Any suggestions?

danny0291 · Post by **danny0291** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:16 am

I've recently decided to downgrade my sub. I own a ford explorer and was looking for something small that would let me keep my cargo space. I was thinking of one of the stealth boxes they offer for the explorer. I was hoping I could get a few suggestions on what to get. The only two companies I've found that actually offer the stealth box with sub included is JL Audio and MTX. JL offers a 10w1v2 and MTX has a 10" Thunder4500. Out of those two I'm definently leaning towards JL. Another option is to make the box myself or get one from Q Logic and buy the sub separate. Back when I first thought about doing this I was planning on putting a 10" XXX in, but when I go to the website now, RE no longer offers a 10" version of their XXX. Any other ideas for what to use here? I'd like to keep it at 10" but it needs to be small enough that it would fit in a stealth box.

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:29 am

I would probably look at Ascendant Audio's 10" subs they arent power hungry and give you great sound, also you could go with a JL W3, Or if you wished to go the route of Resonant Engineering, i can honestly say that the SX is a great sub... Along those lines you may be able to get a 10" Fi Audio sub (Made by one of the original designers of RE)

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:37 am

I would not go with any of those Stealth boxes. They dont come with very loud subs.... if you want moderatly loud bass anyways. If you were looking at a RE XXX, the look at the Fi Audio 10" Q. http://www.ficaraudio.com As CaptainPionner stated, the owner of Fi was one of the previous owners of RE. The Q series performance wise is very competitive with the XXX, with half the cost and half the weight.

For a box in the explorer, make a box that will be angle on one side to put it right up against the rear seats, and only have it come out as far as it needs to be(determined by mounting depth of sub). Maybe a box that is like 12" high, 10" deep, and however long it needs to be to fit the reccommended enclosure size. Explorer's have huge trunks, so I am sure you will not have a problem losing a small bit of that trunk space.

If you insist on using the Stealth box, what is the max depth the sub can be in it. And what is the air space in the box without a sub in it??

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:02 am

I hate Stealth Boxes... just felt that i should say that...

danny0291 · Post by **danny0291** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:45 pm

Yeah, i was never real big on stealth boxes either but now I've been needing a little more cargo area and bass isn't as important to me anymore. I'd rather just have a good, small SQ sub to help "fill in". After doing a little bit more research, the JL stealth box will cost $550 from a dealer which is crazy for that sub. I don't object to spending that kind of money but I'd rather have something a little better if I'm gonna spend that. Based off of the Q Logic model stealth box, there will be 0.65 cu ft of volume inside and a mounting depth of 5 3/8". I looked into Fi and RE based off those numbers, and from that it looks like I could get a Fi X model 10" or a RE SR or RE series 10". Still have a few more companies I could look at I guess, I haven't really had the time lately. I guess I could try to fiberglass a stealth box myself and get a little more room but I'd really rather not, I'm in an apartment right now and don't really have anywhere to work on that kind of thing. Any other ideas?

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:18 pm

the w1v2 line is decent though. i had a jl 13w1v2 and i liked it... i wanted a little more bass thuogrh.

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:16 am

if you do go w1v2 they can handle much more than recommended and do it all day. My sister in law has one in an explore with 400rms. Handles it great, decent volume to.