TS-WX140DA 8” x 5-1/4” Compact Active Subwoofer with Built in Amplifier, 170 Watts Max Power, EV Optimized Sub, 3 Listening Modes – Deep, Dynamic and Natural for Enhanced Car Audio

Honestly I was pretty blown away by the strength of this guy. I have an extended cab Tacoma so I don’t have a whole lot of cabin to fill up, I just recently upgraded my door speakers and tweeters but was missing a lot of low end, and space is a premium. That being said, I didn’t need to rattle the windows off, nor did I need it to play loud enough to have parties in parking lots. For my application it checked all those boxes. It was dead simple to wire in, there are five wires. Power and ground, left and right speakers, and the subwoofer to head unit remote. For power, I got a set of nilight fuse taps, wired that directly to the yellow power wire. I tapped into an unused switched-on fuse. I checked with an automotive probe light to see which ones were always hot, and which were switched, I didn’t want the sub to be an extra drain on the battery (although this speaker seems to be pretty low drain). I preferred this to wiring directly to the battery, that’s always a hike to route it from the battery through the firewall. This was much easier and much quicker. Or lazier, but hey, took me about an hour start to finishFor the speakers, I got two RCA male to bare wire, two ten foot lengths. I vampire tapped them to the positive and negative wires for the rear right and rear left speakers. For the ground, I wrapped the black wire around the self tapping screw I used to mount the Pioneer TS to the floor under the passenger seat. And for the blue subwoofer remote wire, I didn’t have the wire on my head unit any more because I didn’t see a subwoofer in my future, so I just vampire tapped it into the yellow wire right behind the sub. Then I hid all those wires. When I fired it up I had the volume on 1 and it was too much base. I immediately dialed back the frequency and gain. Frequency is about 1/2 and gain is about 1/3, that gives me a nice rounded sound until about 60% of max volume, then for the remaining 40% it’s pretty thumpy, but the windows don’t rattle and it doesn’t feel cheap. Great purchase, worth every penny, easy install, fits right under my seats, only takes up half the space under my seat actually, and it sounds great.

If you try to do stuff for sound for an Elise you know that you basically have 4 things you have to work around. 1: No space for amplifiers. 2: No space to run wires. 3: Very little room for speaker upgrades (that means you require modifications to go larger than the 4" fronts and 5.25" rear) So most people eat up all of the package shelf for amplifiers and subwoofers (because the speakers are small they have little bass response). The package shelf on these cars is a flexible piece of plastic that I'm sure makes a bunch of rattly noise itself when you have bass tones come out of it and then you have to run wires through the center area where the shifter cables and another thick wiring harness is. It is possible but not ideal. This subwoofer fits perfectly on top of the passenger footrest. On the Elise there is an fusebox (usually unused) already setup for the driving lights on the bottom of the dashboard that you can tap into for power. The sub being downfiring means you don't have to worry about people damaging it when their feet are on the footrest. I attached it with velcro to the bulkhead and the footrest and the bass response is excellent and felt throughout the entire chassis. I'm sure it won't be suitable for a Suburban or something, but for this car it works fantastic.

I think this is the 3rd review in 10 years I have written. This thing is honestly. Amazing for its size. I cant express it enough how small it is and how hard it hits for how small it is. On a 03 durango it fits inside the compartment where the jack and access to the spare is. Without getting of the way of anything. It sounds better than the MTX custom box that was made at one point many many moons ago. It also gives me back the space above the compartment. I carried a kicker 10 inch powered on top for years and it was a pain in the a** to unhook and hook again if I need to carry stuff, more than a bag of bread and milk. As far as my vehicle...this did the trick. I am actually considering buying a second one and putting it next to this one. It will fit...would that be too much base?? Well find out.

The subwoofer is compact but for my purposes has surprisingly good bass. I keep it powered to a middle setting and it is loud enough for me. The unit was small enough to fit under the driver’s seat of my car and the supplied cables were able to reach the head unit. Installing the powered subwoofer was easy but required me to remove the seat and cut two small holes in the carpet to mount the mounting bracket with the threaded posts to hold the subwoofer down. The main power wire is thin but I believe adequate for the power needs of the amp without issues. There is no hum or ground loop that I can hear. Also I do not hear any rattling of the subwoofer due to the way it was mounted. I would imagine a 10” subwoofer would be far louder but that was not what I was looking for. I am pleased with this purchase and I have had zero issues with it since it was installed several months ago.

Bought it last may it stop working in oct of last year so worked for a few months the pioneer does not pay to ship it back and wants me to pay 125$ to ship it back like why would I and it’s broke already! Crazy thing the day it stop working I thought it was to loud so I turned it down later that day it just cut off and stayed off.

Had a shop here in Atlanta install bass tube inside my 2015 BMW 535i msport, wires were a little thin the installer said, and also needed a converter fuse (which it didn’t come with). But still, a good price and good bass. I didn’t want to much bass, but enough to turn some heads when I pulled up. That’s exactly what I got. And even only at 40%….this Pioneer inclosed bass box hits pretty hard! Installer advised me to give the bass tube time to get adjusted, maybe 2 weeks then I can turn percentage up to 70-80%. Inside my car, it sounds really good and the bass hits hard. Love that it came with an adjustment nob so I can increase or decrease bass output. Parked my car, And played one of my favorite songs that had deep bass, walked about 30 yards away from my car and it wasn’t a lot of bass, but enough to for my needs and it sounded good. The closer I walked towards my car, the more bass I heard. It was like a party inside my BMW lol. And that was only at 50%. The box does need to breathe a little in my opinion, so I opened the little compartment in my backseat to my trunk, opened my windows and even more bass came out and can be heard. Will it shake windows, no…but they will definitely hear when you pull up. If you want a lot of bass, this isn’t going to give you a lot with 300 amplified built in, but enough bass to sound good.

Installed today. Installation notes / Other things to buy: 1. You will need an RCA cable splitter 2 into 1 likely 2. You will need a fuse tap 3. You will need to be aware of what fuse is accessory power, what cable on your head unit is power on, and where to ground Installed in my beater buick century. I had previously installed a new head unit and updated speakers. No separate amplifier, as I picked speakers that were within power handling ranges that made sense with the HU (JVC KW-56 BT, baseline 5 1/2 infinity front, and... JBL 6x9s). Wanted a little more oomph, did not want a ton. Did not want to deal with running power to battery or pay someone to do it. This subwoofer has a low power draw of under 5 amps, and the instructions (and confirmed by crutchfield) note to fuse tap. I had no idea anything out there was made for this. It's small compared to the underseat options, but i took a chance. Honestly i'm pretty well blown away by how much it adds to the sound. It's very much a sound quality addition to your car. I mounted under the dash, inbetween the passenger and driver footwells. With the crossover set to approx. 90hz, and the gain set to approximately 2'oclock, its fantastic. Classic 90s hip hop, thrash metal, metalcore, EDM... it all sounds really, really good. I've had full systems with multiple amps before and pretty discerning ear for car audio. I can't speak for how good this would sound mounted under your seat. But pretty confident that if you put this in a car with the same goal I had, to get more sound quality on the bass and hear the lower ranges, And mount it in the passenger footwell or similar area...you're going to be very happy with this. Yes, 200 dollars is a lot of money for something this small. but the sound quality will absolutely surprise you.

Unboxing: Right out the box you can tell this sub is well made. Pioneers been around a long time and it’s a brand you can trust. Everything you need is in the box with the exception of rca cables of your wiring it using that method or speaker wire if you plan to wire is using that method. Instructions aren’t great but if you have a general idea of how to wire car audio you can manage. Sound quality: it’s important to remember what you purchased. This is not going to rattle your windows and shake your interior panels loose. It is however going to fill in the low end of your music and and enough punch to make it very pleasant to listen to music. You definitely notice the improved bass and punch without being loud or obnoxious. This one’s really for YOUR listening pleasure and not that of others. I would call it grown ups bass. Verdict: If your priority if clean sounding bass that just sounds good (think luxury car audio type bass) without sacrificing space or your trunk then this is definetly for you. If you want your neighbors to hear you coming or you want heads to turn at intersections then look elsewhere.

Montato sotto il sedile di un alfa 159, funziona benissimo. Non fa tremare i vetri, ma è esattamente quello che cercavo, qualcosa di estremamente compatto (visto il poco spazio nella mia macchina) e con un ottima qualità. Riempie perfettamente le basse frequenze che non riuscivo ad ascoltare con l'impianto originale. Anche se le casse di serie non sono perfette, la scena che si crea in macchina con questo piccolo upgrade merita tanto. Ps. il subwoofer consuma poca corrente, difatti il cavo di alimentazione è abbastanza piccolo, per quanto mi riguarda è un esagerazione attaccarlo alla batteria, io l'ho cablato ad una fusibiliera sottochiave che avevo installato in precedenza.

Great compact sub, easy to fit with limited knowledge. Fits well in a Suzuki Jimny

Super Bass, super leicht und klein lässt sich gut installieren kann ich nur empfehlen

Have two of these bought for kids vehicles one has been installed for a few years now Was quite impressed with the bass that this puts out it thumps pretty good for the price and amperage Your not gonna win competitions with this but if your looking for the simplistic and most affordable way to put some bass in your car or truck then this is the unit for you has good bass for the price and value seems to be good too

Este subwoofer ha quedado muy bien en un sentra 2017. Lo he colocado en la cajuela ya que al hacer pruebas de su ubicación; me he dado cuenta que debajo del asiento entra muy justo y la música se satura de bajos aún ecualizandolo. En la cajuela se equilibra mejor el sonido. Según mis oídos claro está. Si se buscan bajos estruendosos y totalmente fuera de control como muchos acostumbran. Definitivamente no es el subwoofer para adquirir. Para eso pues vaya corriendo a comprar una caja muy grande que apenas deje espacio en la cajuela y ¡sea FELIZ! Por el contrario; si se busca un complemento equilibrado para el set de medios y bocinas traseras del automóvil: ESTE ES EL CORRECTO. El mando de Gain y rango de frecuencias que incluye el subwoofer me ha gustado bastante. Los dos controles giratorios los he puesto un poco antes de llegar a la mitad de su recorrido y pienso que van perfectos en ese rango. Para mi gusto. Éste subwoofer incluso queda un poquito sobrado en prestaciones. Si en algún momento quisiera exagerar un poco los bajos, sin problemas me los proporciona. Repito: No es un subwoofer para hacer retumbar de manera descontrolada el auto empero: ¡Quedé gratamente sorprendido de su capacidad! Definitivamente fue una compra acertada ya que iba a comprar el modelo Ts-wx400da que tiene mas potencia. Los 50 watts RMS del TS-WX140DA bastan y sobran para mi.