Tell me if you like or dislike your under rear seat subwoofer?

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gwb72tii
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Tell me if you like or dislike your under rear seat subwoofer?

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Until if and when I get to building a proper 10" forward firing sub/box mounted in the trunk, I am thinking of one under the rear seat as a temp solution. 
Or perhaps a longer term solution depending on your opinions.

Do you like how yours performs?
What size?
Good enough?

As I've mentioned in other threads, when I owned my last e30, I had installed a "Lukebox" made by a forum member that bolted in the trunk to the sheetmetal behind the rear sear backrest. There was an opening in the e30 behind the rear seat armrest that conveniently allowed a sub to fire through the back of the rear seat into the car. The end result was the best stereo system I've heard in any car, newer or older. I may make my own for my 535is, but maybe not.

TIA!
 
DavidE9
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Re: Tell me if you like or dislike your under rear seat subwoofer?

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I've made two:

Here is version 1. It was OK. Sounded better than it looked.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ad_E6d ... K4wlHzCR-A

Here is version 2 with a larger driver and a larger ArcAudio amp It's better and I have no real complaints, although it does struggle a bit with one passage from The Planet Krypton from IASCA competition tracks. 
https://share.icloud.com/photos/098pa7M ... KTes-W0cZA
If I can get a tuning session in, I'll post the response curve. 

If I find time and money, Im going to take another run at getting that JL monster to fit. 
https://www.jlaudio.com/pages/tw5v2-car ... s-overview


 
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