Subwoofer enclosure

m5james · #1 10-28-2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by E55AMG2

Gah! I was just in Miami with my 4.6, I wish I'd have known you were there. Maybe I could have gotten an demo from ya.

If you've got nothing for a sub now, or even running the stock subwoofer, these boxes are a night and day difference. Before I mutilated my stock sub enclosure, I hooked it up and took it for a test spin...what a joke. 8hrs later (I did a LOT of fiberglassing work, more cuts than others have done) and I had an L5 and surprisingly good bass from such a small enclosure. I've watched movies while driving and still had backseat passengers quite surprised when they take a look back there and don't see some huge enclosure taking up half the trunk.

E55AMG2 · #2 10-29-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by m5james

If you've got nothing for a sub now, or even running the stock subwoofer, these boxes are a night and day difference. Before I mutilated my stock sub enclosure, I hooked it up and took it for a test spin...what a joke. 8hrs later (I did a LOT of fiberglassing work, more cuts than others have done) and I had an L5 and surprisingly good bass from such a small enclosure. I've watched movies while driving and still had backseat passengers quite surprised when they take a look back there and don't see some huge enclosure taking up half the trunk.

No doubt about that. The passive radiator setup they've got as the "sub" on the DSP hifi system is pathetic. My E39 M5 has way better factory subs (M-Audio package Nokia free air subs) but the X5 has much better midbass simply due to the fact that the speakers are bigger. It doesnt hurt that there is a ton more air volume in the cabin either. For $150, this sounds like a grand slam. I just wanted to hear it to get an idea because Im a bit anal.