Wat is the right way to face the Woofer box?

[Apollo]

With the Woofer box placed in the Boot, what would b the correct way to place the woofer? facing the car seat? facing away? or facing upwards?

 

anyone can tell wat this URL trying to say?

 

http://www.installer.com/tech/aiming2.html

[Bearbear1494]

That website is mainly the author trying to prove using lab equipment that woofer orientation DOES make a difference. The text below all the charts is to disprove another individual's adamant point of view that sub orientation DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER. Whether the charts are real or doctored, guess nobody really knows. But in my own experience, having the sub face the rear of the car does increase the bass output perceived from within the cabin. Especially for ported enclosures, the rumbling effect of frequencies around 100Hz is particularly amplified.

 

End of the day, guess it's best for yourself to experiment which orientation works best. Different cars have different acoustic characteristics, different kind of subs & enclosures have a different response curve. So in reality, there's no "one-size-fits-all" kinda deal.

[Apollo]

icic... i was wondering if it does matter. becos bass tubes is not facing those direction though.

[Bluemice]

i do get slight diff when i place it either on the LEFT or RIGHT side of boot. its orientation does make a diff. However, these diff are not large and significant, nothing that cant be compensated by the HU / proc settings.

 

 

mice

[Rollagt]

Hmm..for me I place it on the centre of the boot with the woofer face looking at me when I open the boot.

Somehow the driver seat enjoy more bass than the passenger side.

 

Perhaps I shd shift it to left then after some time right and compare the difference.

[Nickgoh250]

placing on the left behind the passenger side sounds more solid to the driver but not really for the passenger so cant have the best for both worlds.

[Headshok]

just play ard with the woofer u have and see how it goes

 

u can read up all the info u want, at the end of the day, its ur hardware and ur car that u have,

 

experiment ard ( wont hurt u unless ur woofer as heavy as mine)..

 

if no diff in ur car, then leave it along, if got diff, then ho seh liao.. heheh

 

cheers!

[Rollagt]

Hmm..

I must go try .

 

Thks for the info.

[Apollo]

P3 not heavy.. it's the box tat's heavy? if I made in perspex u think will b lighter?

[Headshok]

P3 not heavy, so no issue.

 

just play ard with the facings till u get the sound u like. hehehe

 

have fun