Anyone ever tried a Bazooka tube in their TR?

["Turbo-T"]

Right now I have a 12 inch JL W-1 in a single box. It sounds good but it takes up some of the valuable trunk space inside the car.

I'm wondering if a bass tube would be beneficial? How good do they sound?

I don't have to have earth shattering bass, just something to sound good inside the car. I'll probably get an internal powered tube.

The reason why I thought of a bass tube is because it looks like I can sit it up against the back seat on the ledge, which almost never gets used while hauling cargo.

Anyways bass tube guys please speak up.

 

[GregInAtl]

Bazooka tubes play well, they are loud, but not real deep and accurate. I'd recommend building a small sealed box for the JL, it should be in one already, around a cubic foot of air will do fine. A small wedge shaped box against the rear seat would work fine. If you insist on running a tubed sub, be prepared for a different sound.

 

[8UWITH6]

Never really liked the tubes.......... but if you really need to save a 18" W x 13" H x 12" D space in your trunk, go ahead and try one. A 1.1 to 1.25 cuft box does not take much room, and can be installed below the rear deck between the speakers fairly easily, without much of a sacrifice of space. HTH

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

The box Neil talks about sounds great, just wire up a amp for it and it only takes up the upper shelf with amps for the rest of the system.

I really dont miss the trunk space.

BW

 

["Turbo-T"]

There's the speaker and box in question.

Due to me moving in a few months I'm going to need all of the useable trunk space I can afford.

This box takes up some room, not alot but enough.

Perhaps someone has a pic of a box in their trunk that fits up against the back seat area? BTW this is I believe a W-1 JL sub, it's a 12 inch.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

I would just move, and then buy a speaker box and not worry about trunk space for moving purposes.

How far are you moving?

BW

 

["Turbo-T"]

About 1100 miles.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Thats a long road trip, you definitely need some good tunes to listen to while driving 1100 miles.

BW

 

["Turbo-T"]

Yep, that's why I would like to keep the subwoofer but I'm also going to have the trunk stuffed as well as the back seat so something's gotta give.

A sub placed directly under the rear package shelf I think would be ideal, my box doesn't fit though.

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

i had a 10 Bazooka tube with a "American Bass" replacement Sub and it worked better then anything near its size.
i mean a DEEP clean feel it in your chest type of Bass of course Don't for get to feed it the proper Frequency.

 

[John Larkin]

Before I spent $200 on a bazooka, I'd build a new box. That speaker requires 1.25 cu ft which is 2160 cu inches. A 15x18x8 box would be 2160 cu inches. And guess what: that will tuck inside the left quarter panel nicely. A 4x8 sheet of 3/4" MDF will be about $25 (you'd only need 1/2 sheet so it'd be alot less), a tube of construction adhesive about $3, handful of finishing nails, pint of contact adhesive, and go to Joanne Fabric for some cloth covering. Get busy. $30 project roughly.