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Just a quicky - has everyone had better luck faceing thier boxes foward or faceing back for sealed boxes?

Thanx!

From what I've read in audio mags, below a certain frequency, the orientation of the subs make no difference - but I forget what the threshold is.

Maybe I should just toss it in there and move it around until I find a good spot - I have a single 12 fireing to the right side of the car, it works but I'm now getting 2 10s , kinda changes everything.

traditionally it would work better in cars with our kinds of trunks to face the subs firing backward, so the waves bounce off the large surface of the back of the trunk, this usually gives you more boom

now if that was a ported box could you fire the sub fowards and the ports in the trunk?

Mine fires back

If you can place the box right up against the back seats, that is your best bet, firing towards the rear. I have a single 10 firing towards the front, but it is in the rear of my trunk. Placing it that way helps the sound seem like the bass is coming from the doors more than the trunk. 2 10's will be different though, they give a lot better and more fulfilling sound, so i would face them to the rear

You gave yourself the best advice....

All I know is with ported, the ports go near back seat and subs face rear.

WERD

Beauty is in the ear of the belistener.

Mine faces rearward if it matters.