Slim Subwoofer For Small Cars! DD Audio Loaded Enclosure

[@nandrews8412]

Got the space heads covered. 👍

[@danrussell9357]

DD Audio is a great company that makes its speakers in America - liked the video!

[@DIYAudioGuy]

They make good stuff.

[@dlfrestoration]

These cheap ones are made in China sadly

[@elfuego4341]

Very nice demo from peeps the industry can depend on!!!

[@DIYAudioGuy]

That is the goal.

[@rickross368]

Theres plenty of room in that trunk for groceries. The sub box in my 2008 focus is bout 4 inches from the rear trunk and bout 6 inches from my back seat. Barely had room 4 my spare tire & jack 😅

[@DIYAudioGuy]

🤣

[@markmorey7903]

Sounds similar to mine 😂 a single l7 with a cxa800.1 running 1ohm and it slams hard but the box sits on the rear seats with about 5 inch between boot lid and sub and just enough space for the amp to sit to the side bonus that I'm running side firing port thanks to one of your other vids when you tested side ports so it's free cooling for the amp win win 😂

[@CherrySquishee]

Enjoyed the vid sir.. Congrats on the 100k !!!! 🎉

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Thanks a ton!

[@randyhoepker5528]

I’m building the interior of my 73 Dodge van out. It’s a real shaggin’ wagon or custom street van replete with a cool exterior custom paint job I sprayed on it myself. It’s called the Led Sled and it’s a tribute to the band Led Zeppelin. Inside I’m building a wall between the “living area” and “bedroom”. The van has two stereo systems in it, a vintage system and a modern system. The vintage system has a NOS Pioneer Super Tuner AM/FM 8 track with a NOS 50W 10 band Audiovox amp/EQ and a pair of 6x9 Audiovox Triaxle speakers in back and Craig 6.5” speakers up front. The modern system consists of a set of Kicker CSC694 6.5” speakers up front and a pair of 6x9 CSC6934 kickers. I decided not to run a sub, but I am going to go with a 400w amp on the modern system. Head unit is a single DIN 200w Jensen CDC7011 with motorized flip out screen. This head unit offers me the ability to play CD or DVDs and rca outputs for video. I plan to put a small flat screen in to play DVDs of Led Zeppelin during car and van shows. Of course I’m mounting the 6x9 speakers in the wall between the bedroom and living room. I intend to build a sort of cabinet inside the wall for each 6x9 speaker, surrounding the speaker area. The walls are made of a 2x2 frame and 3/8” plywood and I will wrap the exterior in auto upholstery vinyle. I thought I would position a thicker piece of hardwood (walnut) directly behind the magnet of each speaker and add house insulation inside the enclosure. Watching your videos on building subwoofer cabinets, I wondered if I should add a small port to the Kicker cabinets. Is that a good idea for a 3 way 6x9 speaker mounted inside a wall? I was going to make the wall about 5” deep. The speakers are about 3 1/2” deep. Is that a big enough enclosure and area for the bass? Thanks for any advice you care to give me!

[@DIYAudioGuy]

That sounds like a really big project, I don't have any specific advice for it.

[@genecase9464]

I velcro'ed (so as not to damage the beautiful enclosure) some feet on to a Kicker dual 12" powered/passive truck box and turned it into a down-firing for the back of my 2002 Explorer. I'm surprised no one made a mass produced under-the back-seat sub for that thing since that model sold by the millions!

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Clever!

[@vilmfilm]

Looks perfect honestly. 20hz is always nice. Most prefabs are always shitty ported or PR slims that cant even hit 20hz. If they made this dual slim sealed for 600w to 1,000w that can hit 20hz at a reasonable level that might be a winner

[@willsteele9249]

🎉Congratulations on 100k subscribers🎉

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Thanks! 😃

[@BlackLung911]

I get good bass from my under seat Focal ISub Active. It even amplifies the front door speakers on my RAV4.

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Cool

[@tortuga34]

Ive always heard good things about DD audio, gonna have to try them. Thanks for the review🔥

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Thanks for watching.

[@fZionists78]

Exactly what I was/is looking for. Still broke… But thank you. If it won’t fit under the rear flip down seats, they can lay on it. Providing a recommended amp is too kind. The day I have the money is the day I send a tip and buy from your links. Thank you

[@DIYAudioGuy]

I totally get that.

[@lunra]

It's always nice to see more options for small spaces. How does this compare to the kicker options like the downfiring L7 12 or the CompRT 12 with the passive radiator in terms of loudness?

[@CarAudioEnthusiasts]

Shweet little sub! and yea i use that track to set my sub level, and my front midbass levels for my SQ tune.

[@DIYAudioGuy]

It's a great song.

[@WolfAbarth]

I'm running a sparewheel box with 2x 6.5" drivers... It wont play mutch below 40hz but between that and 100hz it's really impressive.

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Cool!

[@303nitzubishi4]

Not bad for a preload shallow mount. DD is the real deal. What the heck are you tryna carry around that makes you say there's no cargo space with the large ported box?!? That thing looks like it's taking up 50% of the cargo area if even that 😂

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Not enough room for a case of Bourbon.

[@HashDogg06]

Another great review Dillon. Question, did that mic come with that Alpine head deck or is it sold separate but just happens to work directly with those Alpine unit, rather cool if so.

[@DIYAudioGuy]

You're talking about the mic that's on the sun visor? Yes, that is the Bluetooth mic that came with the head unit?.

[@HashDogg06]

@@DIYAudioGuy Whoops, i watch it again to find you are using it on the laptop but the laptop is displaying through the head deck. I was referring to the mic on the seat, not the hands free one used for calls. Where did you buy that from?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Want to get back to my computer. I'll see if I can get you a link to it.

[@guestguest]

Got my eyes on that dd audio triple 8 loaded enclosure. 3k watts rms 😊

[@DIYAudioGuy]

👀

[@cjlos2050sp]

This might be what I need for my suburban. I need the cargo space but I need something that can fill the SUV with some bass. Was this a 12"?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Yes, this is the 12. For a vehicle that big. I recommend a pair of these.

[@cjlos2050sp]

@@DIYAudioGuy do you think a full size 8 like the 508e in a ported box will be louder than this 12" ?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

@@cjlos2050sp probably not, but a full size ported 10 might be.

[@johngulley5659]

"Got to space for bass." lol, well, really just enough room for your port to breathe 🤣 and the enclosure.

[@julesbruchez-theartofgrapp9646]

How does this compare to the Kicker version?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

I've not tested the kicker version.

[@SaskGramCracker]

So how does a speaker change its Ohms when its a 2ohm speaker. Does that mean no one can talk while using the thing cause when you talk the impedance changes like you said all excited!

[@SaskGramCracker]

Moving the cone changing its impedance lol

[@DIYAudioGuy]

There's a coil of wire inside the speaker and there's a magnet on the back of it. When that coil of wire passes through the magnetic field it generates voltage, it creates inductance, and it since it's moving, not static, the resistance that you measure with a multimeter will change. A microphone works exactly the same way. Only. It's used as an input device to record sound as opposed to a device to recreate sound. The ohm rating of a speaker is usually referred to as the nominal impedance. It usually correlates to the lowest point on an impedance plot for the driver. The actual resistance, which is called impedance in an AC circuit, will be different for every frequency.

[@WubWub808]

I'm fine with managing the relocation of my larger subwoofer box the few times I need to and not sacrifice bass. 😅

[@DIYAudioGuy]

That's what I do for my vehicle.

[@jayboogie7956]

Sooooooooooooo no one uses the back seats for groceries like I do?? 🤔

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Some people don't. Some people really want their trunk space.

[@JohnSmith-im4yn]

Nice video but me trunk full of music groceries on the back seat need bass

[@aknovaman]

Resonant freq software source ?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

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[@dippitydoinit]

How does this compare to similar offerings from Kicker?

[@DIYAudioGuy]

The only skinny boxes I tried from a kicker were the ones with the passive radiator.

[@Slaphappy-_-]

@@DIYAudioGuywhy haven’t you done a video on neighbors that hate bass heads? Lol love the videos

[@DIYAudioGuy]

@Slaphappy-_- 🤣

[@barramdass9907]

Bro if the subwoofer box is 1.75ft3 net Volume turned to 35hz how much is the port length is it 21 or 21.75 port 1.5 x 13.50in please help me out

[@DIYAudioGuy]

What you are asking for is a custom box design, I am not currently taking on design clients.

[@barramdass9907]

@DIYAudioGuy no i am building a box but 2 calculator gives me 2 different length one say 21inch and one say 21.75 inch which one is right

[@bushratbeachbum]

If you want good slim/shallow subs, go pioneer, they're absolutely at the top of the small space game.

[@DIYhyfy]

BIG BASS in a small space IN YO FACE! Really cool little pre-built

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Yeah, I was really impressed with the driver itself. I wasn't expecting something this beefy.

[@Hammerback0]

No room? There are two types of people. People who "like car audio" and have space concerns, and people who "LIKE car audio" and make space for the audio and figure it out from there. I kinda like it so I removed back seat, preparing for a wall. As far as groceries, Ill make a few trips enjoying the windshield flex to and from the store. It's all about priorities

[@DIYAudioGuy]

To each his own.

[@CoreMaster111]

While something like this would be better than nothing, it's still pretty weak. If you play music it's going to be overpowered by all the other sounds even at low volumes.

[@DustinDash-w5b]

First here! 🎉

[@DIYAudioGuy]

Awesome