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Understanding the Basics of Car Subwoofer Enclosures
It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the processes and mechanics involved in attaining a quality audio system for your car. Even if your car is not the fanciest or newest car in the neighborhood, there are steps you can take to ensure that at least its audio output rivals, or even exceeds that of new cars. One way to ensure your car’s optimal audio output is through fundamental car subwoofer enclosures. Below is some helpful information.
In order to achieve the best quality audio output from your car music system, it is really important to understand that the quality of car subwoofers enclosures is every bit as important as the woofer itself. It is important to have the right design for the enclosure to go with the particular woofer that you may choose for your vehicle.
Sometimes it can be difficult to decide which enclosures and which woofers are right for your vehicle. For one, the size limitations of the vehicle and the different sound characteristics of different types of enclosures are two factors that can help you to make up your mind regarding the right choices for your vehicle.
Preferably, the enclosures should be made of MDF, which is, Medium Density Fiberboard, or any other material of equivalent or superior qualities and performance. Secondly, the enclosures must have bracing throughout to ensure that no sound energy is wasted due to flexing. The walls of the enclosures should be lined up with a dampener material such as fiberglass, poly fill, or a tar based spray. This will help to reduce the high frequency resonance.
Woofer enclosures come in different varieties. Some of the basic types of enclosures are as follows:
Angled Enclosures
These enclosures are designed to fit in places where the standard square enclosures cannot fit in.
Bandpass Enclosures
This consists of one sealed and one ported chamber. The sound waves go through the ported chamber, resulting in a loud bass response. This enclosure has excellent power handling and also a good low-frequency response.
Vented Enclosures
This consists of a port that enables the back sound waves to be emitted along with the front sound waves in order to produce a high combined sound output. These vented or ported enclosures are available in various sizes and designs.
Sealed Enclosures
his type of enclosure is designed to prevent the entry or exit of air from the box. It enables the subwoofer to perform with high sound accuracy and tighter bass. Usually, they are available in single, dual, and triple slots.
Vehicle Specific Enclosures
For many different vehicle models, there are also vehicle specific enclosures available readily in the market. You may consult with a good enclosure vendor to review what kind of car subwoofers enclosures might be most suited to your car and your audio system.
If you have smaller space available behind the vehicle seat or in the trunk, you can use shallow mount enclosures to match with shallow mount subwoofers. There are also hatch box sealed enclosures that are designed to save space.
Truck Subwoofer Enclosures
When you’re driving a truck, you usually feel strong and smug. You’re the king of the road, especially if the truck you’re driving is a ten-wheeler. However, trucks are rarely equipped with the same level of entertainment features inherent in cars designed for family, luxury, or sports use. Cars have a lot of room for entertainment gadgets to be installed, while trucks focus more on space efficiency and functionality. Cars are primarily used to transport people, while trucks are used to deliver goods. Driving a truck shouldn’t keep you from enjoying quality entertainment however. Even if you can’t fit a good entertainment system in most trucks, you can make do by building your own truck subwoofer enclosure. When you’re driving, it’s always good to have audio turned on. Music, especially fast-paced rock music, keeps you from getting sleepy. However, if you want to hear good music, you should also have good audio devices. While subwoofers are very common nowadays, you can’t simply place a subwoofer in the interior of your truck.
Subwoofers are also vulnerable to dust and foreign material. If you leave your subwoofer unprotected, chances are it’ll be subject to normal wear and tear, especially with the dusty, dirt-prone environment in most trucks. That’s why you need to utilize a truck subwoofer enclosures in order to fit your subwoofer perfectly into your truck. Utilizing truck subwoofer enclosures can also boost the sound output quality of your subwoofer.
So how do you build up your truck subwoofer enclosures? First, you take note of all the materials you’ll require. A high grade particle board, or even a medium density fiber board. You can easily get these materials by visiting your nearest home improvement center or lumber yard. Since you’re going to install the subwoofer on a truck, you have to make the material thick enough to absorb shocks bought about by bumpy roads and heavy load. Your truck subwoofer enclosure should be as sturdy as possible. It’s also recommended that you install a subwoofer with a big cone area of sound in order to take advantage of the thick material that you’re using. Bigger subwoofers perform best with thick material.
Additional materials that you’ll need are screws and bolts to keep the subwoofer enclosure secured inside the truck. You’ll also need wood glue to stick the boards together. You can use screws when putting the boards together; however, don’t forget to use countersinking methods. This method of screwing avoids the splitting of wood. Once the boards have been secured together, use silicone baulk to cover up any minute cracks or gaps of the subwoofer enclosure. Before closing it up, pad the inside thoroughly with polyester fiberfill to amplify the subwoofer bass sound.
You’ll also need to connect minor wiring to ensure that your on-board audio equipment connects well with the subwoofer. You can place the subwoofer on the steering board, or somewhere near the pedals. That way, you’ll feel the majestic boom of the bass every time you go for a ride on your truck.
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