Big Dad and Big Bass
Over the last couple weeks, my Dad spent a lot of time coming up here to visit me. While we really didn’t get to hang out enough (primarily because I was busy almost the whole time), we did spend a lot of time working on getting a speaker box built followed by a sub and amp installation for my Jeep.
It thumps… in a big way, heh heh. This still isn’t the perfect installation, mainly because the head unit didn’t have RCA pre-amp outs for a subwoofer. So I’m using a small passive device to take speaker level input down to pre-amp input levels. In general, there are just a ton of possible configuration tweaks that can be made, and I just haven’t had the time (or maybe even the talent/skill) to tweak the thing to perfection.
But after Dave gave it a little TLC, even with the levels on the speaker/pre-amp converter too high, it sounds really amazing. Previously I had a couple old paper cone Lanzar 10’s in a sealed box. It didn’t hit amazingly hard, but it was nice and punchy the way that I like it. Amazingly I found a copy of the ol’ MAIA X cd that I used to play on my old subs a bunch and I have been really pleased with the new sub. Not only does it hit lower bass with a solid hit (as I would expect from a 12 rather than 10’s), but it’s just as punchy in the sealed box as the old 10’s were. It’s really just plain better in every way.
Hopefully I’ll see Dad again soon so that he can hear what it sounds like after he did all of the work on the kick ass speaker box, and hopefully we can play more pool than we did last time.