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This one goes out to tech12/p-dizzle/anyone who knows audio:
Can you put foam in a box with two 12 inch Rockford Fosgate P1 Punch?
its an under the back seat box that i am fiberglassing at the moment, but while the subs were out i would like to put some foam in there so that the bass is more controlled and not so damn loud, it kicks my *** every day lol :boxing: i have heard that if u foam a box and the subs put out heat, it will catch fire, and i would like to avoid that :) thanks!
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Jonny Sock0 said:
This one goes out to tech12/p-dizzle/anyone who knows audio:
Can you put foam in a box with two 12 inch Rockford Fosgate P1 Punch?
its an under the back seat box that i am fiberglassing at the moment, but while the subs were out i would like to put some foam in there so that the bass is more controlled and not so damn loud, it kicks my *** every day lol :boxing: i have heard that if u foam a box and the subs put out heat, it will catch fire, and i would like to avoid that :) thanks!

i need a little more info on this faom process?
haha i thought this was kinda common in audio..
well from what i understand u take the foam found in like tempurpedic pillows or the foam u can buy in big blocks, put it into your box and cut it so the subs will have a few inches of airspace, but it fills up the rest of the box making it more toned, im tired of my bass being stupid gangster loud lol i want more focused hard hitting and not so much vibrational bass.
Jonny Sock0 said:
haha i thought this was kinda common in audio..
well from what i understand u take the foam found in like tempurpedic pillows or the foam u can buy in big blocks, put it into your box and cut it so the subs will have a few inches of airspace, but it fills up the rest of the box making it more toned, im tired of my bass being stupid gangster loud lol i want more focused hard hitting and not so much vibrational bass.
Foam or polyfill? The foam thing is new to me. pliyfill makes the sub see a larger enclosure . Never heard of the foam thing.
ok well ill show u if i can do it.
what im asking is do the P1's put out heat from the bottom that could possibly cause a fire?
Jonny Sock0 said:
ok well ill show u if i can do it.
what im asking is do the P1's put out heat from the bottom that could possibly cause a fire?
I am sorry but isnt foam going to take up airspace.Im sure you need every inch of airspace you can get
isnt the point to take up airspace lol
doesnt it make the hits more focused and less just rumble..
like i said im no expert, but im pretty much over everything in my car rattling all teh time, i want my bass to hit hard and not just vibrate everything ya kno?
I have the total opposite of what speaker you have, I have the T2 12", and is doesnt take much at all to rattle things,especially the sunglass holders above on the roof are bad, but once I put some dynamat in my truck it stopped alot of the rattling. Hey tech12 couldnt he just tune his amp and h/u differently for it to sound like he wants it to?
Dom249 said:
I have the total opposite of what speaker you have, I have the T2 12", and is doesnt take much at all to rattle things,especially the sunglass holders above on the roof are bad, but once I put some dynamat in my truck it stopped alot of the rattling. Hey tech12 couldnt he just tune his amp and h/u differently for it to sound like he wants it to?
Yes i would think so.
Hey jonny question for you. Is the bass you want to get out your subs low hard hitting bass or high? I know the punches being they arent to big of subs, they mostly hit high bass and they dont have to much low bass.From what I know of rf the p1 and p2's dont hit much lows, mostly high bass depending on what enclosure you have them in.
well i will give an example of the bass i want.
my budies truck has 3 tens behind his back seat, and whenever it hits it feels like someone pushed on my seat inthe front passenger/drivers

my bass when it hits, makes the outside mirrors and the rearview mirror vibrate like crazy on the same song.

so i dont kno if that helps but there u go lol thats what i want to go for :)
dont get me wrong i like my subs, but i want a different sound out of them.
like i dont want so much BHWAHHA BO0OoM
just more Boom. Boom
haha terible example but that is how my buddy explained it to me :p
jus curious, what type of amp you have on your subs?
umm.. this is off memory, a crossfire i believe. 600 wat
Jonny Sock0 said:
well i will give an example of the bass i want.
my budies truck has 3 tens behind his back seat, and whenever it hits it feels like someone pushed on my seat inthe front passenger/drivers

my bass when it hits, makes the outside mirrors and the rearview mirror vibrate like crazy on the same song.

so i dont kno if that helps but there u go lol thats what i want to go for :)
dont get me wrong i like my subs, but i want a different sound out of them.
What kind of a setup does your friend have and are his sub boxes foamed inside? Just curios cause I'm starting from scratch and I would love to get the same effect your buddy has.
First of all, look on your amp and see if it has a bass boost. If it does and its turned up turn it off, that should fix it. If not I'd turn down your gains a bit.

Maybe if you send us pics of your setup we can help you more.
ok well i turned my bass boost off.
but the thing is, my subs are out while i fiberglass my box lol so i cant test it.
i will ask my buddy who lives in Villa Park to send me some pictures of his set-up and some of the detail. i will take pictures of my amp so u guys can help me, very informative thanks!!!
Jonny Sock0 said:
ok well i turned my bass boost off.
but the thing is, my subs are out while i fiberglass my box lol so i cant test it.
i will ask my buddy who lives in Villa Park to send me some pictures of his set-up and some of the detail. i will take pictures of my amp so u guys can help me, very informative thanks!!!
Thats cool!

I hope that fixes it. Bass boost sucks!! haha
haha well i hope it helps too :)
now i just need new door speakers.
diamond or boston here i come haha!!
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