So I don't hijack someone elses thread, what is the best material to build a marine box out of? MDF certainly would not work for very long. Any experience with the Kicker sub already in the box as I have seen those around? I know a bunch of you guys have built your own custom boxes. Let me know your thoughts.
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Phil has a thread around here somewhere that talks about using a marine grade plywood (13 ply I think). Might do a search and be able to find it. You can use MDF if you coat it with fiberglass resin or truck bed liner paint and you will be ok for awhile. -
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I like to use a multi-layer hardwood plywood. Get the high priced as it will contain very few, if any, voids like you will find in the ply sheeting used for general construction.
You will also want to seal the box with either a 2-part resin or a bed-liner coating. Inside and out as well as the edges of the cut holes for the sub and terminal cap. If you use a textured bed-liner coasting, you will want to make sure to add some silicone sealer between the sub and box as the surface of the coating may not be a perfect seal. Same with a terminal cap.
When it ready to install, you will want to add some feet to the bottom of the box to lift it off the the floor. Even a sealed surface will wick water if left in it long enough.
The Kicker SKM10 is a great setup. I have one bumping away in the shop right now that will be going in a classic closed bow Moomba Boomerang come spring. Its a single 4 Ohm coil sub, so it will only be receiving 210 watts as compared to the DVC Comp that will be getting all of the 420 watts. Due to its dimensions, it may be tough to fit it were the sub will be projecting out into the cabin of the boat. For a single sub system I do not recommend stowing the sub away in a storage area
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Putting the sub in the stock location at the drivers feet. Mike, do you suggest building the box or the infinate baffle? I hate the hip hop stuff, but you know the young ones....Comment
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Given all things equal, a sub will perform better in the correct box V's the same sub in an infinite-baffle execution.Originally posted by laserfish View Post
The CompVR-10 is one of the few subs that I actually like and recommend running infinite-baffle, party because of its 400+ watts rms power handling. There are a few boat builders out there running subs (not Kicker but other well known brands) infinite-baffle that need to be in a box. On top of that, they are grossly underpowered for an infinite-baffle setup in a boat.
At the end of the day, a properly executed infinite-baffle setup can be a nice setup for some one that doesn't want to kill fish, tackle a box, or the layout of the boat just doesn't lend itself to do box. If you feel up to doing a box, then no doubt about it, the sub in a box will be a +.Mikes Liquid Audio: Knowledge Experience Customer Service you can trust-KICKER WetSounds ACME props FlyHigh Custom Ballast Clarion LiquidLumens LEDs Roswell Wave Deflector And MoreComment
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Many, including us, do occasionally use a well-damped (good size motor structure) woofer that is really intended for an enclosure, but in an infinite baffle (large open locker or console). And it can work out decent sometimes. Tuning is a little different, power handling is a little down and the midbass transients and tonal construction are not quite the same. So unless its a true dedicated free-air or infinite-baffle woofer, it is better to use an enclosure that fits that woofer's recommendation. Some manufacturers claim that their woofer is a jack of all trades. If that were accurate then it would be a bit of a compromise in ALL applications. So here's encouraging that you go the enclosure route.
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boarding new year day
If anyone is in the area of the savanah river there are 5 boat so far that are going to Wakeboard. It looks like the weather is better this year( last year water 43 air 41). We are meeting at hammond ferry at noon.Comment
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Brrrrrrrr!!! Maybe when I was 22, not 52.Comment
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