Under Seat Subs - built in amp

So I saw this guy yesterday:

$139 MB Quart RW-108A 600W Reference Series 8" Slim Low Profile Compact Under-Seat 4-Ohm Active Powered Subwoofer Enclosure with Built in Amplifier for Car RV ATV, Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...6&pd_rd_w=PuCcH&pd_rd_wg=83SWv&ref_=pd_gw_unk



And it seems entirely too good to be true. $119 and 600w? Suspicious. Especially since I can't find it on MB Quarts website

Then I looked on crutchfield, and there's a whole range of them. Anyone have a recommendation?

 

I put one of the kicker hideaway ones in my wife's car, no issues and sounds good

 

I'm in the market for some extra bass and dont want to do a whole system upgrade. I'm probably going to go with a powered sub like this. I've been looking at the Sound Ordinance, but may do some research on this one.

 

Yeah there's a bunch, including that one, that seem to get pretty solid reviews.

I can't find anything on the mb quart one other than whats on Amazon, and a few things on youtube. Hence me being suspicious.

 

Has anyone ran the 10" hideaway? I've been wanting one but am unsure if it will fit under the seat.

 

might be worth a call to MB Quart to see if its a knock off

 

When I was a kid I ran a dirt cheap 600W amp to drive 400 watts worth of JL woofers. I figured I'd just run it without ever coming close to straining it and still come out ahead of buying a name brand. Nope, it sounded like hammered shit. Lesson learned, now I don't mess with off brand audio.

 

Yeah I think you get what you pay for, mostly. Once you're above some threshold its kind of hard to to screw up too bad. I've had a 500W RMS amp driving a 120W RMS slim sub under the passenger seat of my nissan for almost a decade now, and its been fine. Sounds great in a sealed diy box. That said, the amp is Alpine and the sub is Pioneer, so its decent gear.

Really the only reason I'm looking at ones with built in amps is space is too much of a premium in my taco.

 

Hmm, those youtuber names:

 

it is probably one person selling knock offs and running a bunch of different accounts lol

 

I had one of those under the seat subs,

You get a small punch only, don’t expect a lot,

I got a 10” kicker after that,

Night and day difference

 

Yeah, I'm not willing to give up that much space though. I think I could squeeze a 10 under the seat if I wanted, but then I'd have to put the amp under my drivers seat or something.

 

Im in the same boat. dont really want to give up much space and only want to add a tad bit of extra boom to the bass. i thought about building a custom box to stick under the seat with a skar 6.5 but not sure if there is enough room under there

 

This is the one I'm considering. I'm not willing to give up any of my rear storage either.

$315 KICKER 46HS10 Hideaway Compact Powered Subwoofer, 10"

https://www.amazon.com/KICKER-46HS1...ideaway&qid=1619121938&sr=8-2#customerReviews

 

I know the 3rd gen has plenty of room under the seat, I have this under my driver seat

 

i got the cerwin vega vpas-10 ....its a 10" powered subwoofer......wouldn't fit under the seat......it fits standing up behind the d/s rear seat

 

i didn't remove the seat to try and fit it tho.....so there is probably more room under there but it won't just slide on in......

 

Appears to be legit. The last MB Quart speakers I bought were hecho in PRC. Sounded excellent, however. I had a set of German made MB's in my T-100 and they were heavenly.

Seller:
Detailed Seller Information

• Business Name:Audio Watt Inc
• Business Address:
  • 2530 Berryessa Rd #421
  • San Jose
  • CA
  • 95132
  • US
  
  

 

I like the lack of RCA plugs on the box itself, RCAs have always seemed barely suitable for automotive use. And that might fit snugly under the seat.

 

Maybe. I dunno how much Amazon verifies though. I sent an email to the sales account on MB quarts website. $119 is such an outlier.