How BAD is this $20 Subwoofer? Pyle PLQB10 Reviewed and Tested
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Recently I came across this Pyle PLQB10 subwoofer on the website Woot.com for $19.99 free shipping. I decided to pick up a couple of them so I could make a video as I was also very curious how bad this subwoofer was. For the price, I figured it was worth trying out.
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@baneverything5580
Жыл бұрын
You can scare away raccoons with this. Just relabel it as a pest control device and sell it for 150 on Ebay.
@especialistqap
Жыл бұрын
How much decibel ?
@kevinAuman1
Жыл бұрын
You sir are my hero!
@effectivetactics422
Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh…. Separated voice coil. Where every beat is a snare drum.
@cubanman2009
Жыл бұрын
Hey try the solobaric subwoofers in those boxes !
Worth the price for just the box! Put a decent woofer in there and tune/secure the ports and done.
@biggestcomplainer
Жыл бұрын
That’s what I thought
@FSXgta
Жыл бұрын
Because it's so small though you could use a 8'' or 6.5'' instead and get a better response
@MacNifty
Жыл бұрын
5 for 100!!! Sell all day with a 25.00 kenwood sub 250w...sit at the bus stop sell for 60..make $$$
@justinhiggins2210
Жыл бұрын
Good point.
@GHOSTGHOST-jw1mi
Жыл бұрын
Yup exactly what I was thinking about trying a different woofer but what woofer cause the box is kinda small for a better sub
Pyle was not always junk. Back in my time they made (for that time period) great amps, speakers, and subs. The they were bought out along with Lanzar and were turned to the crap we have today. Nothing sadder than that.
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Happened to a lot of the companies unfortunately
@danielknepper6884
Жыл бұрын
Pyle was out of Huntington Indiana. They advertised heavily in car audio magazines in the mid 80's
@DarkpawTheWolf
Жыл бұрын
Yep, their old school "Pyle Drivers" (a pun, I think, on the wrestling move - I can't remember the 80s wrestler that did it) were incredible, with huge magnets. They would often go head-to-head against Earthquake, back in the day.
@Fly2kill1
Жыл бұрын
Pyle has always been junk. They just had good advertising.
@dagriz
Жыл бұрын
Their concrete drivers really pounded back in the day.
I bought 2 of these, basically for the enclosures. I thought the subs would hold me over for a few weeks until I could afford to upgrade them. The little Rockville RXD-T2 I also bought on sale from Woot made little work of blowing these things. Now I've got a 10" Rockville K6 V2 on the way. Gonna throw that in one and see how it goes.
@theunknownandunsolved6963
Жыл бұрын
Sooooo? How did it go?
@ryzen397
Жыл бұрын
I've owned 4 rockville subs and they sound good at first but they rattle like ass next and blow.
@cHr1s204
Жыл бұрын
@@theunknownandunsolved6963 Not good lol. The K6 was the wrong sub to go with. Even though it's 10" the cast aluminum basket is very beefy and the mount is just too big for these boxes. I bought a new cheap small sealed enclosure and I'm very satisfied with the K6.
@TimpBizkit
Ай бұрын
@@ryzen397 design a proper box for them and reduce the power.
Big D thanks for your continued support of car audio, always look forward to your informative videos
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
$20 is worth the box. Put another sub in it. Maybe good for a home audio woofer
@tyronepalmer3708
Жыл бұрын
Yes keep the box, and then try and find a replacement Sub or a better quality Sub that would fit and sounds good for that size enclosure? [ MTX Blue Thunder, Kenwood Excelon Series Sub, Kicker Comp Sub ]
@Random_4400
Жыл бұрын
Yeah if your 10" requires the most bare-bones box.
Proof that Pyle really is a Pile!! 😂😂😂 Great tests D, love to keep them companies honest and keep our money where it belongs!
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@majicdude88
Жыл бұрын
Then you better say that about every brand, including the big ones like JL, who does a biblical level of lying (selling you a $1k+ W7 that cost $25 to make and is basically the same as any cheap sub, but claims it is "high in technology")
@MadDragon75
Жыл бұрын
Too bad he didn't get to finish the test..🤣.
@MadDragon75
Жыл бұрын
@@majicdude88 yeah.... but no. I'm rocking that dual slug Walmart $100 sub right next to my skar audio evl 12 and I'm using the JL Audio 500/1 monoblock to drive that Walmart sub so I'm not being so easy on it. Granted.. I have the scar on 1000 watt monoblock but still..... 😬 these results are very sad.
@MadDragon75
Жыл бұрын
Didn't mention that it's like 3 years old and still flexes like day one?
The cabinet itself may not be that bad of a deal for that price. It would be interesting to see what happens when a real sub is installed and see if it can handle 1000+ watts without blowing the bass ports out or blowing off the Lexan panel.
@Random_4400
Жыл бұрын
The box will fall apart, you are lucky if this box survives a 300w sub to be honest 😂 going to need some heavy modifications if you actually want to use it with something properly.
@T_Burd_75
Жыл бұрын
@@Random_4400 Umm...yes...that was the point...
Did you register them at Pyle? It would be interesting to see if they would honor their warranty seeing as you have documented evidence that they fail well short of their rated power levels. Wouldn't this be part of a review?
@nobodynoone2500
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see that. Have never seen any but American and Japanese made stand behind their product.
A friend of mine has a set of 15” Pyle subs back in the early 90’s. They SLAMMED harder than anything around. As for today🤷🏼♂️. It’s amazing they can make an enclosure with a sub for $20 let alone sell it for $20 and make a profit. Junk or not. They figure for $20 no one’s gonna bitch.
@tyronepalmer3708
Жыл бұрын
Yes- I had 2- 15's Pro Pyle Subs, I never had any problems with them at all? Until they couldn't fit in my 95 Honda Accord? Had to get some 12's Kicker Solo in a Custom Sealed Small Box.
@gainerman
Жыл бұрын
No kidding ! How is that possible
@gainerman
Жыл бұрын
With shipping ! A large flat rate usps box shipping is 20 dollars
@g.n.4046
Жыл бұрын
"Pyle Toobz" back in early 90's ! 👍👍
@Chris-yy7qc
Жыл бұрын
Theyre not making any profit. The 20$ is the clearance price. It was priced at around 100$ originally.
I really like these type of videos. Not much videos on woofer tests on KZread. Would love to see more vids like this😊❤
@gamingwithsai6822
Жыл бұрын
@@WillistonAudioLabs.. fake
I have 2 pyle power 10 inch subs in my custom built floorstanding speakers in my home. They have been going strong now for like 8 years. Getting daily use of about 30 watts to 100 watts rms.
I bought one of their 1k watt 15 inch subs and it lasted about 5 min and it never saw more then 300 watts. I had their pro series 4x6s and 6.5 components in my truck and they sounded pretty good even though I never gave them the 200 watts rms they said they would take . The magnets were 40oz on the 6.5s which was more then the subwoofer had.
I'm I graduated high school in 1993 and ran Pro Pyle 10's in a sealed box, sounded pretty good. Put them in a bandpass box made for 12's (plated over the holes with ¾ MDF and obviously drilled for 10's) hell they were ridiculously loud! Back then they definitely were made a lot better. Powered by a Fosgate 500w dyno'd at 734w, they were always under rated. I still have the amp and it works flawlessly.
Back in about 1992 I had a set of PYLE POUNDERS in 12 inch. Powering them was a a punch 75 they were in a fleamarket prefab posted box. I honestly have to admit they held their ground! In the hatch back of my 1983 Toyota celica. They had huge magnets! The car was stolen and never recovered.
I have a Pyle home "sound bar" unit. I love it. The box has split apart a bit. But it puts out decent loud and good sound in Garage environment. I don't max volume to preserve its life.
Not surprised you blew them both. 500w is always a joke with companies like that. RMS is probably more around 150w if you are lucky. A soon as I saw it hit 300w, I was thinking it was blown and then the clip light lit up.
Can't wait to see how this performs with a better subwoofer! Even for $100 if the box quality is good and is tuned right a subwoofer like a Skar SDR or more SQ Rockford Fosgate R2/P1 would sound amazing for less than $200.
@chrishernandez2490
Жыл бұрын
Amazing? No. Better? Yeah I guess. I still think that enclosure size is way too small and trying to tune it lower your just going to end up losing a ton of output
@RK-ci9nn
Жыл бұрын
@@chrishernandez2490 That is a good point, but it depends on if you put some polyfill in and what the subwoofer's capable of running in such a small box.
First set of midrange I ever bought was Pyle back in 86, they were decent back then. Box looks like it's worth 20$ if you were in the need. Be nice to see a decent sub put in that like you mentioned.
@DeadKoby
Жыл бұрын
Pyle used to be an OK USA made speaker........once upon a time.
@henryknox4511
Жыл бұрын
@@DeadKoby That's kinda what I said.
What's good bro!! You and I both crawling to the finish line. Thanks a million for that decab. What's up with the truck now?
I actually got one of these. I paid about double what you did. I replaced the sub and did some strategic gluing. I dont think i could get a box this size for that. Great video..
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow! I really thought it would do a little better then that. At $20 that just about covers the price for the wood and carpet 😂 I was hoping you would put in a better woofer that could handle at least 400 watts and push it with out that thin plexiglass.
@ashton9699
Жыл бұрын
7:56
@dnbaddict
Жыл бұрын
If it can be pulled out then another woofer can be installed. It depends what he has on hand. A long extension attached to a drill could be used as well 😉
These aren’t that bad if you only want to run around 100 watts rms to add a small amount of bass and they can reliably do that. Pyle rates them like they do their amps thinking you will pair them up and their 1000 watt amp only outputs maybe 200 watts peak. That 350 watts of power was just shredding it.
@atomicagegamer3693
Жыл бұрын
I was curious about that. How would it sound with a 150 watt load. Would it be reliable at that power level, etc.
@TimpBizkit
2 ай бұрын
Especially on a continuous tone generator, rather than the kick and bass hits of a pop song, which is how a lot of speakers get rated. They don't need to handle an endless drone tone of 500 watts, only Phil Rudd's kick drum that momentarily gets to 500 watts.
Haha good stuff big D! I also bought this woofer box combo knowing it's weak and it'll blow easy. I just hooked it up to my factory Radio in the trunk for a little bump
@wal
Жыл бұрын
I seriously thought the first one blowing so quick was a fluke..,
I bought a Harmony Audio 1500@1ohm and wow all thanks to Williston Audio Labs!!! Love these! Keeping those companies humble!
Friend of mine used to do car audio competitions back in the 90s. His sponsor hooked him up with a couple Pyle Super Blue 15s. For not being the best subs those things hit hard. He won several competitions with them.
@GHOSTGHOST-jw1mi
Жыл бұрын
I have a pair of 12 Super Blues 600 watts subs but I believe mine are pyramid and they sound decent for what they are there 8 ohms svc in a sealed box they sound really good to me. I still bump them from time to time when trying amps out that I buy
@hulqb.smashing6112
Жыл бұрын
Right, Pyramid made super blue subs that were really inexpensive and sounded decent although they didn't last long.
@621ELECTRONICS
Жыл бұрын
I thought the Pyle were Blue Wave, and the old Super Blue were Super Pro brand made by Pyramid. A cousin had the Super Pro Super Blue 15’s and they got surprisingly loud on a few hundred watts. I picked up a pair of those old 90’s Super Pro Super Blue 12’s (the old ones without that jimmy neutron looking logo on the dust cap) many years ago but sadly the cones got trashed during a move. Still have them, but not really worth reconing.
@leroycolejr6626
Жыл бұрын
@@GHOSTGHOST-jw1mi I remember super blue subs. I had a pair on a pioneer amp
that box is worth 20 bucks even with no speaker
First subwoofer I had was a 15" Bluewater and boss 1000 watt amp and a custom box my friend and I made. Sounded pretty good!
Great vid as always
I appreciate you going above and beyond and testing out its wear-ability as a hat
Great review as usual! I have to say, considering the cost of building the enclosure, the terminal cup, the port tubes, threaded inserts etc I think I'd buy a couple just to throw in some old school MTX 10" subs I've had laying around. Plus this is a 2nd order bandpass enclosure that with upgrades to the acrylic panel, maybe twice the thickness or a rigid aluminum plate would solve makes me want a couple versus building them from scratch. It might be interesting to see how it performs with a higher grade sub and a thicker front panel if you have any lying around :).
@TFOTLITBOK_P1_7
Жыл бұрын
@@Underground-Electronic-Music Likewise, I have a couple of Polk Audio 10's in a 2nd order bandpass made by Q-Logic back in the 90's and they perform incredibly well in that setup without driving them to hard. Massive amounts of low bass from it. Sometimes experimentation will reveal surprisingly good results :)
@TFOTLITBOK_P1_7
Жыл бұрын
@@Underground-Electronic-Music Would love to have seen that 😆. Sounds like we're both old school rockers. I still love building and have leaned more towards SQ most of the time but now I'm into SPL a little too. Having a suburban I find there is always a little more to expand the audio system and try new things. Just tried the new Recoil red600 and I'm really liking it driving a single 12" kicker box but then I would never give up on my old Eclipse or Linear Power stuff or the liquid cooled Bazooka amps. Too hard to find the old stuff in good condition anymore. Hoping to see Derick do a review of one of the old school Bazooka amps with or without cooling. My ba1300 is rated at only 375 watts but I've dyno'd it at 537 at 2 ohms. Really curious to see if he would get similar results.
@621ELECTRONICS
Жыл бұрын
I personally wouldn’t waste the time nor expense of a thicker acrylic sheet; at the cost of a larger piece of acrylic, or thick aluminum, plus this box, you could build a custom one that is all around better (okay, maybe cost slightly higher, but worth it over trying to upgrade this type). I had a couple 2x12” bandpass boxes years ago with a larger acrylic sheet and same thickness (about 1/4" thick) and they worked fine. Sure there is flex, but making it rigid didn't make a perceivable difference, maybe on an SPL meter you'd see it, or a slight change in response graphs, but not noticeable from normal listening. I remember swapping it out with 3/4” MDF which is pretty rigid thinking it would help, and honestly put the acrylic back on. These are never going to be used with ultra high power subs, rather a few hundred real world watts, so the stock acrylic should be fine for the kind of subs that will make their way into these boxes. I’d be more concerned with the wood panels being glued together well. I had a Pyle PLBP122 bandpass 20+ years ago and had to glue the panels so it didn’t rattle. Other than that $20 is a fair price for just the box, even if it needs a little glue. The 1/4" x 10"x10" acrylic sheet on it cost nearly 20 by itself. Obviously if you wish to upgrade the acrylic, nothing wrong with doing that, I just don't believe it is worth the added cost / effort for very minimal, if any noticeable bass response changes. If you do it, and can do a before and after SPL reading, post back as I'd certainly be curious to know what measurable differences you got. And please don't take offense to my comment, just made me think back playing with these style boxes and my thoughts on the idea.
@621ELECTRONICS
Жыл бұрын
Also wanted to add. Another cheap box to look for, the old Jensen 2x10” bandpass box with the 4 ports on the top rear if you want a box with thicker acrylic, it 5/16", which makes the one on this Pyle look really thin in comparison. I have a couple of those Jensen boxes still, they pop up cheap from time to time.
@TFOTLITBOK_P1_7
Жыл бұрын
@@621ELECTRONICS Valid points to be sure, I was thinking more along the lines of using material already on hand to correct the issue of vibration with this boxes acrylic. I just figure that out looks fairly well constructed other than that for a run of the mill subwoofer maybe in the other of 500 watts or less. Not sure how far they go in box construction but it looks to be on video that it may be ¾" or ⅝ at minimum. Of course the port tubes need securing but again I think for $20 it's not had minus the front acrylic and the subwoofer they stuffed in it. Seems the material would be worth the cost at least. Of course building from scratch would be better it's more for me anyway a case of could something good be made from this enclosure by itself. Being over the hill and short of time for projects makes a difference for me as well :)
Enjoyed this ! Took me back to late 90s and early 00s I had tons of cheapo bandpass different brands
Whoa was that a quick peak at an FP there at the end!? Things are about to get funky!! 🐶
One of the first ever systems I had was that same box and sub. I swapped it to the Skar IX 12 and put a ply wood 1/2” thick front cover. Had it on a skar lp-750.1 and it actually sounded great.
This is why you break in a new sub! Joking lol. But 20 for just the enclosure isn't bad. Would like to see if it would holdup
I have a similar Jensen 10 inch sub in a very similar band pass box , it has to be 30 years old it was given to me with some other better audio I bought , it actually does good for what it is and still works to this day .I doubt it was 20 bucks new ,and it's that one hit wonder
I really enjoy watching your videos. Got a couple questions. What 10" sub would you recommend for a small (.67 ft3) ported or sealed enclosure? And is there a follow up video of this enclosure with a better sub in it?
@wal
Жыл бұрын
That's pretty small for a 10". I'm working on a follow up video now, will be a week or so. Amp Dyno test video coming tomorrow.
Back in the mid-80's Pyle made a good product. I bought a truck speaker with 6.5" subs in it. If I wanted too, I could have told folks I had 10's in there. That speaker system hit hard. Pyle sold a few more speakers down the road because of those 6.5 subs. Those things were legit. Wish I still had them
@wal
Жыл бұрын
👌😝👍
@g-style4466
Жыл бұрын
I remember that too. A buddy of mine had two Pile 12 in his Toyota truck with MBcourt mids and couple Sherwood amps. Remember correctly I think it was a Sherwood 240 and a 180
@michaelfessenden8601
Жыл бұрын
Im still searching for the chest pounding i had from the pyle 8"
@kramnull8962
Жыл бұрын
I worked with a guy that had a 64 Chevy 4 door. Everyone hassled him about putting 4 Pyramid subs in the trunk. They were about the same level as Pyle. Though back then those Pyramids actually created a huge level of noise....
@marcusworld87
Жыл бұрын
I remember back in 2006 buying the pyle driver sub, at the time they were like 80 a piece and hot really hard
Cool video!!!! I think if you apply a steep 25Hz highpass filter that sub will last much much longer. This will prevent the woofer running way out of its XMax. i guess this woofer has around 100 - 150 watts rms.
@THX..1138
6 ай бұрын
Yup I'd say 125 watts max....On occasion Pyle puts out an honest spec sheet on their speakers. Generally they are lying about everything. RMS watts are 1/4 or less whatever's printed on the speaker or box it came in. Even the weight of the magnet is about 1/2 whatever they state. Frequency response for a 10 will be more like 35hz or higher....IMO the only thing Pyle are good for is to add a little base to a factory sound system. The sub in this vid added to a 10 watts per channel base model sound system would be a nice improvement. For anything else it's pure junk.
@audiokeller1975
6 ай бұрын
@@THX..1138 i remember the mid 90s when Pyle woofers were well known 👍
Definitely lil D wiz now. Amazing transformation!!! Still my favorite KZread channel and you ain’t been near five guys lately 😂
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Must be the camera angle 😜
Great video like always, question when will you be coming out with the 18 inch skar sub for home theater. Im curious on what amp you would use for that. right now i did a 15 inch sdr skar home theater sub with a 300 watts klipsch plate amp and is doing pretty good need to get atleast a 800 watt amp since the skar has 600 watts rms.
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Not sure it was an idea and I shouldn’t have mentioned it until I had a plan
The question I have is, would you think the enclosure by itself worth $20 dollars . A lot of spots want $100+ just for enclosure. I would rather spend $20 and toss the sun that came with it and put within spec a better sub
@avcproductions_ant_modrow
Жыл бұрын
i second this. lets do a sub change in this box lol
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
Жыл бұрын
If you can find a sub that will work properly with those dimensions the box seems to be pretty decent, just a bit small whitch makes finding a driver harder. You'd have to do some modeling with the listed specs of multiple subs before buying a woofer.
@siler7
Жыл бұрын
20 dollars dollars
with a solid cover, that would probably be a decent 2:1 4th for like a 8" or something
I had 2 10" Pyle New Waves in '94. I made a set of bass tubes out of 10" schedule 80 pvc pipe and ran them with a Coustic 360 in the back of my '82 Z28. They sounded better than expected back then. Good times.
@v12alpine
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh coustic I used to buy those at the flea market. Coustic 460 was the shiz and easy to fix when the FET's blow up.
@xdsone
Жыл бұрын
Was it the one with the palm trees on it and gold? I think I had that one too, from circuit city, bday gift from my mommy lol
I love the Ernest thing you added about it blowing up 😂😂😂
Good to see Pyle hasnt changed. I bought a dual 10" pyle bandpass back in 98 from a pawn shop for my first system. The speaker bottomed out after about a month and just popped. I learned my lesson and got a 15" MTX after that.
@jasoncaine2600
4 ай бұрын
First mistake was going to a pawn shop 🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like how you have a twenty dollar box on a couple thousand dollar sub and box table.
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha 😜
I used to have a pair of pyle pro 12 subs. Pretty much identical to the rockford pro series from the early 90s. The one's made in Indiana were good.
Back in day, I did my buds Dodge Neon with cheap Pyle stuff...subs, amp, speakers, etc. The whole legit car audio setup was like $120 lol. It was actually sick af...we grew up in the hood and everyone loved it.
Sounds EXACTLY like I do on Taco Tuesdays!
@wal
Жыл бұрын
🤣👍
@russeljones6394
Жыл бұрын
Should of called them Pile brown wave
I ran 4 8” subwoofer set ups back in the late 80’s/ early 90’s and began with Pyle drivers. By the early 90’s they had fallen behind and I moved on to better brands. About 10 years ago I was in need of a pair of subs and I bought a pair of Pyle 8” subs along with a set of nos JL Audio 8”s just to see how Pyle was doing. The Pyles were absolutely horrible. They had a very low distorted output that could’ve come from a flea market woofer. I paid around $50 each but I let my son sell the pair for $20 so no one could feel ripped off. Pyle is just the worst of zombie audio brands now.
I still got my Pile box the one from the late 90s with the mid-range tweeters built-in it's behind the seat of a truck those holdup work great even to this day they need to stop selling out their brand for bargain-basement and improve the quality of little bit so it holds up
When I first built my Civic I wanted a cheap set of subs, an amp, and mids and highs with their own amp as well. I bought a set of Pyle 12s, Pyle two way 6.5s and three way 6x9s, and I bought a cheap 1200 watt amp (because Pyle claimed that the 12s were 800 watts each). I bought a sheet of 3/4" MDF and built a 34 hz bandpass box for them. They honestly didn't sound terrible (but that's because my car was a coupe and they were in a proper box). I also bought a supposed "3000 watt" Lanzar amp with all spade connector inputs. I never even installed it. I bought a set of Sundown SA12-D2s and an Orion HCCA 3k watt SPLX amp (which almost caught on fire for whatever reason) and I sold the Pyle 12s, the box, and the Lanzar amp to a kid for $250. He was so excited. He put them in his old Accord and he would swear that they slammed, but that Lanzar 3000 watt amp pushed maybe 100 watts at full gain...lmao
$20 is good for the box considering the price wood👍🏼👍🏼
there was a short time between 88-93 when Pyle was decent entry level brand, now they are on par with Kraco. I think the parent company licenses the name out to any company that produces garbage hoping ppl buy it out of nostalgia.
@Wheresthepepsibismol
Жыл бұрын
Yep Pyle even made decent entry level guitar amps new Pyle guitar amps I heard sound like shit compared to peavey
Nice video, Thanks! For that price you can't make something like this! Like other people saying put a JL, Polk or something like that in it they can handle this housing, maybe a thicker acryl panel, modding the ports and it plays good I think!
Nice test!
Haven't been into car audio since the mid to late 90's. I suppose it's comforting to see Pyle has stayed consistent after all these years. The question stops being, "Why do people buy this?" And becomes, "Why does a company even bother making this?"
The box is probably worth $20 at least
@wal
Жыл бұрын
That was my thoughts
@ksavage681
Жыл бұрын
@@wal Throw some cheap Skar drivers in it.
I picked up 12 8inch pyle power series off Amazon last year for around 22.00 each. Ran it through my audio control dq61 and a planet audio 2500 mono 2ohm. Wired 8 to 1ohm in band pass on a wall.sent about 750 rms. I was surprised on bang for buck 23cuft shared ported box. Didn't blow any of them. You should test those next.
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Awesome 👏
@TimpBizkit
2 ай бұрын
Multiple cheap subs with plenty of enclosure volume to breathe and not over powered can do pretty well. Also they can be quite economical at turning amp power into sound. But for getting the LOUDEST car, cramming multiple beefy woofers into the same place will always win.
that Ernest goes to Jail clip tho!!!...I LOVED that movie when i was a kid ..i really want to watch it again
Maaaan , I got 6 of those in my Tahoe Bumpn!! Metered at 148.2 😂😂😂😂 . Always love your videos!! Keep ‘em coming my friend!!
I recently bought one of their tube style sub/enclosures. I couldn't even tell there was a sub in the trunk, total toilet water. I remember friends having Pyle drivers that thumped back in the day, oh how they have fallen.
@dalebills9470
Жыл бұрын
No not toilet water huh 😂
I would love to see what the Rockville VS12K52 12" prefab enclosure package does. It's $109.95, keep making these videos 👍
You putting that cone on your head is worth watching this ten times 🤣🤣🤣 great work man
A buddy of mine had Pyle blue wave subs back in high school. He never hooked them up because the motor shifted on one from the summer heat lol
Use SW like Bassbox and based off box dimensions, recommend a good driver to replace (maybe Parts Express). Even with a new driver, might end up being cheaper than some other bought subs. Thanks for video
Hey new subscriber here. Are you going to put another driver in there!? excited to see that
The Pyle enclosures are really nice. Can you make a video of more powerful subs to see if those enclosures can produce great bass. Great vid 👍
@wal
Жыл бұрын
In the plans!
First system 1996. 2 10" Pyle on a 400watt Jensen amp in my Ford Escort wagon. I was boomin
And I would say I'm actually considering changing the subwoofer simply because I want to try a certain sub out myself and that would be in the Pyle pbq 10 box or plb something like that, and the sub is a kicker comp c dvc10
Thanks for testing
@wal
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I bought the 12 inch pyramid bandpass box. Speakers lasted maybe 2 minutes. Put Poweracoustik Gothics in their place. Hits fairly hard, lows even below 50 hertz really drop off though
Nice test. It saves some money for many people.
it would be cool to see you use the 2 empty boxs in parallel with 2 other cheap subs you might have laying around make a new video out with them!.. keep up the good work..
I once bought a pair of 6 x 9 Pyle blue wave model and they came brand new in the box with no tinsel leads! LOL! Good old JC Whitney!
Skar tubes 8 to 12 inch preloaded enclosures next please. Great content! Thank you
Way back, The old blue waves that had the flame print in the cone were AMAZING. You could put them things through hell. They sounded damn good. They also had softer flex, And a magnet big enough to take out a crowd of rioters lmao.
Damn, you find all the deals.
Pyle was very entry level even in the 90s when I got into car audio. But something for kids who are just starting out literally on their own and can work up from there 🤔
Had two pyle 10’s in my 87 T-bird 5.0 WAY back in the day. Lol. They weren’t half bad back then.
Nice video! What is the name of the woofer test song? Is there a link for it?
The coil was not even slightly darkened,so it would have probably taken a lot more power for a lot longer,but the adhesive failed,which is kinda weird they would cut costs/make mistakes there
@wal
Жыл бұрын
They used Elmer’s school glue for the coil after eating some. Not Pyle but whoever made it 😜
Yeah I bought a pyle "blue wave" dvc 10 that I put in a labyrinth box powered by the cheap Jensen mono amp and lasted bout as long as this in video. Ended up getting a power acoustik mofo dvc and for a cheaper sub it sounds great off the cheap Jensen class D mono and labyrinth box!
they have small handled screwdrivers that would make easy work of getting the woofer out. might be a good investment.
I have 4 6.5 inch subs from Pyle. They do well for what they are
Since you're really good with audio, I have some questions man. Anyway to contact you? Having some trouble getting some subs in the house to hit harder with music. But will rattle the house with a movie. Makes no sense lol
Have you guys ever heard of a Petrafire enclosure? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I'm not sure that's the exact name but it's close. I managed to trade around and get one about 16 years ago. It was some type of weird bandpass enclosure where the magnet was facing the plexiglass and the speaker fired into the back panel with a large rectangular port like on the Gately box in the video. Any sub you put into this thing sounded amazing. I've never seen a box that sounded this good, before or since.
Lol, great content Big D.. 150W RMS tops on that bad boy. Definitely like to see different more powerful sub in it.🤙
Can you please link to the other 2 "upcoming" videos mentioned in the end?
Goin hard on the special effects
i used the basket from one of these and added a 132oz magnet and a coil from a 12 inch sub and made it actually thump
Have you checked out the '5-Core' branded sub woofers yet? I've seen that they have a wide range of sizes and power ratings throughout the line but have yet to see a demonstration or review.
its 150w rms and 500peak that tends to blow when pushing over 200w to a $20 sub I put 2 of these in the grandkids car with 150w mono rockford amp they been going almost 2yrs now i got them for the boxes but the subs are going good I did have to replace the p-glass on one not sure if it broke or he broke it I used 3/8 p-glass and changed both. thanks for sharing
The best sounding single sub set up I had was Type X 12 in a 90s HotBox ran on a MTX 1000D.
Pyle was great a while back. A friend of mine's dad had a system in his compact that had a pyle amp and subs and they shook the block as my friend said. I made the mistake of buying one of their amps in a wholesale catalog and I was thoroughly disappointed.
I like my JL 12w6v2 and my precision power 1k monoblock. My Ranger didn't have rattles when I bought it but not so now. I did pay a lot more than $20 though...
I still have a Pyle 800 watt 4 channel amp from the 80’s, it works fine for powering full range car speakers. It’s huge though, I don’t actually use it.
extension bars and impact driver, job done!
I shop Woot all the time! They had a ton of Pyle stuff this week.