HOW BAD is Amazon's CHEAPEST "Subwoofer"? | Full Test and Review
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20 of them in a sealed box with 200W RMS would be an interesting test. They sound pretty musical at around 30-40hz. It will always sound crappy if you overpower it.
I agree!
At that point though u can buy a decent 12 that will whoop 20 of those
Better bump that up to 100 😂
i think quiter better sounding bass is better then ur car rattling tbh
@@1NIGHTMAREGAMER or u can do 140+ like me and not here any rattles on the outsides bc of sound deadner 🤷🏼♂️
A while back I bought 4 super cheap 8” subwoofers off of Parts Express for $8 each. I put the theile small parameters into a bass box calculator and built a 4th order bandpass box. With a $100 Power Acoustic Walmart subwoofer amp running them at a 2 ohm load, it peaked at 135 db at about 47 hz!!
Fast forward a little bit and I bought eight 6.5” woofers from Parts Express for a little over $8 each. I installed them in an infinite baffle setup running off of a D4S JP8 at 2 ohms. I never got them metered but they sounded really clean, had decent overall output, and useable output down to about 25 hz!
Cheap “subwoofers” can sound good as long as you don’t expect them to sound like an expensive Sundown sub.
That can be used for homemade Bluetooth speaker and or replacement driver on lower RMS applications thanks Parker for testing and reviewing a wide variety of audio
Yessir happy to do it!
It would be fun to throw it in a custom ported box and see how low it can go while retaining SQ.
Seeing that tiny 3.5" speaker flexing like that was HILARIOUS! When we were kids my buddy had a 1983 S-10 with two 6.5" woofers in a skinny box with a home stereo amplifier on a power inverter...lmao Then I got my Explorer and installed a Sony Xplod tape deck (this was 1998) Sony 10-disc CD changer, MB Quart 5x7 split sets in the doors, a US Amps 125x4 1/4 ohm stable amp, and two JL Audio 15s. I am 40 now and my BMW has two Sundown 12s in it...once a basshead, always a basshead.
Your buddy sounds like me. I ran a pioneer home amplifier on an inverter on 2 15" Pyles and 2 10" Pyles. 😅
Back in the day, the phase 3 and the blue thunders with the power EQ ha ha ha ha those were most definitely days to remember :-)
Until you get the tinnitus lol
Quart , polk, boston acoustic all my favs
Pyle has been making decent stuff since caveman days. Decent, not great. I dunno about these plastic baskets, i have almost bought a couple but theres just better options avail now
I love how after all this time, Parker still smiles when he hears any bass 😎
Yessir!! I love it to my core
@@ParkerTheBasshead yes sir. Bass for life 👍🏻
After 35 years,I still get goosebumps and giddy too. That's how you know you that when you got bit by the car audio bug,you got bit pretty damn good.
@@808chevykevi just started upgrading my sound in the car and still want more, u say i'm gonna do that all my life? Hell yeah
They are ok as door speakers. I had got something similar from Pyle many years ago and installed them in a matrix. I crossed them over at 120hz. The car had 2 way speakers, but all the 6.5 inch cones were done. For $6 they performed as good as some more expensive door speakers.
I actually think they did really well considering their $12 lol
Not as a subwoofer but as just a mids speaker.
Exactly!
If you need a “sub”woofer in this size at this price, the Dayton TCP115 is solid. I use them in Bluetooth speakers ported to 45 Hz and they perform very well.
There have been some suggestions of making a box and putting many of these subs in it to see what they can do. Id start at like whatever area of these speakers covers an 18 inch sub and see what happens. That equates to about 26.5 of these little fawkers. 32 of them in series parallel will get you .5 ohm. DO IT PARKER, DO IT!
Pyle super pro subs in the 90s were the shocker of the industry, along with the radio shack 15s and 18s (I still have 2 of the 18s for home audio and going strong), so don't sleep on the cheap gems when they come along. Like skar, American bass, Savard and the new kicker lineup.
People really capped on Pyramid back in the day. As one of the worst, cheapest. They had a line of products called Legacy. Well, I only had about $1,500 to spend on an entire system that could bump including deck. Going in a small hatchback. We custom built a custom box, that took the entire hatch. Put two Legacy Comp 15’s. The dang magnets were almost as big as the speakers! A Legacy 1000 watt amp. 2 Legacy 200 watt amps. A Legacy crossover. A set of Legacy 6x9’s in their own boxes in the back window. A set of 3 way 4 1/4s in the back deck lid. Then up front we did a set of Legacy 5 1/4 three ways in the doors. And Legacy tweeters at the top of the doors. Even the wiring and fuse blocks were Legacy! The only thing that wasn’t was my JVC DVD single din deck. We also highlighted the entire car with purple and blue lighting to match the paint job and to match the amps and subs which were purple and blue.
Let me tell you, that car was bananas! The door skin panels were moving in and out a good 3 inches. It’s a miracle the doors didn’t separate! 😂 But I will tell you what, that little system was hitting hard and clean! We could be heard a good 4 to 5 blocks away on a low traffic day. And it was easily metering in the high 130’s. And the sound was deep, rich bass. And the mids and highs were crystal clear. The Dre Day album sounded incredible in that car. You could hear nuances like the little reverb tings on the snares.
All from a system with deck and wiring included for under $1,500! The deck alone was over $400. The only Pyramid/Legacy system I have ever seen that nice. Even to this day. In fact, the reps for Pyramid saw my car. And for a time, we were discussing them sponsoring me… I should have taken more pics of the system. It was pretty incredible. I have one or two pics of it. But should have gotten more. Great memories. But yeah, you can put together incredible systems for small money if you are creative. And you know how sound resonance works. 🤷♂️
they did better than i expected tbh, they put up a heck of a fight.
Not sure if the value makes sense but I could see some potential uses for them (stick a couple of these and a couple cheap dome tweeters in a small enclosure and make a homemade bluetooth speaker?)
Back in the 90s a friend of mine pulled some Pyle 6x9s out of a wrecked car at the junkyard. I was thoroughly impressed with them.
Hey man! Just discovered your channel... I'm an old bass head myself from the 89s and 90s..jusf getting back into it.. Got the Pioneer DMH 4660 Nex and got some Sound Ordinance 6.5s in all four doors and a kicker hide away 10 behind one rear seat and 2 6 inch Bose woofers in one of those spare tire cylindrical boxes and a Pioneer 150 watt amp behind the other! Sounds f'ing amazing and I re-polished and re-honed my skills watching your channel... Keep up the excellent work at putting out high quality content brother! Peace!
Dude those little things were getting down, and for Pyle I’m super surprised! Loved this video. Do 6.5 build next . Lol , I’m doing 6 6.5 lanzar build to see how it can thump ! Love it man keep up the bass love
People always cap on cheap brands:
People really capped on Pyramid back in the day. As one of the worst, cheapest. They had a line of products called Legacy. Well, I only had about $1,500 to spend on an entire system that could bump including deck. Going in a small hatchback. We custom built a box, that took the entire hatch. Put two Legacy Comp 15’s. The dang magnets were almost as big as the speakers! A Legacy 1000 watt amp. 2 Legacy 200 watt amps. A Legacy crossover. A set of Legacy 6x9’s in their own boxes in the back window. A set of 3 way 4 1/4s in the back deck lid. Then up front we did a set of Legacy 5 1/4 three ways in the doors. And Legacy tweeters at the top of the doors. Even the wiring and fuse blocks were Legacy! The only thing that wasn’t was my JVC DVD single din deck. We also highlighted the entire car with purple and blue lighting to match the paint job and to match the amps and subs which were purple and blue.
Let me tell you, that car was bananas! The door skin panels were moving in and out a good 3 inches. It’s a miracle the doors didn’t separate! 😂 But I will tell you what, that little system was hitting hard and clean! We could be heard a good 4 to 5 blocks away on a low traffic day. And it was easily metering in the high 130’s. And the sound was deep, rich bass. And the mids and highs were crystal clear. The Dre Day album sounded incredible in that car. You could hear nuances like the little reverb tings on the snares.
All from a system with deck and wiring included for under $1,500! The deck alone was over $400. The only Pyramid/Legacy system I have ever seen that nice. Even to this day. In fact, the reps for Pyramid saw my car. And for a time, we were discussing them sponsoring me… I should have taken more pics of the system. It was pretty incredible. I have one or two pics of it. But should have gotten more. Great memories. But yeah, you can put together incredible systems for small money if you are creative. And you know how sound resonance works. 🤷♂️
Me and my best friend at the time built and installed this system. Then we lost touch for 25 years. We just recently got in touch with each other a few months ago. And we are now building a killer new system for my car now with all Infinity. It is gonna be pretty wicked. And the friendship being reconnected on such a project after 25 years is pretty damn awesome too. 😎 🔈 🔊
Anyone else waiting to see them in the toyota to see if they made any db readings?? I was hoping you were going to do that! Maybe do it again but get more and make a bigger box with a port maybe??!!
Love the videos, keep them coming man!
Im 42 and have popped alot of speakers for fun, and never seen the dust cap collapse. good stuff!
I'd definitely consider using those as midbass for small speaker projects. I'm impressed with the durability of them. On my headphones they were clean down to 100 and started getting mud by 80, 60 they were just harmonic noise. Definitely not bad for what they are at that price. Absolutely not subwoofers lol but not garbage.
I love my Sunday morning bass head videos
Glad to hear it man! 💪🏼
My man has come a long way! From the Walmart Dual DWS-12 to doing hair tricks. Been watching you even before Project Rexxie!
Oh man the way you filmed that had me cracking up dude. I had to let you know. good stuff
Hey parker I was wondering if there is anyway to wire an single 2 ohm dvc subwoofer to 2 ohm
In the 80's and begining of the 90's Fosgate had 4 inch woofer in series1 and in Punch 🤔 i got with my 12 inch. The old stuff is still working 🔉🔊
How was clarity for use as a midrange? In person would be better judge than a video for performance.
Bro that Down for Sound set you have looks so nice.
I personally love the skil saw box with the alex pro caulk job! great vid! be a nice speaker for a cpu system
That was funny to watch!! 😂😂 thanks for doing that because I needed the laugh so thank you!!!
Good man! Was fun to make for sure
♥️🙏🏼❤️
using them in conjunction with a tuned passive radiator at 40hz would be interesting.
reminds me of that movie "Tommy Boy"... Pyle looks around sees no one: "Look if you want me to put a mid in a box labeled subwoofer I will, I got spare time..." You had me laughing at the massive surround LMAO
You should try the same wiring config, but invert 2 of them.... maintain the overall 4 ohm load but now its a push pull which will increase power handling a little and should increase low end extension as well....and did you put any fill in the box? One of the cardinal rules of speaker building never leave a box empty....
But still a cool vid
im looking to build a sub box for my pc speakers.I have an amp and I a set of advents for the front stage. I may use my older yamaha center and surrounds for whent im not listening to music where dolby sounds beter.
Can you find a speaker about that size that is really rated to cover sub frequencys? My amp can go down to 2ohm I beleive since I been running two 4 ohm 15s off it in my shed. got a bigger amp for the shed now.
That looks very similar to somthing i built for my bedroom back when i was 14 years old😂
Dope video Parker as always….👌
I appreciate it!
I have a question for you I have two zvx 12s on a scar rp 2000 but will I get more off of vxfs or will vxfs hit harder then zvxs? And do you think it’s worth spending another 600 dollars on vxfs I like the quality from my zvxs I just want to know would a vxf hit harder
And they do seem to lack lows but I also only have a 36 tuned scar boxes too what do you recommend I can’t really find a box to fit in my trunk and I don’t have the material or tools to make a box
Thanksvfor the wiring tip❤
Good Video Bro. Keep up the good work. Been watching your videos for years now. Just haven't said anything back then.
I would be interested in seeing you test that Kicker Key 500.1. They barely have any videos or info on people trying them with different subwoofers. I’d be interested in seeing you test it with actual budget subwoofers, sundown lcs, nvx vws, kicker comp r, alpine type s, etc. I know I have one personally and the configuration makes it difficult to try to pick out a subwoofer. I know there are more people out there who are in the same boat. Stock radio and added the 500.1 to boost their stereo but I don’t know if 150x4ohm is going to be bumping a whole lot. Haha. But 500x1ohm seems more manageable. I hope you can make a video like that work for your channel! Thank you! Keep up the content, very informative and entertaining!
Last pyle of.... Sub, i had was 20 years ago probably me and some friends put it in a five gallon bucket and hooked it to my phoenix gold 2800.1 it actually lasted a few minutes jumping out of the bucket and i almost felt bad for not giving the sub away instead of taking it to the bbq
Seems like these little guys would be good for a small computer setup or pimping out your kids power wheels. I was surprised they lasted as long as they did to Parker. Lol😂 Great video sir!
I legitimately bought one of these to try and upgrade a old doss soundbox xl woofer, I'll mostlikely have to modify the mounting spot but I think it will be cool, ( just receive the pyle woofer and it already was getting hot just from the doss xl amplifier 🤣 only 12 watts and that was almost to much, I modified the doss speaker to fit this speaker and it does have some improvements on bass and looks pretty nice in there
Extreme Bass Car Audio channel here on TH-cam built a box using some similar size speakers in custom made box as well as Hexibase channel TH-cam as well 3D printed a box with 2 3" in a wave box and sounded amazing.
Polk audio has soundbar that comes with a separate sub, the same size as that! The sub gets deep, and loud enough to rattle windows! I wonder how they got that setup to sound so good!
Might just be the recording but it sounded to me like they were clipping? Dunno if that's a rattle from the box, mechanical noise, actual clipping or just the recording?
Love your videos bro
If I bought 2 750w rms subs so 1500rms total. What power amp should you get to go with it
Is it normal for a basic subwoofer package including installation to cost $1,200 or I just being sold a bunch of extras that I don't really need
Dear Sir, What is the largest amp, name brand and model you would recomend for a stock cars electoral system without having to upgrade it. . i want to run 2- 12in subs in my van and i want to stay under a thousand dollars for the subs and amp. Please i need some advice so i don't get it wrong. thanks.
Generally 1500 watts. Depends on the vehicle tho
Pyle should take note on that “sub” as it performed above anything else in their car audio line🤣🤷
For real 😂😂😂
Might have to get a few and make box just to mess with in the house already have 2 Pyle mini amps
About to re do my system. Gonna be using 20 of these for sub duty, 3 pairs for mids and 2 sets for tweet duty, since they can apparently play more range than any speaker ive ever seen lmao
They're pretty adorable to be fair! I wonder if these would work well in a portable speaker build?
Maybe with a better box a pair of them could do well like in a bluetooth setup or a boombox with the right low wattage amp with some decent tweeters.
It's really for home theatre subwoofer systems . In the right enclosure it's probably decent
I think these would be really cool to have If you were to do a DIY portable speaker would be interesting to see how thay works
I have two of the pile subs1600 watts each they sound excellent
Damn! That sh!t bump lol! Cone area is king! I like the 4 together @ 100hz! Thanks Basshead Parker!!!!!
Yessir!!
Is that a neo magnet?
Thats a great speaker for a big RC car
Yeah could be a cool RC build!
Definitely have to do a speaker blowing video like once a month
Loved this.
Dammit Parker I thought we had broke you of saying “sub-whew-fer” but here it is again 😂😂
It would be fun to build a T line box for one of these. I'll bet it would do pretty well 🤙
A great sub for DIY arcade cabinets.
Pyle, but damn it that basket looks pretty nice for 12 bucks! Nice review Parker, love the review.
In my opinion, the beating these things took, and for the price, would make awesome door mid-bass woofers. These things took a beating before seizing. Pyle has always made gems here and there in their lineup, but also a lot a of junk at the same time haha!!
Fun video brother! 😎✌️
Glad you liked it man!
Hi Parker I'm a fan of your show but I would recently would like to purchase your used amp bcse I bought a ds 18 6000.1d but it won't push my deaf bonce 305 15 d2 on my 04 chevy avalanche sorry that asking this but I'm in a budget thanks in advance
Aww this is the cutest lil thing I've seen in a while😍! Get it lil baby subwoofer❤😂😂 Aye for real tho,I'm already interested because I've been thinking about doin' a sound bar over my back seat in my pickup. Why? Just because I feel like building some stuff this coming weekend.Thanks for the review✌️
would these work good for mid bass.
In the configuration used, if the second speaker (from the left) failed open circuit, the left-most speaker would not respond regardless of whether it had failed or was still quite robust.
Hey Parker let me get that subwoofer box with subs for my Yugo I'm putting a system in. I'm using a Rockford Punch 40 on my subs it would be perfect. Puts out 40 watts
About 4 of these would make for a bass guitar practice amp set up, and ok for low wattage.
Parker the Basshead 💯 every Sunday is complete whenu upload a video
Glad to hear it man!! Means a lot
@@ParkerTheBasshead I enjoy your content since the day I started viewing your vids
Ok let’s build a 6th order with like 50 of these and break some records, let’s go!!!!!😂
I’d be down! Haha
Tang Band makes cool little subwoofers
I was hoping you were going to put in your ride and do a DB test 🙃
Pair of pyle 15's in a bandpass box, in a small hatchback you might hit close to 140db. Maybe...
Looks like a great woofer for a book shelf build.
Yeah can’t beat the price
If they'd remove the word "sub" and adjust the wording a little it would be a hit! That seems perfect for someone setting up a front stage off of head unit power.
Dang parker I would be in basshead heaven if I had all that equipment setting in my man cave lol
We've been jyped !! The thumbnail shows those geeen label subs mang
I can almost guarantee frequency response is more like 120hz to 8,000hz
i know I'm late to the party, i think you're going to have to partition the box in pairs. interesting to see they were doing what the said i guess in a way. rock on keep up the good content.
@ParkerTheBasshead- It would have been cool, if you would have tested that little enclosures SPL in a vehicle(using 40 to 80 watts), on a little hand held SPL meter, that can go down to 70 or 80 Db, and go up to a 120 Db, like a meter i have. Then after testing the sealed enclosures SPL, ✔️to see where the impedance was the highest, then tune a 2 inch, or 3 inch port to that freq. Then put that ported enclosure back in the vehicle, to see how much louder it was.
Do you got a dats to run a sweep on these
Port the box and make more videos of speakers that size please.
Nice explanation of resistance. I Think these are for PC desktop "subwoofer" sound. No one anywhere would accept these as a "subwoofer".
12:31-12:42 def the bassline to black hole sun
For something this cheap yet its a great performer for making DIY bluetooth speakers
You should review the Stinger subs and amps. Super cheap and have heard good things about them.
Combo Subwoofer Matrix 12inch 1000waatt can you do a test on that
Please try a lanzar max pro subwoofer please
well...also i dont agree with +1 thing from the manual: that it is anyhow good in sealed box (or bp4) to get good / acceptably loud low bass down to at least the the 40ish hz range, because: way too small cone area, way too light moving mass, way too small excursion, and also probably/maybe too stiff spider/surround...imo in ported box, or in bp6 this would be significantly better for this purpose, or with passive radiator maybe this would be acceptable as a bt speaker bass module...but as far i saw the overall quality, i dont think so it is worth of experimenting with this "subwoofer" like this 🤷♂
Those would be good for a little garage sound system.
That FR! 😂😂😂 156khz!? Legendary!
@2:30 You gotta give them credit. How did they get a 3 1/2 Voice Coil in that tiny sub.....
It's a 1 inch coil
If your sub is being pushed and it starts to smell, after turning amp down did I do damage to my sub still?
Depends if you hear any unusual mechanical noises when playing it and if its frequency response has been negatively affected in some way.
If the glue just got a little toasty but didn't completely dislodge any windings of the coil. it may be ok. but it could still be weakened and get damaged easier the next time you get it hot.
@@realflow100 thanks. My subs are actually in great shape still
32 of these in a sizeable box would likely sound pretty good. Getting loud on low power?
When you going to get some 975 1250 magnets in. Some big new name subs. PSI resilient sound ECT....
Too heavy haha
Huh? This is a basshead page lol. Definitely something needs to happen lol. Nothing left.
DD audio Trinity audio maybe JL maybe some of the new pioneer I've been seeing over 1000 rms some real new videos and stuff with some different subs. Maybe start showing RMS power on amps and power going to subs and more statistics of what's going on.
A few years ago I bought a pair of 8” Pyle subwoofers just to see how far the brand had fallen. I ran multiple Pyle 8’s back in the late 80’s when they were at their peak and they performed beautifully. Needless to say they were horribly unlistenable and I sold them for $10 a piece. Pyle is equivalent to Boss audio.
Yeah Pyle has gone down hill hard
Well pyle was bought by sound around the same company that owns pyramid.
@@fabelgamer7410 makes sense.
@@fabelgamer7410I actually didn’t even know that. Hopefully their quality goes back up.
@@silverrain99205 i wouldn't hold my breath.