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@willsteele9249

Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family Big D! Thank for the video you're the best!

@russellzauner

Жыл бұрын

drill a starter hole in the metal screen, then your screwdriver should push through, leaving the burrs and sharp edges facing inward...I bet a returns guy would 90% miss the enlarged grille holes above the screws if you were to send it back on warranty.

@bkh5746

Жыл бұрын

Rockville is not bad for price but its not great.i bought a punisher 10” and blew it,and made it a 15” and my friend at work jams it everyday.

The recoil audio powered sub with 10 inch passive radiator is more power a better box and can be on sale for about same price. . it's definitely a better buy. Thank you for this awesome video it's good to know what these are about. And it's just fun .

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@paulgood2218

Жыл бұрын

@@wal Merry Christmas and great fun video to watch . The custom power mod was awesome

@kevininwards5787

Жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to see

@rmblwgn

Жыл бұрын

I really like recoil audios 9 wire. It's beefier than the name brands!

Honestly Rockville is one of the best price to performance speakers out there! I have a Rockville bass tube, and it still works 6 years later! It's impressed me quite a bit!

@cindyr7407

Жыл бұрын

These are for people who are looking for a clean sounding "factory" subwoofer, where it doesn't distort the factory speakers when the bass hits.

@xdrm24

10 ай бұрын

Rockville is okay. Skar is a much better bang for your buck! I bought an 18inch with a box for like $280

@fiddynutz68

9 ай бұрын

@xdrm24 Agreed! I bought a rockville marine 8 channel marine amp with built in blue tooth, it sounds great with 6.5 and 6x9. However if you use the Bluetooth every time you power up it plays at max volume starting, wtf? And I blew every channel I hooked the sub to. Really weird. Rockville is cool because of the massive range of products but sad it couldn't hold up. I ended up buying a cadence bluetooth controller and now wish I'd just went with a skar without the Bluetooth in the first place. It's cool you live and learn.

@suckanegg6691

6 ай бұрын

Rockville is probably one of the worst car audio companies with the lowest quality right next to Pyle

@michaelweems679

5 ай бұрын

​@@suckanegg6691 Agreed. They have had some SERIOUS problems with their products.

Interesting enclosure design and solid value for the price. Crazy how the drivers are a part of the cast for the enclosure, I guess it was cheaper that way. As said would be a decent package to use for adding some of that higher bass response to a basic system lacking it. I would be curious to see how it performs in the Sequoia compared to the '37 Ford, given the different cabin peaks. Nicely done video and happy holidays Big D!

These are fun and cheap content for you to create, I've never stopped looking at and wondering about all the

Sir thanks a lot for respectfully opening the box, we really appreciate people treating valuables neatly👍🏻

I'm pretty impressed with the Rockville stuff for just cheap powered "extra bass" to toss into a stock headunit vehicle. I have an 8in spare tire mounted powered rockville sub in the wife's SUV and it sounds pretty good. I bought a 12in powered spare tire mounted sub for my car, and it really does well for it's cheap price and power level. It shakes the car and sounds decent enough. These units mount right inside the spare tire itself! I like the looks Rockville's compact truck under-seat mount subs too, and have been considering one for my dad's truck. Would I use Rockville for a higher end setup that I cared a bout? Nope. Am I really enjoying it for the cheap price, decent sound quality, and stealth zero space mounting options of the spare tire mounted subs? Absolutely!

Great review and testing. I bought this when it first came out due to its size and thought it was pretty good performance for size and price. Thanks for taking it apart to show the inside.

Really liking the new content and how your mixing tings up. Keep up the good work Big D!

love your stuff - your channel actually got me back into audio. I bought a Rockville RMW8P 8" narrow sub enclose (passive) for my small car that I use with an Earthquake Sound MiNi D1000.4 (Gen 2) and it sounds really good. I know Rockville isn't high-end but for price I am very happy with the performance in my small car.

@ok-eh7zm

Жыл бұрын

Hows it going so far? I hear they break fast

@cburgess5294

Жыл бұрын

@@ok-eh7zm been using it for a few months now with no issue.

Some kid got this for Christmas this morning then looked up KZread videos about how to install the thing and stumbled upon this video. I’m kinda blown away over how the whole thing is cast as one big chunk.

I am puzzled by the use of a class a/b amp in this sub. Unlike the JBL and others, this is clearly a well thought out design not aimed at the lowest cost. There were investments in the castings for the enclosure, the physical layout of the amp board, and the passive radiator vs a port. Are the components for a class a/b so much cheaper that its worth using them even in a custom amplifier like the one in this unit? Thanks for keeping it interesting Big D.

@wal

Жыл бұрын

The cheap A/B amps are like $10 cost. Like I said we usually praise AB amps for SQ but the cheapo ones are an exception

@wesw9586

Жыл бұрын

Just Cockville getting whatever they can for cheap to sell a product. That's what they do.

@CL-yp1bs

Жыл бұрын

The super cheap designs its cheaper to use class A/B its just the chinese factory using old leftover obsolete parts.

@AraceaeFanatics

Жыл бұрын

Being Rockville, it's probably something from a Chinese factory catalog that's marketed differently elsewhere. Rockville doesn't design or engineer anything, it's all off the shelf ready for a name to be slapped on it. With the advancements in technology of amplifiers in the past 20 years, they could have easily opted for a class D amplifier and actually had their first successful product. This is still decent for so many, and it will definitely work for its target market, but it could have been better.

@303nitzubishi4

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking the same thing there was obviously some investment in engineering the passive and active drivers with the cabinet and then they take a custom circuit board and put crap components on it to power the active driver. For the crowd this type of product is aimed at I would guess they would be willing to pay a few more bucks for a legit 200 watts from a class D amp instead of this joker setup

That intro beat timed with the woofer excursion is epic.

I had thought it would be cool of you to test the sub with external amplification as soon as I saw that low power output from the internal amp. Thank you for thinking of every way to demo and explain a product.

Great content big D I been wishing for more "real world" tests on this type of equipment and you've given me a great Christmas gift thank you!! I would never consider buying a product like this but I do appreciate the engineering that was put into the casting of the drivers integral with the cabinet. I think that's cool I wonder if it's a knocked off design from a legit brand? A bit more airspace and a class D amp with double the RMS output and they'd have a winner here! I'd bet folks would have even been willing to pay a few bucks more for a product that gets approval from influencers like you. Manufacturures will eventually wise up and improve on products like this based on reviews from folks like you and the feedback here in the comments. Bass onnn my friend

Excellent test. Love the way you added the banana plugs for the external amp test. Keep'em coming Big Dee.

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

please keep reviewing these! i want to get that doesn't suck! thank you love your channel! Also, shallow powered subs and shallow 12 in subs!

Great video! I suggest tagging or titling this video for people who are trying to research on this particular sub, I don’t think it’ll show up in search unless you tag it.

I do like, that Recoil uses a class D on most of their all in one setups

I have a challenge...A $100-200 10/12" Dayton home powered sub, run with an inverter, in a vehicle, would probably be better than most of these "budget" powered subs. Try it for science! Merry Christmas Big D!

I like your enthusiasm for bass , i also try and get the best from equipment by alterations if i have to

Love that D4S jp8. Cant wait until I get it with that awesome remote knob. These amps remind me of the US AMPS. I was at the 93 IASCA Finals in Tulsa and US AMPS were demonstrating that they could light pencils on fire and cut soda pop cans in half. Rating that these amps could run at a "dead short". Impressive. Yeah boi👍 The sub here is an entry level on a budget speaker, plain and simple.

Rockville is pretty underrated. I’ve owned a few of their subs, and they’ve always put a smile on my face! My current setup is a single Rockville Destroyer 15D1, mated with a Krypton M5 mono amp. Best bang for the buck subwoofer and amp, with very impressive lows inverted inside a ported box. It was going to cost me around $300 more for a similar Skar setup, and way more for bigger brands.

I just got this thing installed in my Volvo xc90 and once I got it all set properly it sounds amazing. Very happy with it. I would recommend this sub to anyone.

First visiting a channel like a style will be checking out the rest of your stuff good review Thanks

Interesting enclosure with the driver built in, all shot in 2 castings, while not standard, in a product like this it's cool to see. Like those low profile speakers with the internal magnets that look like a passive radiator.

I really enjoyed this video. I usually prefer the amp tests, but this was a nice change.

Great video, ive been eyeballing these. Think ill wait for something a little better

That’s pretty cool thank you for doing this detail work on this speaker plus amp in a box kit. Have you mess with any of the DS 18 stuff yet?

Cast alum enclosure with integral basket is cool, wouldn't be out of place on a high end design. Looks really well built and designed actually.

Such a great channel. The A/B kills it for me, sad to see an underoptimized sub.

Merry Christmas, big D .

Cool video man. I like the old clip at the end with the sound wave.

Thank you BIG D please do more of these products 😉

I bought some Rockville PA subs, 15 inch passive and I was shocked to see how nice the drivers were. Couple years kicking bass drums and bass guitar through them and no issues.

Great video. Thank you for the technical testing as well. This is the only sub box I have seen with 2 subwoofers. Why are they both not powered? Is there some benefits to that setup? Thanks.

Awesome vid as always 👍🏽

Nice video as always👍 You should try to put some more weight on that passive radiator, then it would play nicer and lower.

haha, the weightlifting facial expressions! Merry Christmas dude

Great stuff I thoroughly enjoyed 💪🏾

Merry Xmas!!! Stay safe and warm!!!

could use more weights on the passive radiator to hit lower notes, but it looks pretty alright for its price point. happy holidays!

Hey big D have you ever tested or heard of wondom class d amplifier boards been thinking of getting one but I think you you are the most credible amp tester on KZread

Very interesting. I heard that most amps that Rockville makes are up to the spec in terms of wattage, and Rockville claims that they are CEA rated. I bought a Rockville DB11 sub amp a year ago for my 5.1 sound system because it was very cheap at that time and has a lot of watts. I'm using a 750W HP server power supply to power it indoors. The amp comes with a dyno sheet in the box that says 233 watts RMS at 4 Ohm and 1% THD+N and 391 watts RMS at 2 Ohm and 1% THD+N. Hopefully the dyno sheet is genuine and it does what it claims. It is able to flex a kicker CompR 8 inch sub hard at high volume and is able to make a cheap sub's coil smelly (and possibly blows it if I turn up the volume higher).

Most Rockville branded stuff I've come across performs "OK" for the price point. I've used their distributed sound system (ceiling speakers) and amp for piping music to an office.

Passive radiators are a interesting way of getting bass. To get the lower bass notes you need to put weights on the cone to lower but it does take away the upper bass. Its all about balance. Also a way of telling when the phase run out is run a hertz cycle, when the two drivers are working together the passive has done its job. When a passive is working, the woofer would look as if its not working and the passive is going hard. I've built a home theater system with passives and I can get 20 htz out of a single box. Does need at least 2 subs to make up for the loss from the woofers. Does sound super clear and true.

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 🌲!

Big "D" that was a great review. I've noticed every time you give a thumbs up the item goes up in price. It's to be expected. I appreciate your science bud.

Props for using Gomer Pyle!

I would love to see you review the Rockford Fosgate P300-12 Punch all in one system.

Great vid Big D. EXO had exposed Rockville and cheap Subs a while back I'm sure they've gotten a little better on some of there products. I personally say push it to the max let's see what it can really handle?😁

Glad I got some of my Big D fix 😂 awesome video

Interesting vid! One thing that occurs to me is that you could play with the tuning frequency by changing the weight on the passive radiator. Could possibly get more low frequency output

@russellzauner

Жыл бұрын

too bad I can't tune the mass while stimulus is being applied...

@91CavGT5

Жыл бұрын

With how small the enclosure is, it would be interesting to see if any low end improvements could be had at all.

@BabyCharlotteschannel

Жыл бұрын

@@91CavGT5 for sure, I love seeing how much improvement, or loss, of sound happens when "tuning" ..

@cpufrost

Жыл бұрын

@@russellzauner You can, you just have to use a real woofer and use another amp to provide a load. ;-) The easiest way to lower the tuning frequency is to epoxy fender washers to the middle of the PR. Of course the box is pretty tiny, probably not going to matter much.

@PoXFreak

Жыл бұрын

When using something this small, I'm not one to tune for max db, I shoot for a flat response to at least 35hz. In lieu of tuning the enclosure or PR in this case, adding power where the extension rolls off can be a blessing and a curse because, with each 3db rise in output, you have to double the output power delivered. I can't see this thing handling the power needed for it to create 120db at 35hz, not for long anyway.

Nice breakdown.... The specs on Rockville site say it's a 2ohm speaker....can it be hooked up to a stock 4ohm system without problems?

I was waiting for him to pull the Rockville box out of the Rockville box, just to find another Rockville box, lol. Then I wanted to see it catch on fire.

Wilson PLEASE PLEASE do a demo with say 4 of these Rockville subs..

I have a Fosgate P300-10 powered sub. I like it since it fits behind the seat in my regular cab truck, is 300w rms (I’m apt to believe it’s legit since it’s a RF), and has tight bass thanks to the sealed box. Works really well with my simple setup. Wouldn’t mind seeing you test it.

@gjenkins1660

Жыл бұрын

Those things are monsters. I'm debating on buying another one and running Two of them or building a custom box. Don't have a ton of extra space but needs the bass

I bought a box with two pioneer TSw306c and an SD800.4 evo, I can't wait to install and do the booommm

I love all of your testings! Could you rate a pioneer TSWX300A powered subwoofer? It's around 150$ I think. Keep up the good work!

From the halls of Monta-zoom-er.........maybe this enclosure would sound better under a bucket. Seriously though, this could certainly add depth to a factory stereo. For the money, it's a winner! These powered enclosure tests are very interesting, Big D! 👍

My Rockville amp is still working after 3 years.

@leroycolejr2805

Жыл бұрын

I have a Rockville DB 45 for over a year never went into protect mode but it does get warm. It does better than my mtx 75.4 which stayed in and out of protection

@wal

Жыл бұрын

👌😬👍

Seems like the drivers have some decent potential. How much does it weigh? I would like a little more low end in one of my cars but I also like to track it. I don't want to add much weight. While I could remove it before a track day but I am also lazy and can justify leaving it if it's not real heavy.

Installed these in a couple UTVs they are great sounding, and so far have held up great to off road abuse.

@baja5racer1

Жыл бұрын

I'm looking at adding this subwoofer to a Rockford fosgate pmx-1 stage 2 system to a Polaris ranger can you really hear or feel the bass from this sub?

Very cool experiment..The older I get the more I go by the "Spend a few extra bucks and get the good stuff" rule. 😂

@wal

Жыл бұрын

So true

Thanks for that. Interesting. I spend a descent amount on my Car and home audio...and sometimes the cheap stuff is better. I say that because of deminishing returns on your money has a stopping point. Twice the money but 5% better sound and or less noise or whatever your subjective ears are hearing. Case in point for a few instances Ive had. Bought a Sennheiser Ambeo soundbar which has tons of bass for standalone bar and super $$$.Then I bought a cheap Elac 10 sub for $130. Then tried a Polk 10 sub $350. Guess what? Took the Polk back. Elac has just as much bass as Polk, smaller, hits super low,but more tjan 3x price. Only down side to Elac is gain noise which can be tuned out almost all the way or I just unplug it when its not used. Great vid👍

I'd love it if you could do a review of a Rockville RW10CA. I am considering one for my 2013 Silverado Extended Cab due to room.

Imo the best rep I've seen from Rockville. Again it's Rockville, i didnt see 200 watts comin, Wires were wrapped, Had polyfill. Tuned way to hi for me but for the $? Not bad at all. Excellent video

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Picked up a Rockville ported 8' box for the wife's car for $75 shipped just to get some low-end in her hatchback, and honestly, I'm very happy with it, considering the price especially! I have it on an old mono sub amp that at 4ohms is 150 watts, and I crossed it over at around 50hz (since I'm used to the sound of a 12 it had way too much output in the 70 to 120hz range for me) and since the amp's built-in X-over isn't great it has just enough overrun to sound balanced. It's tuned to 38hz according to them and that seems about right. I had fully expected it to blow and I would replace it with a high excursion woofer of some sort, but 2 years later it's still kicking...but then again I set it up so that at max volume it's just short of farting since I know she won't be able to tell if it's too loud for the woofer and turn it down lol. She loves it, and I find myself trying out all sorts of songs to see how it does and it's satisfying to make a budget setup sound good!

Put a pair of Rockville RW10CA 10" active subs under each front seats of my Ford Explorer Sport. It came with the Sony system, and factory subwoofer. I didn't want to replace the factory system, but wanted a bit more low end. I can't complain about the results, more low end, and they have been working for over 5 years now.

Forgive me- have you ever tested the bass tubes before, curious how their internal amps compare. (Bazooka series) Thanks!

I bet that isobaric radiator in a metal enclosure sounds pretty unique. I'd have to hear it in person to know if it was a "good" sound signature.

Really curious to see how the rockford fosgate p-series powered subs perform

Have you ever tested the under seat powered sub from Rockville? I have always wondered if 2 of those hooked in the same car would be any good in like a pick-up truck.

Do you think alpine type R 10 with ported halo box paired with M-S60 alpine 750 watt rms amp is louder? Im thinking those phone apps might be little off. Im only getting about 120 db when phone is near woofer flexing over an inch excursion. Im getting about the same db level in the cabin of 97 Lexus es300 with ski hatch open

Tip moving forward... instead of ripping off grill, try drilling a hole. Grill might crack but no elbow grease needed to reach screws.

I loved my Rockville self powered sub. Unfortunately the built-in amp last about a year before it took a dump.

Really cool video. In my experience a cheap sub in a decent box with a cheap amp will out do these every time.

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

The recoil version is actually great and a great deal

Sir, what app was being used in the spl test?

4:30 Also, look at the shape of the "sine wave." 😆😅😂🤣

How are you measuring speaker impedance without an LRC meter? All you're reading is coil resistance.

Shout out to Rockville they are a great company I have purchased a few of their items and I enjoy their products

I would love to have this sub. Seems good enough!!!

Can you please do a wattage test on the Rockville RBG18FA PA subwoofer, I want to buy one and I wanted your opinion

Rockville anything and I'm like "Run!".

@wal

Жыл бұрын

🤣👍

Rockville is one of the better budget brands. I ran a RVA-M3 for a while and it did great for the money. Felt solid and seemed to hit their "cea rated" numbers. I know they had some issues in the past, but I would take them over a lot of the low budget brands

You should do the biggest Rockville one, dual 12” slim powered subs for like 2-220

Nice test.

Seems to be on most of the low dollar powered subs, it’s the power amp is not enough power. But it is good enough to give some bass to a vehicle that has no bass at all. Especially a lease or work car.

Excellet videos Big D, coudl you do a dyno test to the Aiyima A07?

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion

Cool design but pretty much throw away if the driver ever gets damaged. I guess it’s cheap enough but still… I just bought the Cerwin Vega UPAS12 for my single cab truck. Was looking at the Kicker 46hs10 but found the CV on Amazon for $200 which was about $100 cheaper. Sounds good enough for me paired with an old Alpine cassette deck and some Hertz component speakers “probably” overkill and the Kenwood marine mini amp powering them. It’s in my old F250 snow plow truck so keeps me rockin while I’m pushing snow lol Merry Christmas everyone!

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

t would be cool to see a video on the Massive Audio QC15-2. I've had one for about 10 years, but I've never been able to "push it to the limit." I'll send you mine so you can give it a beating. 🤣

Gotta try the Rockville RW10CA. It's a super popular powered undersear sub

Would be interesting to see some underseat sub testing

6:02 quite surprising the apparent build quality. I run a Rockville PA 12” and though the sound quality is a bit muddy, can’t beat the durability of it. This loaded box has a bit more qualities built in, with the amount of baffling

please review the new kicker powered trtp enclosure

This sub reminds me of the original Infinity Basslink from the late 2000s. The Basslink was pretty impressive for what it was. It too had a 10" woofer and passive radiator, but it had a composite enclosure and a "200 watt" class D amplifier. It would be a great product to do a video on if you can find one. I had one for while and was pretty impressed with it's output considering it's relatively small form factor. There was nothing else like it at the time.

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking and should’ve shown a photo comparison

@yeahitskimmel

Жыл бұрын

I wish other manufacturers would make more options for fuller range higher sensitivity subwoofers like Infinity

@raymo6795

Жыл бұрын

@@wal ...but at half the price of the Infinity

@johnthomasmoulton8934

Жыл бұрын

I still have an infinity bass link, 8 years and still going. I just ordered a jbl bass prohub for my other car ( fingers crossed)

@raymo6795

Жыл бұрын

@@johnthomasmoulton8934 … I suspect that Rockville will not be around in 8 years

I've always been curious about the Pioneer TS-W1200 Pro Subwoofers. I was thinking about trying them in my ride. I don't want SPL anymore. I just want some nice clean bass and good mids and highs.

Hey bud, I thought you would be the right man for this request. I been watching for years, but i don’t think your channel has and I can’t find anyone that does, but I really would love to see a Rockford old school Punch 201’s 600watt amp Dyno run, I used to have one on a pair of 12s and if it’s only putting out what they say it wouldn’t have enough power for them to hit as hard as they did. Maybe if you had a 201s 600 punch sitting around could you please do a Dyno and show the real numbers on this Little amp that packs a ton of power. Thanks 🙏 love your channel

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion

i got a used velodyne sub for $60 it was originally 1000 ... its actually sick