Installed the 8” JL Max IB Sub today, went as well as I could Of hoped. I installed It aft of the the cockpit light on the starboard side, under the U bench seat. Plenty of depth, just had to install between the blower vent hose and the pump out hoses.
With the proximity of the amp and the inverter under the top step of the cabin, I was Getting noise/feedback if I turned The inverter on, Through the speakers, even with no 120 volt load. So, I used Some metal liquid tight as a chase for the speaker wires and a separate one for the sub wires. The idea being that the metal chase would eliminate any induced voltage (noise) that eliminated most of it. When I ran The microwave, I got Some noise, but a fraction of before.
I am Going to try to do a similar chase with the 120 wire that feeds to the main electric panel from the inverter. Just trying to get that last little bit out. If it doesn’t get it, I can Live with it. We rarely have the music on when we are using the inverter.
So, I am Thrilled I went With the 8” JL Audio Max Sub, a 10” would of been a little tighter in between the seat and floor, I think There is 12” total....
I was A car stereo freak in high school (class of 90). Always had either 4-10” subs or 2-15” in a box.... vibrating everything..... dynamat was expensive back then! I feel Anymore that what I have Now, would have too much reverberation....
With all that said, I put On some songs from back in the day to hear and compare, I am Thrilled with the output of this little JL Audio M400/4 amp. I have The amp at min impedance, adjusted the gain as the instructions detailed, it’s about 70%.... I used the Tuner to about 40% of max (50 is max, went to between 15 and 20 usually). This thing is clear and cranks it out, can’t wait to finally hear it over the engine
Thanks for all the help in this, and previous post on here. Made fishing the wire, picking locations, type etc, so much easier.....
Have a great day!
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and not as deep. Not much detail where people have done it, so I will be my own guinnie pig