from Crappy Tire as well. Eventually, Adam blew the cannon, and had
to go up to some more subs. Thanks to a hefty paycheque, a pair of Sony
12's in a wedge box and a Phoenix Gold sapphire 1.0 purchased from Red
Ball Radio and filtered with my old Coustic XM-3 crossover. I must say,
for a pair of not so often used subs and a puny 50x2 amp, this setup kicked.
It could compete with mine easily. Since Adam was still in need of more,
a Sony CD player was purchased from red ball again. I think this CD player
can do anything, including adjusting the satellite that Sony throws in
for free to get those great Russian radio stations. And then, since 2 12's
wasn't enough, he went and got 2 Rockford Fosgate Punch 12's, and added
them to the setup. He put them in the box that I had my RF's in. When these
were cranked up, wow. The whole setup hit hard and tight. We all were very
happy with the outcome. Since this setup didn't look very good, with a
black carpet covered 2 ft3 wedge box and a automotive grade covered rectangular
3.2 ft3 box all in the same area, a new box with all 4 in the same box
was made. Two separate air volumes of about 2.5 ft3 each were incorporated.
The Sony's were placed facing the back seat and the RF's facing the back
hatch. The box was made out of 3/4" MDF and held together with a lot
of wood glue, silicon sealing and 1 1/2" wood screws. To top it off,
the whole thing was covered with about 3 yards of light gray automotive
grade carpeting. The amps were placed on the sides of the box out of view
and with enough air circulating to make sure they didn't overheat.
Seen below are some of
the pics of that box along with some basic descriptions.. Not bad for a
nights work.
This is the beast. Notice the great equalibrium
due to the 200 lbs. the box and subs add.
The front and back before being put in the truck.
Notice that we pre-screwed to save time. Good idea eh?? EH??? Yea. I know
I get excited about little things. But thats ok. Adam P. is a ninja.
This is adam working late into the night putting
it together while I do nothing. Good deal eh?
The final sealing and wire has been run, amps
hidden and tools removed from inside.
The front of the box after being installed. Everything
was nicely laid out and the edges trimmed down.
The final shot. I made this cute little distribution
bank recessed into the top. Forever to be known as the greatest forming
carpet ever.
Note:
After the box was all put together, after a couple months driving, the
carpet started to come off the box due to the amount of bass. Even though
I used a whole can of spray adhesive, it wasn't enough for this application.
Now you can move on to the next topics:
The new box.