Does it sound boxy/muffled in Midrange since there's no vent hole? Has anyone actually cut a hole in the back thus helps it sound more open & transpar
1075943
It doesn't sound boxy at all. IMO it sounds solid across the spectrum. It is a center channel in my application. I have B&W; left right front and rear. In an 11 speaker configuration. This makes great highs and mids.
1075944
Not at all. This speaker sounds wonderful right out of the box. I bought one as a tester, and liked it so much that I have now upgraded my entire front soundstage to BIC and plan to eventually replace my side and rear surrounds with them too.
1075945
I too purchased 1 for the center and almost immediately purchased two more for the front L/R channel. I'm convinced that at this price point and even price points triple these you may be hard pressed to find a better sounding speaker for your front soundstage.
955403
There are multiple tiny holes in the back of the case over the speaker to let sound pass. I haven't noticed any great impact on the sound myself.
2110421
do the 'mods', i.e., at least remove the tweeters from the faceplates and seal them to the faceplates/tweeters mating surfaces with plumbers putty, and super glue each woofer cones' shield can to the baskets.damping these with 4" of rockwool bats behind the drivers an two inches on the rest of the interior surfaces (save for the duct exhaust areas) will yield hifi speakers on the cheap ;)
1005468
Very little around the hole where the silencer is screwed in. And if you weld on hangers there is some surface rust there. But honestly it's not too bad and it's no where cosmetic where it can really be see. I recommend getting hangers if you don't want the rust... but obviously expect some. Overall though I would say definately buy it, it's worth the sound. Nice deep sound, no drone, no fart can, not too loud without silencer and pretty quiet with silencer on. I would buy again for sure.
821399
Does block the bottom of the door if there is a gap but not sure if it muffles sound on the other side. I'm replacing my hollow core doors with solid doors as I know that will help with decreasing noise.
1245741
The sound was muted about 70%. It made a huge difference. The base drum pad just sat against my base with no extra installation. there is a hole for the pedal to fit through.
1871042
Mine isn't whipser-quiet as the other reviewer said, though its not loud either. Its probably about what you would expect it to sound like.
1640844
I like the way this speaker sounds in a sealed box. I would use the box that JL recommends but I would add internal bracing as this will keep your box from flexing/adding turbulence in your box. The cleaner the power you feed it the better it sounds, keep this in mind when choosing an amp.
2095298
Are you needing to cut it due to a Sub-Woofer speaker box? Otherwise, it should fit just right. I do not have a factory sub-woofer in my 2010 Mountain Edition and that would be the only thing I can imagine that would require some cutting.
840282
I have had it in a single sealed and I have dule ported, for a sealed box, they are noticeable. However if you put them in a ported box, they slam hard so it's really what you want, if you want to get noise complaints then go ported
1517481
Same as the previous poster the silencer goes in pretty tight, however I would recommend that if your going to remove it do so with a brass drift pin or another softer metal or you will bend/mangle the unseen end of the silencer...I am picky I like my metal to look the way it did when I bought it. Also I sat mine 4 inch side down into a hole i cut into a piece of plywood over a 55 gallon drum, to ensure that when the piece could actually come out because it is pretty tight all the way in.
2200489
interesting question, I would have never thought to try it but yes the noise part is a little boxy thing and it can come completely out and you can Velcro the back up and never know its gone.
877615
The back ground noise is SO loud. I have tried many things to make it quieter because I can't hear the voices and words over the noise. Most recently some one told me to put a piece of bread over it's speaker while recording to cut fuzz, that kind of worked but I would suggest an audio program to cut it out maybe?
18406
Because of the volume control that mounts inside the sound hole you would probably need to trim the sound the soud hole cover. I have the lr baggs anthem in my Larrivee om 09 without a sound hole cover and hade no feedback issues what so ever. My guess is if you can trim the sound hole cover to fit the sound hole with the volume control it would sound just as good.
97433
On my resonator-less 2005 Subaru legacy gt wagon it makes a muffled dumping sound which is more pronounced than stock. Most of the time I don't really notice it. If you have an aftermarket intake you will notice it more than if you have the stock intake with all the resonator pieces in place.
48773
Get it with the muffler. Too me it just sounds like an old caterpillar tractor. Utter crap. Also I wake up early and my neighbors would not stop complaining(and normally they dont care about much.) I bought the muffler that fits this. Its a bit louder than stock but actually sounds good. Nice good deep rumble. and it still has the same throttle response I noticed with the straight pipe.
1638442
Of course it doesn't, but it does sound great! I took out a larger sub to get more space and this one works great, though I'm not looking to entertain other vehicles. It adds plenty of punch for me.