In brief, this is a decent sub which has improved the sound greatly in my car. So now a bit more detail. I bought this from Amazon and had it installed by a mobile auto electrician (about £50, but well worth the money). The same guy had fitted my new head unit a couple of months earlier (Pioneer SPH-230DAB double din). I have a VW EOS which has a folding hard top which takes up a fair amount of the boot when folded. Due to this I have to place the sub on its back, but that has made no difference to the excellent sound quality and bass - just be sure not to obscure the bass port on the right hand side. The block connector included with the sub makes it easy to disconnect, and I have not used the supplied brackets to secure the sub to the boot floor, so I can easily take it out if necessary. Instead of the brackets I staple-gunned two strips of Velcro along the back and this is enough to stop it moving around in the boot. Almost all leads are included and a good length. They are all already wired into the block connector at one end, and bare at the other end. But you will need a decent RCA/Phono lead - I bought a 4.5 metre one from Amazon for £8. The installer ran the power lead through the car to the fuse box by the driver's seat, and the phono lead and on/off lead to the back of the stereo. He grounded it on some metal bodywork in the boot - apparently the earth lead should be kept as short as possible to minimise interference. Setting up will depend on your vehicle, but here's my setup. My car is essentially a boot-back (saloon) rather than a hatchback. I set the gain and bass boost to about 75% and the crossover to about 100Hz. Then I played with the settings on the head unit until it sounded good with a range of music. I set the Low Pass for the sub to 100Hz, and the High Pass for the four full-range speakers to 100Hz also, so the sub is taking the deepest bass. The sound is excellent at all volumes, and because the sub is taking care of all the low bass, I can turn it right up with no distortion on most types of music. My head unit has three 'loudness' settings which I use to quickly decide on the 'bassy-ness', but I can also turn down the sub by decibel increments if needed. But that's only necessary for playing tracks like 'Wild Thing' by Tone Loc at loud volume.
So - get a decent head unit first, then get this bad-boy installed and set-up properly - you won't regret it!
| Recommended uses for product | For music players |
|---|---|
| Compatible devices | Desktop |
| Subwoofer diameter | 12 Inches |
| Controller type | Remote Control |
| Surround-sound channel configuration | 1.0 |
| Colour | Black |
| Included components | 1 x Pioneer TS-WX300A active subwoofer (1300 W), mounting accessories including cable |
| Product dimensions | 37D x 57W x 46.5H centimetres |
| Age range (description) | All |
| Item weight | 10.3 Kilograms |
| Impedance | 4 Ohm |
| Is waterproof | True |
| Manufacturer | Pioneer |
| Language | English |
| Item model number | TS-WX300A |
| ASIN | B077ZC9TDB |
