How bad is the $70 subwoofer from Walmart? Install | Review 

You are an inspiration to ever 17 year old boy who works at taco bell.

The best position for that speaker Box would be face up in the bottom of the return cart at Walmart.

I'm an old man, I admit it. I've been playing around with car stereo's since the mid '80s. My first set up involving subwoofers involved 4 12" Rockford's in a box I built for the cargo area of my Eagle Talon. It was truely sweet. But as I got older, I did not need to feel my fillings rattle. I still like to feel a nice boom in my chest though. So, most recently, I went to cruchfield and placed a number of items in my shopping cart for a "budget" system. My JVC Head, 2 JVC 6.75" front doors, 2VC 6.5" rear doors, and the 1.5" tweeters, and the 500 watt boss amp, all together cost $450. So you can see I was trying to save money. But... I could'nt seem to put a bass system together for less than $500. Then I watched this video and thought, what the hell. If it sucks, I'll shoot it with my colt .45 a few times, hang it on the wall, and call it art. Guess what. In my GMC canyon, it sounds really good!! Thanks for the video. And folks. Don't be afraid of using something even when it's not expensive!

Wasted 10 minutes watching this video for 2 seconds of audio from that speaker.

Up next, Walmart “carbon fiber” hood scoop. 😂😂

What's a trip to Walmart without screaming kids?

“ that’s when he heard boom, now his amp on fire” lmao

3 minutes in and I'm hyperventing in a paper bag... This isn't a review, This is a video showing you what not to do.

VIEWERS!!!! FOR YOUR SAFETY!! please DO NOT run your power wire through the fender as illustrated in this video. this wire should be ran through a grommet through the firewall for safety reasons. Also, please DO NOT connect power wire to the FUSE BOX terminal, please connect DIRECTLY to your battery positive terminal.. these "flea market" types of installations by unskilled installers are plaguing our industry, i spend 75% of my time at work fixing these types of installations.

I’m loving this “just how good is the cheap stuff?” series.

The subwoofer added some 150 extra hp

when i saw how he wired it up i was like "Ight imma head out"

Put a sticker on it, which says my other car is a lambo

Next upgrade is to put speakers in those empty spaces where speakers can go behind the seats. Do it Rob Dahm do it!!!!!

Oh, I will admit the whole unscrewing the fender part was crazy. You can typically find something that goes through the firewall that is rubber grommet protected where you can get the wire to feed through.

100 bucks on fb marketplace will go a long way if you have enough patiwnce and wait for the right deal....

check if walmart sells 4 rotor

What’s next? Under glow?

As noted below, when I added a Bazooka-style powered tube subwoofer to the trunk of my old Volvo, I connected the power lead directly to the positive terminal of the battery and then through it through a grommet in the firewall. I used that setup for 15 years with no problems and it sounded good. And I was not skilled - the instructions that came with the tube stated to hook the unit up that way.

A good rule of thumb that you forgot to mention is to run your power on one side and speaker wire on the other to reduce unwanted noise.

1:15 "you don't want your car catching on fire" *laugh* I figured first car 16 yrs old Rob doing a subwoofer install and setting the car on fire. That laugh is from someone that has experienced it

Wait, did he just pull off his fender to run that power cable, what!

Hahaha, takes me back to my 20’s when I would do some installs. The stuff I did was higher end, but the wiring is basically the same.

The song at the end hit harder from my phone speaker than your entire subwoofer. Just sayin'

You need to chrisfix powerclean your engine bay

I can't stress this enough: buy used shit. It's gonna break eventually anyway but probably long after warranty. For $70, you can get brand name speakers and box. Pawn shops and Craigslist baby. I bought two MTX 10's in a box perfect for under my z71 and only paid $80. And bought a home modified amp from ebay for $70 that absolutely blows away my previous $200 amp. There really isn't a whole lot to speakers and amps. Shop smart. Wait for all the drug addicts who blew their money on expensive stereo systems to get hard up.

I watched your inexpensive radio install and this video and liked them both. Here's a suggestion for your next inexpensive install. Walmart also carries inexpensive "super tweeters". Your car has door mounted speakers like my truck and the sound stage was low and unnatural. If you install a pair of super tweeters that and can be attached to your dash with double-sided tape, it makes a world of difference. The secret is to connect them as your front speakers and your door speakers as your rear speakers so you can use the radio fader to balance the sound between them and the door speakers. You will be amazed at how it brings the voices and highs up to dash level and makes the system sound so much more balanced at very little cost. That's why many car now have tweeters in the dash or top of the door in the ones with better factory systems. Anyway, just a thought.

Yo if they were in my car they're not even gonna look at my aux cable

Being a serious car audio enthusiast /installer , this was interesting. And funny..😅

went from drivin a lambo to installing walmart sound systems in his honda

Watched this little series, and no criticizing a budget build here, you did great adhering to the theme. If you're a first timer or don't have the money to go all out on a car audio system, this is a genuinely helpful guide to the very basics. This video is not for enthusiasts who have a $2,000 system, it's for a kid or broke person to upgrade from really crap factory audio (no offense, Honda, but those factory speakers were tinny as hell) to something a tier or two up to make their drive more enjoyable.

I wanted something to just add a bit to my 04 Grand Cherokee Infinity system. I put one of these in the spare tire well which it fits perfect in. I spliced a line out converter into the wiring under the rear seat at the factory Infinity amp and also tapped DC power from there. The factory system is not bad with 6 speakers but lacks in bass. Rockford Fosgate components in the front and 2 way 6 1/2's in the rear door along with this in the rear sounds pretty dam good.

it should be placed back on the shelf at walmart

I'm just imagining rob running round his room for ages taking these outro pictures haha

It’s a good sub I have one in my beetle. Speaker tech has come a long way. If installed and tuned right, it produces clean good bass for the money.

I'm way to high to be watching this, this guy is literally so good at explaining every single detail, I'm having problems watching the video cause my brain can't keep up 😂

I just pulled this same sub out of a truck I just bought. I thought it was pretty decent, but I still upgraded to something better. My only beef with this sub is that there isn't much room for a port, or vent, and it doesnt do low end bass all that well. But it's still worth saving your $70, and waiting till you have atleast $200 and you can get better sound.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION: First of all. Great effort. A+ for trying it yourself and do not want to discourage anyone from DIY BUT: 1. you should always remove the NEGATIVE from the battery terminal before running a wire. (if that + fell to the bodywork... SPARKS!!) 2. That wire is LIVE as he ran it thru the car and could have caused sparks / or even worse a fire. 3 Always run it from the terminal post and NOT the fuse box. 4. Run the wire thru you rubber grommets in the firewall. The door Jam will break the wire and yep, cause a fire. 5. they gave you straps for a reason. use them or you could get hurt from a flying box 6. set gains to prevent blown subs, plenty of vids online

“Gotta keep your ish strapped in case anyone pulls up on you”🤣🤣

Wow, that was a good video, next time someone is pestering me about hooking up their stereo Im sending them to your videos.

0:06 so much passion and disappointment in one shot. Dahm for President

Always remove the negative battery terminal first! You also should have used an existing wiring grommet to feed the power cable through the firewall and not through the fender. And the power wire should be wired directly to the positive battery terminal!

He ran his power wire with the factory harness which probably runs rear lights and maybe the fuel pump! The wires never went through the door jamb. He did a decent job for a DYI guy.

Just learned about position of the sub and the main goal is to get all of the sounds to phase together and not cancel anything out when it gets to your ear. That being said its just wherever it sounds the best to you.

I installed this box in my wife's Subaru 3 years ago. Still sounds good. It doesn't shake the car next to you at a light, but it does fill the car with bass that you can feel. I used a high power rca converter with power control to stock receiver. No, it doesn't compare to my 2000 watt system in my El Camino, but for the price, you can't go wrong.

He's installing a 70 dollar Subwoofer with built in amplifier, it's obviously an improvement for not much money, I have expensive equipent in my car I wouldn't buy this but it's good enough for most people and not much money anyway so don't be snobs

That sub isnt that bad actually my buddy got this as a start out in a honda accord and it worked just fine

About 34 years ago I was doing that to an Omni 024. Only there were no subwoofers sold like that,so I went Jensen 6X9's. I think I had Panasonic 6" in front. With a no name 20 watt x 2 amplifier. It was way better than the dashboard's original 6x9 that was just an oval..no tweet or midrange. It was so important then.

Thank god... thought poor Erica was holding the camera the entire time having to watch Rob reverse osmosis back thru puberty.

A couple of tips to optimize the sound. If you want to get better sound out of the front speakers install " bass blockers" in the line. They are small capacitors that block lower frequencies at different levels. It allows them to be turned up more without distortion. If you hear a wine in the sub woofer that changes with the speed of the engine then separate the turn on line from the RCA inputs. They are sensitive to inductive pickup noise. I know its not that apparent in subs but that internal crossover is probably only 6 dbs per octive at best 12 which will have some high frequency bleed through.

I ain't even mad. Budget builds are cool. I love seeing what you can do for as little money as possible.

I have the same unit and I bought it at Walmart but I had a professional audio shop that did it for me. Since I carry a lot of equipment which I'm also a part-time photographer I just had the technician give me an option to disconnect and connect whenever I want to use a speaker. So all he did was made the wires a little bit longer and gave me some slacks so I could disconnect the connector whenever I want to remove the subwoofer

Dude you now have the most bad ass Honda insight ever!!!!! LOL.

this is a cool option for the people who aren't quite ready to get an actual sub and amp but want *something* on a budget (it is really weak just FYI, camera guy was correct)

I bought one of these for a small truck and it works great. Good bass for a good price. I used it in a suoer cab ranger and it was just right not to much amd cheap.

thank you. this was a big help with me putting in my first head unit and same speakers. i went str8 with your set up witch made sense. you shd show how to easily identify the wire to splice into when there is no diagram provided.

My friend mounted a 15inch sub in his shit Kia Rio. Left the stock speakers too. Was the best playing anything as it added so much bass it shook your soul lol. Radio song, "sweet home Alabama" buuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaammmm, "where the skies are to blue" buuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaammmm. Shit was the best lol.

Would’ve been a much more entertaining video had you taken this sub to a car audio installation company and had them install it! The looks and begging you to upgrade would have been priceless!

You got me at "gotta keep your shit strapped" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

as a current walmart employee i sadly must say i have ptsd from the kids screaming. watching this gives me flashbacks

270W wiring for a 300W amp. Nice

when you did that 20$ radio install..I thought ya right 20 bucks for a radio...Sure enough, Walmart has it selling for 19.84$.I just about pissed myself laughing...great job man. loved the video.

Hahaha the closing scenes are the best

I bought this woofer/amp the other day I actually really like it

If you want to actually see how the speaker sounds go to 8:56

0:30... Sounds like a typical Walmart

I knew the video was gonna be worth it as soon as I heard the Big Tymers.

i recently found your channel, again. i knew i had seen your face from some where. it was watching this video years ago. still back to it again haha

Congratulations on 400K my man! Keep at it!

I bought this sub box combo for my wifes car shes not into huge bass so this unit worked well for low bass notes adds a surround sound type system so for 80 bucks dose the job

Its always good to see someone else do this shit for a change and I already know how to do it but I always end up make a huge mess yours look pretty good

5 years ago they had a 10" kicker all in one box at Wal-Mart. I still use it today, sounds great.

You should really ChrisFix your entire car.

People... do NOT EVER run power from the fuse box!!

Lol I expected to find a boring video but instead found someone who made this entertaining.

I remember back in 2016 I had an 05 Neon SXT I ran this wal mart sub in. It did the job. Mean while my lifted 79 K10 had a 1000W amp and dual tens lol. Truck always gets the good stuff lol

This is a slippery slope Rob... Once you get the taste for quality car audio it just becomes another "ooooo let me just get a bigger sub/amp" then speakers, head unit, etc... Before you know it you'll be competing... Okay maybe not that extreme but you'll wanna one up your buddies system lmfao

*so who found that little kid screaming irritating?*

Hey Rob, haters gonna hate no matter what so pay them no mind. I bought the sub on sale for $49.99 plus the wiring kit (should've got the bigger amp kit thou) and I installed my self using your instruct. although I did it a little differently but whatever. The system in my truck sounded pretty weak, 4 3x5 speakers are not a strong setup and it sounded very tinny and weak. After adding this sub it is beyond my expectations, sounds just perfect for me and for under $75 I'm stroked.So thanks for the info bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sitting 10000 miles away I am so inspired by your excellent video. Thanks

I think this guy did a GREAT job wiring. Running the wire behind the fender eliminated the need to drill or add holes in the fire wall, and it thoroughly separated the power wire from any other wire to avoid future confusion. I would feel better if it was right on the battery but to each his own. Separating the power wire from the audio wires is also very important, keeps the sound clean. Just dont waste your time with wal mart stuff, well maybe if you have to. I used to get 6x9s there to be honest

Its funny how your time line is backwards. Start with a high end car and working your way back to a broke teenager.

you can't really hear it properly over these videos, but I am sure the upgrades will be just fine for low budget fixes that will be better than factor..cheap factory, not some of the newer updated options new cars have, but at least better than their entry level ones.. so why not.. I went with taking out all 6 speakes and swapped them with new Polk Audio, and added a low profile 10" Pioneer Sub, ran it on stock deck, but with an Alpine 5 channel total 500 watts ..... it cost me approx. $1250Cdn. with install.. bought it all from U.S. electronics store, but had local future shop install it. Nothing like aftermarket sound !! Boom !

The positive has a in line fuse for a reason. Run it to the battery..

If you follow these steps you're guaranteed to burn your car to the ground

This makes me want to do a speaker install. Except with good stuff lol

i bought that exact one i thought it was alright but i did have some decent tuning abilities with my aftermarket radio

Bought my first pair at Walmart back in 2000, road gear brand. This was before youtube and everybody making videos of things that’s already been done

I love these kinds of videos. Keep it up.

Is it bad that I'm more excited for the Honda Insight videos than the 4 Rotor?

Bro you cool af! IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD THE STRAP, HOLlA AT ME. lol

I out this same amp and sub in my 350z two and a half years ago and it still sounds great and it thumps pretty hard too. I do have a $300 Pioneer radio that I can tune and mix on the fly but it still sounds great. I also routed the wires the same exact way but on the other side of my car cause of my battery being on that side.

0:09 You're wearing a different outfit than the next scene. But the same as the last. TIME TRAVEL?!

As long as it doesn’t go in the 4 rotor, it’s okay.

I understand the point was cheap, but I watched both videos on this install and cringed most of the time. Duel is cheap but there is still slightly higher but much better option for the car. I hope in the year or so since this was made you did a better system with proper connections.. I believe Walmart even carries kicker subs now. This was a very basic install so props for that.

9:06 that was cringe asf

Thanks I was wondering what these cheap subs would sound like. I replaced the factory speakers in my vehicle several years ago but never did have a decent sub to pump out the lows. Not looking to leave a trail of rust on the pavement either so this should work fine.

Always disconnect you battery negative before your positive and reconnect your positive before negative. If only removing one battery lead make it the negative.

I put this behind the middle seat in my 1998 S10 and it’s A LOT OF BASS believe me if you have a small single cab truck put this behind the seat and it’ll shake you for days, or until it overheats but it still will work Edit after 1 year: It blew the fuse and does it every time now, went with a Rockville RWS12CA and 100w to 300w rms is a HUGE difference.

That head unit needs to be run with a high level out, I have a similar setup in my dash but a much more powerful sub with a high level out that can shake my entire seat at half volume with very acceptable distortion levels