PIONEER TSSWX2502 10-Inch Shallow-Mount Pre-Loaded Enclosure Sub Woofer

What customers say about PIONEER TSSWX2502 10-Inch Shallow-Mount Pre-Loaded Enclosure Sub Woofer?

1. 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

   
   Very good, as far a compact, shallow subs are concerned, August 10, 2014

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   Rocco –

   If you want an attractive, well-built pre-loaded enclosure that will fit under the rear seat of most pickups, I think this is the way to go unless you are prepared to build your own from scratch, using appropriate design software and probably sacrificing more space than this sub takes. I was going to build my own, and frankly I think I would have ended up with a better subwoofer, but my optimized design specs called for a much larger enclosure that would have taken up too much space, not leaving sufficient room for my amps under the seat while maintaining a clean, factory look. Therefore, I went with this sub in the name of convenience and compactness…not to mention a very good price.

   So what’s the verdict? I gave it four stars because it looks great, was priced excellent, and it sounds pretty decent for how compact it is…HOWEVER, I do have a couple of gripes. First and foremost, I had to add spacers under the feet of the enclosure, raising it about 3/8″ higher than the stock setup, because the woofer cone would over-extend under maximum loads and actually smack the floor of my truck…and that’s no good for my listening pleasure or the life of the subwoofer. The spacers were easy to make and raise the sub enough that cone-to-floor contact is not going to be a problem…but shouldn’t Pioneer have designed it that way?? Second, while I described it’s performance as «decent», it’s only decent in the context of a shallow, compact sub. I’ve had mono-10s that hit way harder than this one, and mono-12s that blow this one away. But to be fair, none of them were shallow or compact designs, so space and aesthetics has taken priority over sheer bass output in my installation, which is a 2013 F150 Supercrew.

   So am I happy with my purchase? Yes. Would I buy it again? Probably. Will I consider designing my own sub? Maybe…but in the meantime, I’m glad I got this one. It will tide me over for a while if I decide to build my own someday, or indefinitely if I never get around to it.

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2. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

   
   Pretty impressed!, August 1, 2014

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   Matt –

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   This sub is surprisingly good for a pioneer. I put this under the seat of my 2011 Ford f150 FX4 cew cab and it fits like it’s made for the truck. The seat goes down the entire way down but there is not enough room to mount an amp on top of the box and still allow the seat to function. An amp needs installed elsewhere (behind the seat or beside the box on the floor).

   The sub performs pretty good but I am not wowed by it’s performance. It certainly handles the wattage well from my 1000 Watt kenwood amp bridged and turned up about half of the way. I am a huge bass fan and this adds the extra kick that I need to enjoy my music. My only complaints are basically about the limitations of the sub because of it’s size and small box but I knew what I was getting into when I purchased it and it works exactly how it should.

   I had a JL stealth box in a similar truck with a single 10″ JL in it and the box was much larger. The amp that was used in that application is the exact same amp I am using now and I would estimate that the pioneer sub sounds about 60% as good as the stealth box which is awesome for the pioneer as the JL Stealth Box was $600 compared to the $120 I paid for this one with free prime shipping.

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3. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

   
   So far so good I just installed the pair on my trunk, August 1, 2014

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   C. Cri «mancu» (chicago il) –

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   So far so good I just installed the pair on my trunk ;very nice bass sound but not as deep as I d love, but still very Loud I mpushing them to their limit with my 1500 zx kicker amp..I think they ll need some braking time ..then we ll se if is getting any deeper the sound , overall im very pleased plus I have still plenty of room for groceries. Ok ,By the way their maximum limit is Not as advertised»400w» of nominal but in the manual says 300 w nominal so this is a bit of a difference for who really cares to know..

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