Installed Scion VSE Subwoofer

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Apr 24, 2005 | 08:28 PM

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engifineer

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Originally Posted by miller3624

not to continue or start any kind of fight with anyone, but for the record as far as subwoofers, sound quality, spl (loudness), and the such the bazooka isn't very good. but it is good for the people that just want a little something ontop of their stock speakers. and also the space used is nice. the person that thinks people spending thousands on car audio stuff, and getting new HU's and new speakers is just ignorant. people get those HU's because they are better in almost every respect. they have pre-outs made to send a signal for a subwoofer instead of just rigging a subwoofer off of the speaker wires. And there is no way you can guarantee me that it would cost more then 300 for an aftermarket system because i have done many installs that cost under 300 and sounded really good while still going loud. you just have to move beyond the main companies like mtx and infinity. there is a lot of really high quality stuff out there for pretty cheap. and from a sound quality/spl factor the stock speakers do suck. and if you want to get rid of the rattles that comes with lots of bass you can just put sound deadnening material behind the doors and hatch, etc. that way you can have no rattles and a quieter ride. don't just diss things if you don't have any idea what you are talking about. that goes both ways. i don't like the bazooka because i have heard it and thought it was lacking. sorry for the rant there are just a lot of unbased opinions in here

Well since it seems you included some of my posts in there let me clarify by saying I never dissed anything. I am a fan of big systems, and have done all of mine start to finish. I just added a little info along the way as well as my opinions. And I have done a few cheap systems... which I consider 500 bucks. My point was that when I am going to the trouble of adding all custom audio, I dont skimp on much.

Apr 24, 2005 | 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by miller3624

...as far as subwoofers, sound quality, spl (loudness), and the such the bazooka isn't very good. but it is good for the people that just want a little something ontop of their stock speakers.

people get those HU's because they are better in almost every respect. they have pre-outs made to send a signal for a subwoofer instead of just rigging a subwoofer off of the speaker wires.

and from a sound quality/spl factor the stock speakers do suck. and if you want to get rid of the rattles that comes with lots of bass you can just put sound deadnening material behind the doors and hatch, etc...

i don't like the bazooka because i have heard it and thought it was lacking.

and compliment the stock system it does quite well. and the stock system is above average as far as stock systems go in cars of this price range.

about the pre-outs, sure that would be nice but i don't hear any noise/hiss/hum/buzzing from the sub when nothing is playing so any gain in S/N wouldn't make much difference.

even with the system cranked and listening outside the car with the windows down, there isn't any rattles (yet, knock on wood) from the car so sound deadening in a toyoya that has the most stock deadeding short of a lexus may be overkill until problems present themselves.

did you play with the gain on the sub? the stock setting is a little low. i have it just above that and the balance is nice with the deck on bass -3, srt, xa. i tried turning the deck to bass -4 and turning the gain up more but could not find a good balance.

Nov 8, 2006 | 12:53 PM

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Ok well I went out on a limb and just bought one of those 8" audiovox tube subs from ebay. For $50 shipped ill give it a try. I should have it sometime early next week. Once hooked up ill let everyone know if its a must or a bust. I had so much $ into my last system i told myself ill never do it again. It was all custom in my 01 dodge ram so nothing but bare subs and amps would transfer. Not much I can do with 4 kicker solobaric's and 4 alpine amps in my xb, little overkill.