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I wondering about that myself, back in the day I competed in-car audio contest, that "sub" can't be all that good since sitting there with no enclosureAs for a subwoofer behind your seats.... I think too many people are figuring if they can physically fit a subwoofer behind the seat, bam ! Its all good. But its really not. Whether the subwoofer itself will fit behind the seat really means nothing to good sound. All subwoofers require a certain, specific amount of cubic footage in air space, to operate properly. Sealed requires less space, but I personally hate sealed enclosures. A strong little 6 1/2" or 8" sub doesn't need a lot of airspace, but Id really have to be inside of a maverick measuring the space available, or even making a cardboard mockup to see exactly how many cubes I had to play with.
Too many guys go at this with a, "that should be close enough" kind of attitude, and in the end, those systems always sound like cr@p. I've been around this block enough times to know, the design and airspace of a subwoofer enclosure are totally critical !
I think I will end up designing and building a subwoofer box which will be totally portable, and will normally sit on the floor behind the front passenger seat (my GF is short, so their will normally be a lot of space there ) But it will be possible to sit it on top of the rear seat for 4 passengers, or even, just throw it under my roll up hard cover in the bed, if I needed space for 5 passengers (but for myself, this will be exceedingly rare)
Building it this way, I can make it exactly the optimum air space for a couple 8"s... or maybe a single 10"...
I am totally confident I can make the stereo system in the Maverick which sounds phenomenal Heck, if it were only "as good" as the system in my Prius, it will be awesome. But I've learned a few things about these little compact systems, and now, have found out about some really cool new gear {the Kicker Keys Amps}. I really think I can do it even better this time
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