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Car speaker (sub) question

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DouglasFRESH
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first off, i dont know shit about speakers

so i have 2 subs in a car i just got, there 12" and in a enclosed box in the trunk.

the question is, right now there facing twards the back, and im wondering if they should be twards the front. i checked it out and it will turn 180.  what will give me the best bump inside the car?

common sense says i should turn them around, but like all the cars i see on rap videos or tv have speakers in the trunk pointing out. maybe there just being dumb rappers though

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Jul 16 2009 5:02PM
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Josh_B
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I've tried mine both ways, and they sound better facing the back.
Jul 16 2009 5:05PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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leave it the way it is in that pic.
Jul 16 2009 5:08PM
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Snowcase
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Facing Back.
Jul 16 2009 5:09PM
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japanada
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Facing the way they are. You can spin them around and see how it sounds. If it sounds like crap, just flip them back around.
Jul 16 2009 5:54PM
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Peter.
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flip them if you can, and just see what sounds better to you
Jul 16 2009 5:56PM
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*Fujative*
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Technically speaking, subs are omni directional. So it shouldnt matter which way its facing.
Jul 16 2009 7:20PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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that is going to rattle the shit out of your trunk regarless of which way it faces
Jul 16 2009 7:21PM
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Snowcase
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Unless they're ported.
Jul 16 2009 8:53PM
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doublexl
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subs arent speakers right? they just absorb the bass?

Jul 16 2009 9:10PM
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*Fujative*
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^Haha! I was just waiting for a windshield seal to pop!
Jul 16 2009 9:39PM
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DouglasFRESH
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thanks all,
i turned them around just to try it, couldnt really tell much of a difference, think the person who said they were omni directional was right.

just gunna leave em like that. they look more baller like that anyway
Jul 16 2009 9:40PM
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troublemaker3
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 225

those subs should pound, idno why you would want it to hit harder in the car.

my friend had a single JL, i think it was a 14 inch, in the backseat of his extended cab pickup and it was hard to breath when it was thumpin

Jul 16 2009 11:00PM
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BEARS.
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sorry to be the asshole but shouldnt you be putting more money into a nicer car as opposed to buying those subs?
Jul 16 2009 11:19PM
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NW_Rider
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Yeah man, I had 2 12" JL w7's in my jeep when I was like 17, had to keep the sub vol on 0 because I couldnt breathe with them turned up and it made my ear drums hurt. Got rid of em for 2 10" w3v2's though, quicker kick for those fast bass lines and not as loud.
Jul 17 2009 12:27AM
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