$35 Sub sighting

[creyc 10+ year member]

I was at wal mart picking up a last minute gift for a gift exchange I was attending when I came across an entire subwoofer system for $35 out the door. I couldn't believe it came with a sub, amp and carpeted box all for less than $40, so I of course shamefully grabbed it and proceeded to the checkout counter with my head down. I installed it in the Walmart parking lot with a $1.24 extension cord in place of speaker wire.

For $35 you get a 10" stamped metal driver mounted in a sealed and carpeted MDF box. The box seems to be of decent construction quality. You get a "300 watt" amp, rated at only 70W rms @ 4 ohm CEA. It's a very tiny amp, and the fact it takes RCA input, high level input, and its solid aluminum construction makes it a kinda cool amp for benchtop testing purposes. Only safe down to 4 ohms. Has built in low pass filter and the whole thing is TINY!

The system performance is pretty crappy, but thats to be expected. Total output is...well 70 watts on a 10". Provides decent low end enhancement but don't expect anything to rattle. Sound quality isn't horrible, no doubt helped by the sealed box.

The sub is easily overpowered on a directed 1100d amp, even at 4 ohms. Starts smelling bad, then popping. Output is nice for about 5 seconds though. I suppose I suspected this, but figured I'd mention I took the system to its limits. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

With the exception of a kinda cool 70W amp, it's by and large a waste, even of $35. I think I just acquired a new specimen for the wall socket.

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[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

Intriguing, go on...

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

Glad you could have some fun with that.

I just might drop by walmart now to see if I could get one like that.

Haha, shit thats just too funny..

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

burn it up

then return it

 

[OneKrazyKeebler 10+ year member]

wall socket FTW.

looks like a fun little 35 bux. good for you.

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

must be nice to be able to just "blow" 35 bucks..

that would have been gas money for me

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

does this woofer have a website?

 

[msujeepaholic 10+ year member]

Is that the visonik package? I saw it there a few days ago.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

I saw a black guy with one those Visionik packages at the check-out line..Guess it would go good with his $600 car on $2000 rims..

 

[vgeek 10+ year member]

burn it upthen return it

They'll take anything back. Stick it to the man!

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

$35 for that tiny amp would be worth it if the build quality is good enough to actually handle a 4 ohm load. Got pics?

 

[JohnBlayz142 10+ year member]

must be nice to be able to just "blow" 35 bucks..
that would have been gas money for me

Must **** to be poor.

Also must be nice to run all JL equipment. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[meistah 10+ year member]

hmm...for that cheap it might be worth it to get it just for the amp and put it in a ht setup

 

[creyc 10+ year member]

hmm...for that cheap it might be worth it to get it just for the amp and put it in a ht setup

Thats what I'm thinking, but it's not full range so I don't know how much use it is to me.

The sub is already gone, ate it from a Sony HT receiver, below "300 watts" too so I suppose it's defective. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[jeremiah 10+ year member]

must be nice to be able to just "blow" 35 bucks..
that would have been gas money for me

x2:blackeye: