Basslink Location

[jettle]

It seems like there are a few Basslinks out there so I thought I would ask this...

Have any of you messed around with the location of your Basslink? I have mine up in the parcel tray. Although it does sound better than the factory amp it still sounds alittle too distant after tuning it.

Has anyone here put it down inside the the trunk somewhere? I have a trunk organizer and I really dont want to loose its functionality so I didnt try when first mounting it.

I see that there is alot of space behind the right side trunk liner. I could customize something but I dont want to go to the trouble of unhooking everything if there is going to be minimal gain.

 

[DONP1217]

I don't have a basslink but I'll tell you how I did my sub.

I put a 10" woofer in a Q-Logic sealed truck box. I tore out the factory sub and amp and mounted an MTX amp on the back of the rear seat. I put the new woofer and box right next to the spare tire.

It works great. I don't know how the sound compares to the basslink.

It seems like there are a few Basslinks out there so I thought I would ask this...

Have any of you messed around with the location of your Basslink? I have mine up in the parcel tray. Although it does sound better than the factory amp it still sounds alittle too distant after tuning it.

Has anyone here put it down inside the the trunk somewhere? I have a trunk organizer and I really dont want to loose its functionality so I didnt try when first mounting it.

I see that there is alot of space behind the right side trunk liner. I could customize something but I dont want to go to the trouble of unhooking everything if there is going to be minimal gain.

 

[rookie1]

It seems like there are a few Basslinks out there so I thought I would ask this...

Have any of you messed around with the location of your Basslink? I have mine up in the parcel tray. Although it does sound better than the factory amp it still sounds alittle too distant after tuning it.

Has anyone here put it down inside the the trunk somewhere? I have a trunk organizer and I really dont want to loose its functionality so I didnt try when first mounting it.

Pulled my BassLink out my wife's Aurora to put in the MM but went with a free air 8" sub mounted to the rear deck instead. I put the basslink in 3 different locations in the Aurora b4 I found that the dvrs side rear corner of the trunk seemed to be the best. imho, based on this experience, I believe the Basslink is better suited to open cabin vehicles like suvs and vans. Please no flames from basslink lovers, it's only an opinion.

 

[jettle]

It seems like there are a few Basslinks out there so I thought I would ask this...

Have any of you messed around with the location of your Basslink? I have mine up in the parcel tray. Although it does sound better than the factory amp it still sounds alittle too distant after tuning it.

Has anyone here put it down inside the the trunk somewhere? I have a trunk organizer and I really dont want to loose its functionality so I didnt try when first mounting it.

Pulled my BassLink out my wife's Aurora to put in the MM but went with a free air 8" sub mounted to the rear deck instead. I put the basslink in 3 different locations in the Aurora b4 I found that the dvrs side rear corner of the trunk seemed to be the best. imho, based on this experience, I believe the Basslink is better suited to open cabin vehicles like suvs and vans. Please no flames from basslink lovers, it's only an opinion.

Did you take a pic of your open air sub?

 

[rey and sandra]

i ordered a basslink but have not recieved or installed it yet. here is a link -http://www.infinitysystems.com/caraudio/product.aspx?ProdId='BASSLINK'&Ser=BSL&Cat=PSUpage click on the "basslink om.pdf" link under the specifications. on page 2 of this manual , it seems that it is meant to be corner mounted when put in the trunk. at this point i am going to have it corner mounted in the trunk, but i also realize that just because the manual says it is the best location does not mean it is. I noticed on a few threads that the basslink was mounted in the oem subs location. is that better that the corner?. help us!!!

It seems like there are a few Basslinks out there so I thought I would ask this...

Have any of you messed around with the location of your Basslink? I have mine up in the parcel tray. Although it does sound better than the factory amp it still sounds alittle too distant after tuning it.

Has anyone here put it down inside the the trunk somewhere? I have a trunk organizer and I really dont want to loose its functionality so I didnt try when first mounting it.

Pulled my BassLink out my wife's Aurora to put in the MM but went with a free air 8" sub mounted to the rear deck instead. I put the basslink in 3 different locations in the Aurora b4 I found that the dvrs side rear corner of the trunk seemed to be the best. imho, based on this experience, I believe the Basslink is better suited to open cabin vehicles like suvs and vans. Please no flames from basslink lovers, it's only an opinion.

 

[jettle]

My Basslink hit about 10 times harder in my mustang than it does in my marauder. I am thinking twice about it being the right application for me. I do not want to loose my trunk organizer so I might have to go the open air sub rought.

The Basslink will just be transferred over to our Explorer Limited.

I am still a Basslink believer but I just don’t think it working out where I have it located.

Does anyone have experience with using JL subs in an open air application?

Jeff

 

[rookie1]

My Basslink hit about 10 times harder in my mustang than it does in my marauder. I am thinking twice about it being the right application for me. I do not want to loose my trunk organizer so I might have to go the open air sub rought.

The Basslink will just be transferred over to our Explorer Limited.

I am still a Basslink believer but I just don’t think it working out where I have it located.

Does anyone have experience with using JL subs in an open air application?

Jeff

Jeff, you have to be careful here. Most subs are designed for specifically sized enclosures(as are all woofers). There are several manufacturers that make woofers specifically designed for free air apps where the trunk itself is an enclosure. that doesn't mean that the free air woofer will sound good sitting on a table top it means that the enclosure size is less critical. i've pasted a brief description from crutchfield's site below.

<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Free-air subwoofers</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>A free-air system consists of woofers mounted to a board attached to the rear deck or placed in the trunk against the rear seat. The trunk of the car acts as an enclosure which houses the subwoofer and isolates sound from the back of the speaker, solving the sound cancellation problem of subs without an enclosure.

Free-air systems save space and have flat frequency response. The woofer must be specifically designed for free-air use. The lack of a box makes them more convenient to install, but their power handling levels are usually much lower than their boxed counterparts.


Since we already have the factory sub taken out it made sense to me to mount the woofer up to rear deck using the old subs already cut hole. i went from the bottom which restricted me to an 8" woofer(plus I was lucky and had one in the garage) if you went from the top and were willing to enlarge the factory cut out you could fit a 10" sub. I did this in my ImpalaSS with a 100 watt amp and you could here it coming down the street if cranked but it was a little rough on the rear seat passengers.
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[jettle]

Does the 8in give you a good fill-in? The Basslink almost sounds like its in another car.

 

[rookie1]

Does the 8in give you a good fill-in? The Basslink almost sounds like its in another car.

Way Better than good, great. Here's a couple links to free air woofers on Ebay:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=freeair&catref=C3&from=R10&sacategory=18802&BasicSearch=

http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=freeair+subwoofer&catref=C0&from=R10&sotextsearched=2&BasicSearch=

I had the same problem with the Basslink in my Aurora until I moved it to the dvrs rear crnr and faced it backwards.

 

[jettle]

Your using the factory sub...correct???

is it 8 ohm?

I have never fully understood the ohm thing.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[rookie1]

Your using the factory sub...correct???

is it 8 ohm?

I have never fully understood the ohm thing.

Thanks,
Jeff

No, the factory subwoofer assembly has been removed and I mounted an 8" freeair woofer to the rear deck the woofer is 4 ohm as are most car speakers. At this time I am still using the factory amp.

 

[jettle]

Sorry I meant factory amp....

I am on the JL audio website. The recommended sub enclosure for their subs would fit in that space just fine. That and a nice JL mono amp would probably do the trick. Don’t you think???

Shouldn’t a sealed enclosure sound just fine in that space? I am guessing that the Basslink is not working correctly because it’s a passive radiator. Am I correct?

 

[rookie1]

Sorry I meant factory amp....

I am on the JL audio website. The recommended sub enclosure for their subs would fit in that space just fine. That and a nice JL mono amp would probably do the trick. Don’t you think???

Shouldn’t a sealed enclosure sound just fine in that space? I am guessing that the Basslink is not working correctly because it’s a passive radiator. Am I correct?

The Basslink has both a 200 watt amplified woofer and a passive radiator. Bass is all about moving air, the more air you move the more bass you feel. The passive radiator concept is basicly trying to get extra air movement from the rearward excursion of the active woofer cone.
Any properly sized and amplified subwoofer enclosure should sound good but if you want to stay reasonably small I think you think you may run into placement issues again. Placement is important for smaller subs because they have to acoustically couple with the vehicle. These monster boxes that the kids put in overcome placement and coupling thru sheer power.

What are you looking for? If you want excellent fill with plenty of bass inside the vehicle a Free air woofer in the rear deck will be sufficient( replace the factory amp with a quality one and it will be even moreso.). If you want the neighbors to hear you coming you will need more than a sub/amp combo that will fit on the spare tire shelf. I listen to everything from the Stones to Dave Matthews to Nickleback to Bob Marley to Norah Jones to The Who to Eminem, to Robyn Hitchcock and everything in between. My preference in Autosound is seamless integration between the front and rear speakers and the subwoofer.I've built plenty of monster subboxes for people over the past few years some powerful enough to loosen the rear window(a Trans Am I helped the neighbors kid with) but none of these would I put in MY vehicle. I don't need it to thump with exaggerated bass I just need it to sound the same at 90 miles an hour with the windows and sunroof down as it does when I'm making out with my favorite gal and parked.

We should probably PM each other from this point or this threads going to get really long.