cool subwoofer addition

Sorry - no pictures but I do have the model number. Kicker Hideaway 10" subwoofer

$360 46HS10 Hideaway Compact Powered Subwoofer, 10"

46HS10. A while back I upgraded to a Kenwood DMX47 (backup camera and double din). I also replaced all my components with some Kicker 6-1/2" speakers so 4 of those. I had to buy a RCA adapter as the hideaway is a 10" sub with built in amp. No RCA hookups on it but you can get the adapter to go RCA to left and right rear channel. It easily fits under my passenger seat and provides a great amount of bass for how small the unit is. Can't really take pictures of sound but thought I'd share.

 

I have a Cerwin Vega 10" that is pretty similar. Excellent addiction, it really fills everything in, and it bangs hard considering it's pretty darn small.

 

I also have the CV VPAS10.




It has plenty of power and it can dig. The only thing I really hate about it is that its LPF starts at 85 Hz, and I really prefer mine to cross at 60. So the stuff that should be hitting hard through the doors are instead hitting on the floor, and some things sound muddy.

 

I’ve been playing around with all the settings to get it where I want. I like the bass knob where I can change the gain on command as every song has different bass to it or little to none. As far as the lpf I have yet to fully understand what it does but I’m good at just messing around with that buttons. lol. A bit of YouTube does give some good insight on how it works though. My deck also has an independent sub control where I can change the crossover or phase of it? Damn if I know the workings of that but I’m slowly learning.

 

Does your head unit have a LPF you can use instead of the one built in to the sub?

 

That it does. Has a few different options I can choose from. The sub has a button that lets you choose “0” or “180”.

 

LPF is a low pass filter. It determines the point where low frequencies are able to pass. The higher the number, the higher frequencies that the sub will play.

 

The stock HU? No.

I'm taking the stock line output and splitting between amp and sub. I'm cheating and depending on the built-in line converters for each, with crossover set as low as it can go (90 Hz)


One of these days I might change it all up. It doesnt bother me enough at the minute.