'96 Explorer XLT: Best location for tube subwoofer?

I just installed a Bazooka EL8A 8" amplified sub in my 1996 Ford Explorer. Does anyone have any recommendations on the best location for it? Now I have it just behind the rear seat facing back towards the rear hatch due to wire length restrictions, but I'm willing to extend the wires if there is a better location for it.

Thanks.

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Bob
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Why not use it for a headrest? I TOTALLY enjoy jamming those with the loud booming stereos! it works GREAT, sometimes blows up the amp or pops the speakers. All we do is key up TWO high power VHF or UHF transmitters at the same time, on the same frequency. The resulting squeal comes thru their system AT FULL VOLUME hahaha.Since it gets directly into the amp and cabling the head end volume controls DONT WORK. I wish i had a picture of some of the looks we get :)

Yeah..use the boomtube for a headrest..that will work.

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DR RASTIS FAF00FNIK

He's kidding, Bob.

You ARE kidding....aren't you Doc? :)

Actually, a better answer would have been to disconnect the thing, take it back to the store and get your money back. Your fellow drivers will thank you now for your consideration. Most of us would rather not have our cars vibrate as if they were at the epicenter of an earthquake that registers 9.7 on the Richter scale. If you really must do this, be considerate and do it when you're all alone on the road, and NOT when stopped at a traffic light. Thank you in advance.

Also, your ears will thank you 20 years from now when all your friends are deaf, but you can still hear frequencies above 8 kHz. Trust me on this one.

I know that you think it's cool. It isn't; it's stupid and makes you look like an idiot. Trust me on this one, too. When I was 16 I had a Firebird Formula 400. I thought that I was soooo cooool doing my 20-second burnouts. I wasn't; I was screaming to the world that I was an immature brat who needed to have his car taken away and his ass spanked.

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Kevin D

The high priced talent makes music the way they think it should be played. The recording engineer adjusts the sound so it reflects his taste and maybe that of the talent. The folks make the play back equipment take pains to reproduce the sound without distorting it or coloring it.

Them along comes somebody without a ounce of talent and screws it up beyond belief and says "listen to how great this is"

Charlie

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Charlie Bress

My reasons for installing a sub are very simple. There is no way even good quality 5x7 speakers (I have Boston Acoustics) in the doors can reproduce anywhere near *natural* bass. I am not into playing my system so loud to cause hearing damage or bother other drivers. I also did not do it to "look cool"...I am well past that point in my life. It's very simple...I did it because I enjoy good sound.

Now, does anyone have any suggestions for placement of the sub without a lecture attached? :-)

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Bob

Sorry Bob...looks like you're gonna get lectured from everyone here! :)

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Kevin D

I think the you should return that tube crap, there is no way to get "good" sound from it no matter where you place it. What you can do is lose any 2 or 3 way speakers that you have. The only way to get good quality sound is to go with seperates. Yea, you can put seps in your doors. I have done it, I got one 8" one 5.25" and one tweet in my doors on my Toyota Tac. You have to custom make a door panel but it can be done. I put 1000 wats to Boston Acs from a Rockford fos, I also had mids and tweets in the dash. I had superb quality sound without the distraction for others. I too went through the phase with boom cars, I had an 85 Z28 that pushed the envelope at 3500 watts (RMS) with and SPL level of 158. It was of course a show car that won highest SPL's with quality. All this was back in the late 80's. Thats why remote control stereos came out, you really could not be in the car for SPL testing. But, now I have ":grown up" I have extreme quality without the SPL's, Oh I could drown out the road hmmmmmm, but I don't I have a child now and I love to hear him wisper! Trust me guys and no lectures here, I am now in your shoes I cannot stand pulling up to a light with that dumb ass blasting foul mouthed music while my son is in ear shot. You should hear disney tunes @ 1000 watts not loud but quality sound! You can really pick out just about every instrument.

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try placing it at an angle towards one of the back corners instead of directly perpendicular to the back hatch.

how far away is the driver from the back hatch?

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wabbitslayer

I don't think location for subwoofers is particularly critical as those freqencies are non-directional and penetrate through things pretty well (hence the less helpful comments on the installation concept). I don't know the dimensions of your "tube", but one option might be to locate it under the rear seat. Careful placement might not even interfere with the ability to lower the seat, and you will save the space in the rear for cargo. I mounted my CD changer under the seat early on, positioned to fit between the seat frame members when the seat is folded up, and have been quite happy with that.

=Vic= Bear Gap, PA

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:> My reasons for installing a sub are very simple. There is no way even :> good quality 5x7 speakers (I have Boston Acoustics) in the doors can :> reproduce anywhere near *natural* bass. I am not into playing my :> system so loud to cause hearing damage or bother other drivers. I also :> did not do it to "look cool"...I am well past that point in my life. :> It's very simple...I did it because I enjoy good sound. :>

:> Now, does anyone have any suggestions for placement of the sub without :> a lecture attached? :-) :>

: :

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Bob

wabbitslayer wrote: :try placing it at an angle towards one of the back corners instead of :directly perpendicular to the back hatch. : :how far away is the driver from the back hatch?

Thanks Wabbitslayer. The driver seat is probably about 7 feet or so from the back hatch.

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Bob

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No need to place it anywhere for better sound.

Like the subwoofer in a 5.1 surround system at home, anyplace you put it is fine. Bass sounds are non-directional.

I made my own subwoofer out of 2 10" base speakers, two of the wired in together and just put them under my rear seat, out of sight, out of mind.

I found tweaking my amp to include a little of the midrange in hrtz makes the sound just right as the door speaker do high and middle high perfectly.

On another note, I absolutely am amazed and astounded that a simple little subwoofer is not standard on all cars. Cost in bulk is nothing to car companies yet sound and tunes are enhanced 100%.

msm.

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Anastazi

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I had a large Pioneer bazooka type tube also, and I got broken into and the window destroyed because some mexican wanted it and took it.

It got stolen because I too couldn't fit it under my rear seat.

So this time I made my own subwoofer and fit it under the seat, and now I sleep a lot easier and it actually sounds better.

Total cost? $20.00

one cardboard flat box

1/4 can of spray paint. some wires. two used 10" bass speakers a tiny bit of solder an exacto knife 12 plastic screws, nuts and two washers each.

Simply put your speakers on top of your box and trace out the inside diameter. then cut out the two or one circles. Use a filleting pointy knife, start 12 holes with the speaker still held down as a template. Hold speaker now under/in the box, and push plastic bolt with washer through. Secure from top with another washer and nut. Do for all 12/2 speakers. Run split wire from amp and solder two wires to each end so you have now a total of four wires coming off of two. Run the two postives to the two positives of the speakers and the two grounds to the two grounds. Spray paint your cardboard box whatever color you want after using strapping tape to secure it securly on all edges and sides.

Sit back and rock on!

msm

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Anastazi

"Charlie Bress" wrotenews: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

You're missing one obvious point. Every human hears sounds slightly diferent and women and other races hear sounds diferent from men and other races.

Also, there are large variation in hearing due to genetics and life experiences that change the way you hear, like loud sounds, too much use of headphones and more.

Everyone needs to adjust music to their own tastes and hearing because while I might not hear bass as well as you do, high sounds drive me crazy.

A truly talented engineer makes the sound even across the board, and you can always adjust your stereo or tv for your own hearing.

See?

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Anastazi

that's a pretty good distance for the waves to bounce off of...you could try moving it closer to the back, too, which I've heard helps (no personal experience with tube subs), but then you've got this huge thing right in the middle of your cargo area. you might try turning it sideways and firing it towards the side of the vehicle.

Wabbitslayer

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wabbitslayer

This is a subwoofer we're discussing. Non-directional.

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Big Bill

"we" are? I'll stand by what I said.

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wabbitslayer

Yes, we. It's in the thread, and it's specifically what you responded to. Right there in the subject, even. Subwoofer puts out bass; bass is non-directional. That's why the location of a subwoofer isn't critical.

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