Sub

Had a minor problem the other day after I returned from my overseas trip. I had forgotten to close the boot securely and this cathode tube that I had rigged to turn on with the boot light totally drained the battery. I was out for close to 2 weeks but I got a feeling it didn't take that long for the battery to die. In any case, changed to a maintenance free one now and all's good. Bit of a hassle though, being unable to drive the car after I've been deprived of it for 2 weeks.

In any case, first mod of the year! I've gotten myself a new subwoofer. Previously, I was apprehensive about putting a sub in the car because it would simply take up way too much space. Well, its still going to take up space, but hopefully, with this new shallow sub I've gotten from SB Acoustics, hopefully, it would not be as much as I thought.

Here are some pictures of the sub that came in via Fedex. Quick processing from Madisound, order shipped the next working day after my payment, and I got the package within 3 days.

The sub came in a big box so I was quite surprised at the weight. Its lighter than I thought.

I might just possibly be the first person on my tiny island to use this subwoofer in a car.

I gotten the 4 ohm version as I'm not sure if I can find an amplifier with enough juice to power the 8ohm one up, and yet fit with the limited space I have.

Here's a side profile of the subwoofer. It is relatively low-profile. Judging from the specs and from online feedback, it'll need probably about 0.2 to 0.3 cu. ft of volume to sound nice. 

The required volume was a big 0_0 to me as typically, normal subwoofers require anything from 1 cu.ft to 1.5 cu.ft to sound good and thats mostly the volumes I had for my previous rides. So essentially, I only need less than half the space for this sub. I'm going to get the installer to make a fibreglass enclosure thats about 0.4 cu.ft, just to be on the safe side.

As for power, it is tough, since my plan is for the amplifer to go under the navigator seat. Currently, only the Alpine PDX 1.600 and the Rockford Fosgate T400.2 are whats readily available to me, and fits that requirement. I'm not particular about amps since its going to be in mono anyway, so I'll just go for the one thats cheaper. The install will probably happen next month, as thats the only time I can spare some downtime for the car.