If your on an budget, then they are cheap car subwoofers brands such as sony xplod or boss audio available from ebay or amazon. If it often seen that expensive subwoofers such as from big brand car audio such as JL audio often sound average, compared to an cheap car subwoofer in an custom ported box. The box makes up most of the sound output that is achieved from adding an car subwoofer into your car. If you get an custom enclosure made for your cheap car subwoofer, you will get more louder and deeper bass, in comparison to putting it into an cheap sealed prefab box. Tuning of the port or vent is also just as important, if you want louder bass with some quality, 35 HZ is an good number to choose. If your looking for really deep bass that shakes seats, but don't mind compromising some loudness, 30 HZ is an good vent tuning. Sealed boxes need alot of power to sound amazing, they are not as loud as ported. The cheap prefab boxes are often leaky of air and also made from chipboard stapled together using an nail gun and not proper constructed MDF that needs to be glued and screwed together.
Overpowering the car subwoofer slightly can give you more performance. The first thing you want to do is match the RMS of the subwoofer coil with an amplifier of the same rating or often an little more powerful. This will prevent clipping and distortion being heard at high volumes and drive the car subwoofer to its full maximum potential. Never match an car subwoofer and car amplifier by matching the max and peak ratings. Some car amplifiers allow you to bridge two channels together for double the power, this is technically possible as you're adding both power from two channels into one big channel. This will make your car subwoofer louder. Ensure that the low pass filter is tuned to 80HZ and that the high pass filter is switched off. This will allow the subwoofer to play bass only and not to play vocals, which should only be coming out of the car door speakers. This will make your car subwoofer play more efficiently and cleaner.
Upgrading your car stereo is also an great way to get more out of your car subwoofer. This is because an aftermarket car stereo will have high volt RCAs which provide better sound quality and also have an adjustable car equaliser. The car eq will allow you to have more control over your sound, allowing you to adjust the bass frequencies. The frequencies starting towards the very left in the eq range will be the ones responsible for controlling low bass. They will be labelled as 50 or 60 HZ adjustable sliders. Increase these to an higher level to increase the amount of bass your subwoofer produces. Try different equaliser custom presets to get the sound you are looking for.
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