Ok all you audio guru’s. I'm not impressed with the bass on my new to me 2011 242 Supra JL audio system. Currently, I have a 10” JL M101B5-SG-WH Marine infinite baffle sub-woofer mounted in the kick plate under the helm. I’m sure this was the way Supra did a lot them, as it's easy. The rest of the system is great and tends to overpower that sub. The other parts of the audio system are:
Clarion CMD6 head unit
Amp1 JL M1000/5 v2 (5 channel amp with 2way/3way crossover
Amp2 JL M800/8v2. 8 channel amplifier
6 - 6.5” JL M series cabin speakers
2 - wet sounds Rev 10’s on the tower
1 – rev 410 on the tower
That woofer needs isolation front to back, which is everything that space is not. I want to go with a 12” JL (12W3v3-2) enclosed in a box to achieve that “kick you in the chest” type bass (I'm not a rap guy). The hard hitting bass I want comes from an enclosed sub with the proper amount of cu. ft. and properly tuned. Unfortunately, my boat is kept in dry storage at our lake house about 2 1/2 hours form my permanent residence. I'm trying to wrap my head around a sealed box for the 12" JL under the helm. Do any of you 242 launch owners know what is possible with the given space under the helm? I pulled the kick-board out one day to get the model number off the current 10" JL woofer. I was in a hurry with no tape measure, but I know there is stuff under there. The sub I'm looking at needs 1.25 cu. ft.
Thanks in Advance!