I'm looking for that purest, clearest, smoothest, and deepest bass. I want that bass where you can from hear it two blocks away. Where you can feel it in your stomach, even at low volume. I DON'T want that trunk rattling bass where it sounds like every screw in the car sounds like it's coming loose.

I know there are a ton of variables that contribute to bass quality: sub size, brand, number of subs, box size, ported, band pass, amp, wiring, etc.

Right now, I have a custom job in my trunk. The spare tire was taken out, and I have two 10 inch JL W0's powered by a Rockford Fosgate amp, and an Alpine amp powering my Boston Accoustic Components.

It sounds great, and the bass is powerful, but I want that smooth ghetto bass.

How do I get it? Do I up it to 2 12"s? 15"s? Do I get top of the line 10" subs? Is it the amp?? Do I just drop a ton of cash on equipment? Give me advice audio heads!!!

 

Either way, if the bass is loud, it's going to rattle unless you dynamat.

 

10" will give you that punchy "rock" bass
12" will give you that low deep hum
15" is sometimes inaudible and offers more pressure and vibration than sound...

I say go with 2 12" and sound deaden the crap out the rear....

 

make sure you buy a crysyal method CD for base

 

Make sure your subs face towards the back of the car. Get big subs that are ported and dynomate the hell out of the back plastic piece in the trunk and possibly hatch.

 

Im a bass head so to speak when it comes to having a bumping system. I currently installed (last nite lol) 2 jlw3 in a stealthbox, and im running a 1200 watt amp to them. At first i was a little optimistic cuz after reading peoples post about there w6's and w7's i wasnt sure the w3 would be enough bass for my liking. Well, after my install was finished i was more then happy with the sound (bass), and this is coming from a guy who had 4 12's in a s10, and 2 15's in a tahoe. Thats the extreme i like. The good thing about the z is the tight space that the hatch provides which causes the bass to propell back towards the cab. To close i would just recommened upgrading to the w3 and running a 1200 watt amp. Trust me, i was at a stoplight last nite in the last lane next to the side walk; there was a starbucks on the opposite side of the street and i had every head looking my direction

 

How big are your W3's? 12"?

 

JL Stealthbox holds 2 10"s. I have one as well and it's plenty of bass.

 

Its in the jl stealth box which only comes w/ the 10' w3.. If u run a good amp with these, u will be happy. Like i said i wasnt sure if i would like it but im really happy.

 

10w6v2, gives me whatever bass i want. punchy rock to the "ghetto i want to share my bass with all my neighbors" bass.

 

I also used to have 2 15s...but in a 4runner, with one pcx-2200 on each (800x1 rmseach). My stealthbox actually just came in, and it should be in my car by 6pm tonight. I'm gonna run 1 of my 800 watt amps on it...arent you worried about the 1200 watt amp blowing the w3s...they handle 300rms each. or do u just have the gain really low?

 

**** i hope its not too much cuz thats what i told the audio guy.
He said it would be fine. But on another note, i have the bass on
my head unit at -2 and my bass control at half way.

 

best sounding? velodyne FTW! lol

b

 

Velodyne is better than Focal for best SQ? I have Focal 165KP2 in my car fronts

 

velodyne in terms of overall smoothness of bass, cannot be beat really....

the last time i heard a velodyne install in a car, i was blown away... but if you want any volume, then probably dont want to use velodyne unless you can throw a good 3 or 4 in the car lol...

it better be at well over 1k (or was it 2k) a sub lol

as for front speakres, focal is a good brand for usre, but my personal taste has me favoring a few other brands of speakers over focal

b

 

Oxymoron



All kidding aside. You will not find much better "powerful" base this side of a pair of Adire Tumult 12D2s in 2.5ft^3(each) tuned to around 22Hz .... that will literally be heard anywhere withing two city blocks. It will also be some of the cleanest bass you'll ever hear too.

 

i was unaware that velodyne made **** for cars.\

 

They don't ... sometime they offer one-offs on ebay that were built offset and such

 

CDT audio, enought said.

 

Any specific brands anybody spouts off here (including me) is purely subjective and limited by the first hand experience any one person has had with the equipment they are recommending. For the most part, any good quality sub(s) with plenty of clean power in a well built and tuned box will give you the kind of bass you want. Just demo as many different combos as you can before making a decision.

Rattling is proportional to the total SPL of your system and how little you dynamat/foam/tighten the rattles that you find.

You will find that (typically) the more money you spend, the better of a system you will get.