Wolf Wave Audio

This was an adventure. Semi-8th (will explain) order bandpass enclosure for a blow-through setup using a single 12" SSA XCON sub.

This enclosure starts with a traditional 6th order parallel bandpass, then combines both ports into a tuned third port. If this were a true 8th order bandpass, these two ports would feed into a third chamber before porting out to cabin. Originally the design was going towards a full 8th order, but unfortunately there was not quite enough space to fully implement it.

2004 Dodge Quad Cab install featuring a Wolf Wave Audio custom sub enclosure. Here space was at a premium so a super compact sealed box was selected. To make the most of the small volume the cabinet is filled with loose packed polyfill which trades a small amount of dampening for an effectively larger volume (as seen by the woofer). Inside this little guy we have a first gen Alpine Type R which does have superior sealed characteristics compared to its newer brothers. Also installed up front was a pair of JL 6.5" components, with the woofers replacing the factory drivers and custom mounted tweets near the A-pillar. Everything is powered off of a 4 channel Phoenix Gold amp. Overall a great improvement compared with the factory system.

So I've been told that build pictures are nice so here we are. Two center console boxes ready for some final paint.

On the right we have a box which goes between the two front seats of my roommate's 93 Astro Van. It features two 6" JL 6W0s which have shown to be great little subs. Anyone who has heard this box can attest to it's surprising amount of grunt. If your wondering why it's three different colours, well... Originally we were going to paint the box a bright neon orange (cause why not), but the only such paint we could find didn't really work. Somehow it had a very bad reaction to either primer or the thickness we were trying to apply and it instantly cracked an caused quite the mess on the top. So now the box will be purple (cause again why not) as you can see from the test patch on the side.

On the left we have a small box which is going in the middle foot well of a 2004 Dakota Quad cab. It will be running a first gen (classic) 10" Alpine Type R. Having only worked with the second and third generation of this driver, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the original has superior TS characteristics to it's older brothers. Since space was an issue here, a small sealed design was drawn up. To help compensate for the small airspace, then enclosure is getting packed with poly-fill which gives effectively 20% more internal volume from the driver's perspective. The trade of being a small increase in dampening which will slightly lower overall output, but will produce a more consistent range.

Two fresh center console designs. The first (lighter coloured one) is for the rear bench of a 4-door GMC Canyon. It utilizes a 10" Kicker CompRT driver which was selected due to it's relatively small compliance volume, and lower driver depth. The other enclosure is for 6 six in JL 6W0-4 going between the front seats of a 95 Astro van. These are great little drivers that do not require much space. Unfortunately JL charges quite a bit for their newer 6" drivers which replaced this model.