Will hopefully be ordering everything I need for my new system within the next 1-2 weeks and just wanted any final thoughts before I actually do it.

Kenwood DDX812 (eBay ftw)
<b>2</b> Elemental Designs NINe.2x amps (edesignaudio.com)
<b>1</b> Elemental Designs e5.10 sub (edesignaudio.com)
Hybrid Audio Clarus C61-2 component (fronts only) (hybrid-audio.com)
Single 10" Z enclosure box (zenclosures.com)
Fosgate RFC1D cap
Fosgate RFit-16 wiring

 

i would go ahead and get the LEGATIA L61-2 so you can upgrade later and get the L3 or L4 later and run 3 way


but that requires you to go active


and for the love of god, get someone to build a box to spec... not some damn prefab box

 

1) The guy I'm purchasing the Hybrid speakers from told me there is pretty much no audible difference between the two series of Hybrid speakers. He said he actual had to be informed of which was more expensive when he first started selling them cause he thought they sounded the same.

2) If I had someone make me a box it would cost a sh*t load more than I want to spend. I contacted Z enclosures and they said they could build the box to spec with my sub (.5ft) he also went on to tell me how he has an Elemental Designs 11OV2 (earlier model) in his Z and loves it. Would having someone make me an amazing box that is going to cost hundreds more really make that much of a difference over a Z enclosures box built to spec?

Thanks for the input so far.

 

bump

 

The Zenclosures box will be fine, he made mine to spec and then I changed it. I'm probably going to either have one made that creates a false floor (or do it myself) to replace my Z enclosures box, but get the volume right and keep proportions decent and its all gravy.

 

Might be a stupid question but what do you mean by proportions?

How big is the stock alternator on the 03 Z? Tried googling it but couldn't find it.

 

You don't want a box that is tube like unless its "tuned." Generally if I remember correctly you want to keep within 1/2 of your widest dimension on your narrowest dimension. You get standing waves internally, and disproportionate boxes can have different "dynamic" and static volumes (effectively) because the far reaches of the box take longer to be reached by the waves.

My box is fairly full of poly-fill to stop standing waves and help deter port turbulence.

I have no idea what size the 03 alternator is.

 

any more thoughts anyone

 

if you go that route make sure to add the speaker displacement to the airspace

 

e5.10 = 1.86L of displacement which according to some conversion website = 0.065685 ft³

There website suggest a .4-.6ft box for sealed, .5 being ideal. So when I request my enclosure size should I request .5 or .55? Would it really make a difference?

 

not allot but i would always swing for the fence... cant hurt

 

so then I should request my box to be .56 sq ft correct?

 

yep

or port it 1.0ft³ Tuned to 30Hz and get allot more output

1.06ft³ total

 

I figured it should give me enough output for my needs and I'd rather have a better sounding sub than a louder one

 

i just got frowns from sealing my W7

ordering my ports as we speak

havnt touched the gain (still at 38.7v) since i took it out of the small box and now its slapping in the new one at wide open good thing i planned ahead on my design