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I am going to build a box for 2-12" kicker L7 subwoofer and was curious if anyone knew a box they would sound well in. the subs will be played rap music so a deep loud bass would be best. Any suggestions would be great. thanks.

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Well, if you're putting the box in a tight place where there is no room for air to adequately travel, go with a ported enclosure. This will ease the strain on the subs.
Have a little more room? You can use a sealed enclosure. This provides a more solid bass in my opinion…This was always my choice of enclosure.
Now, if you are building one, and you want it to sound good, go with a MDF (medium density fiberboard) or HDF (high density fiberboard). First glue the pieces together, then screw them for added strength. Then just for grins, caulk the inside of the box where the pieces make any corner or edge. Get you some weatherstripping and line the edge of the sub hole…this will stop any air leaks at your sub mount.
There are so many things you can do to get a good sound…it just depends on your skill level. If you know how to fiberglass, then glass that baby up. Then put a layer of carpet on it to prevent the box from squeaking on any hard surface it touches…
Have fun…

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Buy one, its better. It sounds like like you have nice expense speakers anyways. The boxes are pretty cheap anyway, and you can get 'em at walmart – most likely, call them first. I got my 15" box at Walmart and it's worked for years.

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if you're going to build them yourself then make sure you do it right. buy high density particle board and draw up how you want the box to look, look at the factory specs for how much space the inside of the box should have, when you bought the subs there should be a piece of paper telling all sorts of stuff about them. the tools you'll need will be a circular handsaw (that can cut angles at a bias), a drill, a set of drill bits, a jigsaw, a tape measure, a compass (the measing kind for making circles, not the find your way in the woods kind), a protracter, a T-square, some wood glue, some clamps, a screwdriver and a box of medium or small length drywall screws, also a tube of silicone caulk and a caulking gun. Ok so after you have a rough sketch of how you want the box to look draw it out to scale, this description is for an angled front, if you want to make just a plain rectangle block it will be easier, but not look as good, determine how much space you'll have for it in the trunk of your car, do not make it so big that it wont fit, as that would be very silly. use a ruler and measure out a mini picture. figure out how big each pice should be and make sure you factor in the trim youll have when you cut the bias onto the edges for the front, use the protracter to figure out the exact angles youll need to cut them at. your circular saw should have degrees you can move the blade to when you do it. Also include a wall seperating each half of the box from the other. so when you feel comfortable with all the pieces you will need begin drawing them out on the particle board, you might be able to get all the pieces out of 1 board, but i would say buy two in case you mess up. after drawing them all out cut them and add the biased edges. dry fit the box together and make sure everything fits. cut any replacement pieces you need. on the front measure out where you want the center of the subs to be and use a compass to make a circle around that point, it will not be 12", it will be less, again refer to that sheet of statistics it will tell you how big exactly to make the hole. use the jig saw to cut out the hole. (fun optional step: use a router to bevel the holes down like a 1/4" to countersink the subs). cut the little square holes for the plugs in the back with the jigsaw too. so lets say everything fits together on the first try and you dont have to recut anything. now place a small bead of glue along the edges of the boards and fit the box together for the last time, clmap it so it dries staright, use the T-square to make sure all angles are 90 degrees (for the main corners). let that sucker dry for a few hours or more. mark out points all along the edges and drill in tap holes along those points with a 1/32" bit on the drill, dont drill them too deep and do it carefully so you dont accidently drill though the side of the box. now screw the drywall screws into the tapped holes all along the edges of the box to make sure it really holds together well, use a hand screwdriver as an electric one can drive the screws in too fast and cause the wood to split. after you have all the screws in go along the inside of the box with the silicone caulk and seal every seam to make sure it is totally airtight. you are basically done. let the silicone dry for however long it says on the tube before using the box. when the inside glue is dry wire the subs and plugs, screw them into the holes in the box (some people i know put a bead of silicon along the edge of the sub, but thats up to you if you want a perfect seal and glue on your speaker) and step back to admire your handywork. if you want to carpet the box go find whatever carpet you want to use and use glue and a staple gun to attach it when you have the whole thing together. upholstering the box is the hardest part in my opinion and i suck at it. if you do this right you will ahve a ******* indestructible box that will give awesome sound. however it may seem like a lot of work, and it is. if your are not comfortable using powertools and measuring out exact sizes then i would suggest one fo two things. either find someone who knows this stuff and have them do it for you or help you do it, or go to goodguys and buy one of thier premade boxes for 90 bucks or whatever they cost. they are pieces of **** and will crack on you, but better that nothing i guess.

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