Check out my new audiobahn 15!

[hondajoe05]

so i finally decided i'd join the "sub world" and buy one i decided on this audibahn 15 sound q 2200 watt dual 6 ohm coils... and i built the 40inch by 17inch box to fit the ext.cab part of my truck it all sounds good as hell oh ya im Underpowering it with a 1100watt kenwood amp bridged ...

[hondajoe05]

the box is big as hell

[hondajoe05]

oh ya it has a 1 3/4 port hole runnin down the back of it and this is my roof at the moment and im paintin my truck like the genral lee when it warms up

[hondajoe05]

oh ya the racing stripes! their duck tape and the flag is duck taped to the roof

[hondajoe05]

and those are bar pads on the windsheild wipers... you know you wish you had them

[Regular_Joe]

It looks like the box was made of thick plywood. You might wanna consider using 3/4 MDF, especially for a 15" sub like that. Just a thought .....

[hondajoe05]

box is made with polished 3/4 mdf paid a good 50$ or so for enough wood for it

[XxXsupa-flyXxX]

that's nice dude, how's it sound? I don't have a truck yet, but i got a free kicker solo-baric L7 and a box the other day. I would post a pic but I don't know how to resize it

[ShiftFMX]

Nice dude, Heres my old Audiobahn 15's in my old ranger...

:devil:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/ShiftFMX/725521_29_full.jpg

[atvRiDa400ex]

Originally posted by ShiftFMX
Nice dude, Heres my old Audiobahn 15's in my old ranger...

:devil:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/ShiftFMX/725521_29_full.jpg

thats sIk...you think that would fit in my f150's cab?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/mestoe/DSCN1351.jpg

[hondajoe05]

1 15 is more than enough ... jus buy a t1 and have someone build a custom box for your f-150 t1's sound best ported too i have a friend with 2 cvx 15's in a f-150 and another friend with 2cvx's 15's in a s-10 and another with 1 t1 15 the t1 sounds better than both of theirs ... i woulda looked at one myself but i got a good deal on this so i jumped on it those t1's are kinda pricey

[hondajoe05]

1 15 is more than enough ... jus buy a t1 and have someone build a custom box for your f-150 t1's sound best ported too i have a friend with 2 cvx 15's in a f-150 and another friend with 2cvx's 15's in a s-10 and another with 1 t1 15 the t1 sounds better than both of theirs ... i woulda looked at one myself but i got a good deal on this so i jumped on it those t1's are kinda pricey

[Regular_Joe]

Then you grabbed the wrong stuff. Those pics clearly show wood grain. MDF is basically glued sawdust and has no wood grain. Regular plywood is a bad material for speaker boxes. It tends to introduce resonante frequencies and crap. Look anywhere, all they recommend is strictly MDF only.

MDF:
http://www.allproducts.com.tw/manufacture98/huiyuanco/product2.jpg

PLYWOOD:
http://www.exotic-wood.com/images_lumber/plywood.jpg

The good news is these subwoofers are known to make their users both deaf and sterile.

That way, they can't hear us when we laugh at them, and they can't reproduce either.

[Chin_Chilla]

Yea your box is clearly not MDF. Also it looks to be like a huge box... You need to put some angles in the box. Any experienced box builder knows this...The more angles you have on the speaker box, the more the sound waves expand, thus making it louder. Also, I forgot what its called, but it is a packing you stuff inside the box, and it makes it seem bigger to the sound waves. Someone here should know what I'm talking about...

[Creech52]

I know what your talking about but I have no idea what its called either, maybe polyfill? Plus theres people out there that use all different kinds of things like foam and such. I've heard alot of bad things about Audiobahn but I have two cheap *** 12" audiobahns that still handle 400W RMS a piece and they slam pretty good. Ive had them for a few years and I have no complaints. My next set of speakers will be Audiobahn aswell.

[Chin_Chilla]

Polyfil maybe it, but I'm not sure. Audiobahn's are pretty good, I had some Flame Q's about 5-6 years ago. They were alright and I also had the audiobahn amp that had the flame on it as well. It was pretty decent, but not as loud as the Power HX2's and BD1000 I upgraded to.

[hondajoe05]

this stuff is mdf i jus sanded down the whole box it makes it look like plywood and i have polyfill in the box and the sound is channeled threw a pass way i made for the port

[Creech52]

The point that everyone is getting at is no matter how sanded down or polished or whatever your not going to get a "grain" pattern from MDF as its not solid wood it is compressed wood dust held together with glue, hence the name Medium denisity FIBER board. Unless you have like some woodgrain laminate on there you wont see a woodgrain pattern on MDF.

[Regular_Joe]

+1

MDF is basically glued together sawdust and WILL NOT have grain to it at all no matter what.

[FasstMidnightZ]

God I hate audiobahn. Not to bash you though, why not like Alpine, Mtx, RE, etc???

[m_townsgreatest]

Why in the san he!! would you make a 40inch sub enclosure for a 15 inch sub? Maybe if you had to going that big would make sense. But you dont, nor can you unless u pry the front board that the sub sits it and replace it with a new piece. So Why a 40 inch box?

[FasstMidnightZ]

Air space :rolleyes:
Goes by Cubic feet (cu ft)

[hondajoe05]

alright all i know is this stuff is not ply wood ... its peices pressed together it all sounds real good the sub calls for up to 3.50 cubic ft. with a ported box this isn't evn that much with the channel in the back and its not to wide... the box sounds good i got the audiobahn cuz i got a damn good deal on it ... mtx 15's suck i woulda bought the t1 if i had the money or apline x type but im only 16 with a 180$ four-wheeler payment and i get 8 miles a gallon in my truck go figure i have money for anything high priced
i can take the front peice off and put a new peice on if i choose different subs ... small aired spaced boxes sound bad imo

[ShiftFMX]

Originally posted by FasstMidnightZ
God I hate audiobahn. Not to bash you though, why not like Alpine, Mtx, RE, etc???

Cause I got a super sweet deal on them!

[400exstud]

That's a nice sub..................but it's only as good as your amp. Go bigger.

My Power Acoustik 1440 watt just came in and I am pumped!!! Now I just have to wait on the sub.

[hondajoe05]

i know... this amp is a buddies he let me barrow it he has a couple different amps so its gonan due till i get the money for the 2000watt i want

I know a few people have already said this but that box is WAY to big. The smaller the box the more bass that speaker will actually produce.....

[Project300EX]

Originally posted by hondajoe05
alright all i know is this stuff is not ply wood ... its peices pressed together

Dude that's the very definition of ply wood. Ply means layer.

[Project300EX]

Originally posted by Nova
I know a few people have already said this but that box is WAY to big. The smaller the box the more bass that speaker will actually produce.....

A few people need to do a little research. He said the box is ported. Ported boxes are huge compared to sealed boxes, which are what you guys are thinking of. I'm not going to go as far to say he built it to specs or anything, but I will give the size thing to him.