Found a really slick subwoofer, Looks like it was designed for us Options

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Had been contemplating a stereo upgrade. Had read all the threads. Wanted something that would require minimal disturbance from stock and be unobtrusive

Had already committed to a period correct Blau Frankfurt with the digital conversion. I knew that the Infinity Kappas were a good solution in the original speaker housings so went with those. In looking for a small powered sub I found the Pioneer TS WX010A. Chose it because it is about the smallest one out there and is a small 50 watt amp that requires no heavy wiring

Figured it’s small size would provide a variety of mounting options without have to cut up any interior stuff. What I did not know was how well it would fit. After taking out the foam filler block, I found that This thing fits in the recess in the passenger footwell like it was designed to be there. See pix below



I held it into place using the double face tape provided with the sub. This tape also nicely isolates the speaker so it does not rattle against the firewall/floor structure. Once the foam block is trimmed and put back into place the carpet covers it all and it essentially is undetectable.

The thing has great adjustability in gain and frequency. Both are turned way down and provides all the bass you could ever want in our small cabin. Paired with the Kappas it sounds great

Overall a very sanitary installation and a pleasing ( to me anyway) solution.

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You can select phase right on the amp with a simple switch

The unit comes with an 8' plug in harness that includes the power and ground lead that are only 18 gage wire. The amp only pulls 4.5 amps with a 10amp fuse recommended. I just ran the power wire to the "ignition on" switched side of a relay on the stock relay panel. No special wire.

Even with this low power consumption I barely have the gain set at maybe 25% and that is plenty!! On music with any sort of hard bass line it will bounce a screwdriver sitting on the passenger floor.

I hooked the radio rear speaker leads to the amp via a line converter that converts the speaker wire leads to RCA jacks. The amp does have a switch to optimize for speaker wire input or RCA input. I assumed RCA probably provides better fidelity.

Trust me, this thing rocks way more base than you can stand in our little cars. You can easily modulate the amount of base using the tone switch on the radio. My digitized radio also provides a blue line out switch that turns the amp on when the radio is on. There are line converters available that sense when power is going to the speakers and provides this same "accessory on" function if your older radio does not provide this function.