Would anybody and everybody that has built the original Wicked one please give everybody else their thoughts on its performance?  I think this would be very helpful to new people surfing the forums, and a valuable tool to convince others to build and mod the WO.

SO, please everyone! Post your Wicked One experiences here making sure to tell us what drivers, what size WO you built/heard, and if it was modded at all.

My first time to see the Wicked One I was working a prom as a photographer and noticed these funky looking little boxes the DJ was using sounded horrible! The boxes were out of phase, and he didn't even know it. When I mentioned it to him he told me these are The Wild Ones from Chicago and they are the best. OK! A couple of weeks later, different prom same DJ. He had fixed it. He was using a sub-harmonic effect of some kind and it still sounded horrible, but they were filling up a pretty big room full of people. So, I googled for the Wild One. Whatever you do - don't do that! Once you get past the movie stuff it gets pretty rank! I finally found the site and 3 months later I started building mine.

I've built 3 now; 2 that match 36"x36" for use on my deck and I can easily hit 110dB 60' away. I'm using 2 (cheap) JBL GT1041d 10" 275W drivers, McIntosh MC2500 500W/channel and a Crown VFX2a crossover set for 50HZ other pro audio stuff above 50Hz. BTW 110dB was showing 50W peaks on the meters of the Mac. I should be able to get close to 120dB if I push and that's outdoors 60' away! But the way I use them mostly is whispering at nite, relaxing 20' or 30' away in my garden with a drink, and candles going and they sound great like that, too. Yes, I'm old.

The 3rd one was with a friend who has a small hatchback and it barely fits. He's got old 12" Kickers (model# ?) and 200w/channel (Brand?) crossed over at 80Hz. My dB meter only goes to 128dB and he gets that in his car with the volume half way up. I know volume half way means nothing, but he can get much louder after my meter peters out and it's still very clean and LOW. We built his 36"x28"x14" and angled the baffle slightly.To be perfectly honest he did most of the work and I was there for moral support. He's a teenager with only a circular saw, and this was his 4th attempt at woodworking of any kind and he made some bad cuts, etc. But we got it together and sealed up, red (!!!) carpet on the outside, and it looks and works great.


How's that J_Rock?

My ears and my dads (~30 years audio engineer) dont think it's anything to write home about.

Excellent guys! Keep em coming!  We could also use a few reviews like yours Wrayza, maybe give other an insight into what doesn't work?

Ok everyone,


    After playing with placement, I have concluded that I like the 8" WO I built and am going to build another one! Setup: 8" WO (followed plans for downscaling PRECISELY by building 10" tall panels) 36" X 36" X 11.5" in corner. Adcom GFA 555 bridged mono and wired VIFA 8's in parallel.
    I realize that this is not going to "shake the earth" or rattle my teeth, which is what I initially expected. I wonder if the 36" X 24" version would have louder output for the 8's? ANYWAY, it is very clean, very articulate, dry, and A WHOLE lot a' fun with pipe organ music! I am debating on springing for Steve's DHM108 drivers or just using the second pair of VIFA 8's I have already and scaling down the panels to 10" again? I would also like to run them in stereo. OR should I try a scaled-down WO32? OR a HW? I might be able to move more air with a HW cabinet for movies? Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Randy

ive build 3 of these things now, one a standard 10" 3x3, and 2 scaled up for 12"'s (height only) .
my observations on this box....put good drivers in it, the difference in sound quality is amazing...
the delay on this box is also nuts. ive got a behringer dcx2496 digital crossover, last night i linked up a mic so i could use the auto delay feature to align the wicked one and my mid tops, strangely although the mid tops are only 20 cm from the mouth of the sub, the crossover assigned them a delay of 5.9 meters !!!

worryingly it sounds very good like this , my only thoughts are that this box might somehow have a virtual horn length of 5.9 meters, bizzaro ....

that said put 700w 97db efficiency pa drivers in it and power it with a decent amp , pretty ludicrous, i want 4, as in stacks of 2 they sound fecking briliant
i really want to measure the response of one, i think large spls will be acheivable

 I am in the process of building My first WO for use in the home with the Decware 10'' modified drivers, 24x36x12, and the 250 watt plate amp from Parts Express, the one with a remote control so I can kick back in my easy chair and make adjustments without having to get up!
 They are being built without modifications, and if they sound half as good as people are saying, I'm going to strip it down and build the WO32 since it is designed for the home.
 I am planning on finishing the project on this 3 day weekend so by next week I should be rocking!
 I should mention that my wood working skills and tools are severely lacking as evidenced by the serious ugliness of the box. Not one single angle I cut was correct so there is alot of eurothane glue used to fill the massive spaces. Oh well 10 coats of black paint should help.
 I will post when it's finished and let you know how it sounds.
PS pray for me that the box doesn't blow apart!  :)

Most of my interest is outdoor fun, true half space. You will lose as much as 6dB usually. I just want try to get back 3 of them.

I have built one WO 36"x36". Im using Two SEAS L26RFX/P aluminium cone Bass. To be honest, i am very happy with it, it does sound great, especially once you find that perfect possition. Its great fun to build. It provides great sounding bass, even at the low power of my drivers. Im only 19, but i have been around audio equipment my whole life. Both me and my dad agree, its well worth the build if you've got the time and space. However, for the true audiophile, there are better enclosures out there that are maybe less fiddly to build, and more easy to accomodate.

we managed to get a wo in a car facing the boot witha 12" and 1 comp driver mid top, all running off macrotechs on stage as we didnt have a car amp, got the guy from uk iasca to sit in the front, the look on his face was priceless
shame the stage was too far away from their stand for us to get it metered....

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I Finally finished My first WO and I have to say it definitly creates some sound pressure! I am quite pleased with the results. I am going to build the WO32 next.

I was highly impressed at the sound of the wicked one enclosure.  I first built the 2x3 enclosure and being a carpenter by trade I built a almost perfect enclosure.  The plans where perfect.  With the buy one get one $80.00 rockford fosgate deal I loaded the enclosure.  After pulling my subs from my montero i installed the wicked one.  I hooked it to my JL AUDIO 500/1 Amp. and did some tweaking.  After about 20 min it was amazing at the amount of sound that pumped from this enclosure.  After 2 weeks I replaced them with sound spliner 10" subs and the bass is overwhelming for the amount spent.

I built a 24x36 WO. I originally put a pair of Radio Shack 10" in it (50w ea). The sound was ok. I realized later that the bolts holding the speakers were loose and the speaker basket was slamming into the wood whenever it got very loud. I never fixed it because the next time I had it open was to put in a pair of DHM-108s. Quite different! I tightened the bolts and took it to my church, where it was used weekly for a few years. It was used in conjunction with a pair of Peavey Black Widow 18"s with about equal volume. Over that time, the bolts worked loose again and it once again sounded bad.

The last time I opened it, I completely repainted it and added nylon nuts (metal nuts with nylon that keep them from working loose). I also redid the gasket seal. Now, it's in a Dodge Caravan with 300wrms x1. I was actually going to say I was dissapointed with it's sound, but then I discovered that only one of the 10"s were running! The wire connecting the two had fallen out! At lower volumes, it sounded ok, but at higher volumes, it had bad compression. No punch. The difference was night and day!

People have asked me how big the speakers are and how much power I run. Saying 2 10" or 300w is enough to get their jaw dropping. This is all with a bad ground connection, stock alt, and a weak battery. I probably only have 100-150w!

I once used it in a small/medium venue (200 ppl) by itself for bass and it could be felt at the back of the room with 250w total power! It easily kept up with a pair of 15" mains.