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Subs for my truck help?

My subs don't seem to sound right "Or tight ?????"?

  • I am not sure what the proper term for this is but here goes I don't seem to be getting tight bass from my subs. I listen to a lot of techno & electronic music. My subs seem to be very deep and kinda dull they vibrate the seats all right but there doesn't seem to be much (here are my words to try and describe it) punch, kick, snapy thump, crisp thump or tight kick when I'm listening to those fast big bass line house tunes. (I hope this make sense) It seems to always be a dull long low slow thumps. It's almost like it's putting out bass for other parts of the tune instead of thumping on the bass beats only. Now I know bass is kinda muddy anyways but Ive' heard other sound systems and they sound much better. So here is my set up. It's all set up in my commercial 2005 Chevy 2500 van there's a partition behind the two front seats (work van) A pioneer DEH-P7100BT :http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/In-Dash/CD-Players/DEH-P7100BT I have alpine Mrp m500 mono amp :http://www.crutchfield.com/S-SY0Dm71l0tZ/p_500MRPM500/Alpine-MRP-M500.html Two Polk audio db1040 10" subwoofers: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_18188_Polk+Audio+db1040.html?gclid=CLWCme2fmaACFRknawodqz3gnA I am also using theses boxes/enclosures: http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_1_Single+10-+Angled+Truck+or+Hatchback+Box+-10ANTCM-.htm I have them wired parallel have a cap all the wiring should be more than ample. I have two door speakers Stock ones for now running of the head unit and two 6x9's running of a separate RF amp. I was told that my sub boxes are a bit small for the subs recommendations but these are the only ones that will fit in my van. Polk recommends a minimum of .66 CuFt and my boxes are only .58 CuFt. I was also told that stuffing them with AcoustaStuf (it's like wool) would help. I have sum of this on order but do you think this would make much of a difference. Im not too well up on this stuff I am only getting into it I haven't touched any settings on the amp yet. Any help would be great simply fixes would be nice but I wanna hear your expert opinions. I know my subs were cheap but I thought they are reasonable quality. Could it really be the cheap subs? Let me know what you think Thanks again

  • Answer:

    turn your bass gains up on your amp, it will give it more power an let it hit harder

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tuning makes a huge difference, keep the gains set right, crossover settings no too high or low say 80 to 100hz, and bass settings reasonable. you can use filler material to trick the box into acting like it is in the right size box so fiberfill or the fill you speak of may help but use the right amount. and remember your front speakers have much impact on how bass sounds, using an amp and quality midrange drivers can help with the punch you describe you are lacking. google system tuning car audio.

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