BOSS Audio Systems D12F Phantom Series 12 Inch Car Subwoofer - 1000 Watts Max, Single 4 Ohm Voice Coil, Sold Individually, Hook Up To Amp

These are some very impressive subs for the price. As I'm sure most of you know, BOSS overrates their RMS ratings on almost everything. I can't say if these are over-rated (they probably are, I honestly don't think they could handle 400w RMS each,) but I CAN tell you that I'm feeding them about 150-200watts RMS each (I have 2) and I'm getting strong, clean sound out of them. They're in a vented truck box and sound great! Especially for the price - quite impressed!! I've only had them about 3 weeks but so far so good! They hit like a quality low to medium power subwoofer. If you fry these by feeding them too much power, don't blame the sub, blame yourself! I was originally powering these with a BOSS AR1500M amp. The amp was just too underpowered - I'd guess it was putting out in the neighborhood of 150-175watts RMS. I stepped up to a BOSS AR2500M (which I'm guessing is putting out somewhere in the neighborhood of 300-400 watts RMS @ 2ohms) and they sound a LOT better. I highly recommend that amp btw - good quality amp, just understand that BOSS ratings are off. If you compare it to a competitors amp in the SAME PRICE RANGE, I can guarantee you the BOSS will out-perform. Do NOT use BOSS's published specs for purposes of comparison. You won't be happy. Take that information to heart about BOSS in general. In my experience with their speakers and amps, the quality itself has been fine, it's the specs that are completely wacko. Tuning of the system must therefore be done with careful caution. At the end of the day, these are an easy 5 star recommendation. If they for some reason go out in the next year, I'll update this review - too early to speak on behalf of lifespan/durability.

Read before you buy. Over all these subs are not only a great beginners sub, but even for some more expensive set ups. Most incidents you will run into are revolving matching your Amps RMS handling to your Subs RMS. If your Amp is pushing 500 watts RMS and you are running a 1400W sub woofer, it will blow, as well as your cables to the amp, get 0/1 gauge wire. Another recommendation would be letting the sub woofers break in. Don't blast them as loud as you can right out of the box. When they say give them 3 to 4 hours, its for a reason. If the suspension isn't broken in it increases the chances of blowing your sub woofer. I recommend a ported setup as the sealed setups can decrease the quality in certain situations. If you want to get the most for your money. Watch your RMS Handling, you need the highest ratings in the wire, then your amp, and then your sub woofer. Just because you have a 1400 watt sub woofer, doesn't mean its getting that unless you have the power available. Keep an eye on how much you use these. Don't blast right out of the box, KEEP the volume down, DON'T turn up the bass boost, it isn't useful. Let them break in, AFTER 3 to 4 hours of use, you can turn it back up. This will increase the max bass your subs can produce, so it is worth the time investment.

So I NEVER leave 1 star reviews and I'm a very gracious customer in my own opinion. I happily allow sellers to replace failed items and I'm very easy to work with. I'm smart and very experienced in car audio and electronics in general. Here is my experience thus far with ordering this subwoofer. Unpackaged it and was pleased by how robust it was with a very nice quality look and feel, I'm no noobie to car audio so I proceeded to install the the unit strait way. (so you don't rule this out as user error I've probably installed at least 30 complete car audio systems in my life) I installed the speaker into a sealed enclosure with ample cubic feet of internal space for this shallow mount. I wired it as a solo at 4 Ohms directly to a BOSS 1100W Monoblock Amp that was new but had already been tested on a separate subwoofer to ensure that it functioned properly. Once unit was mounted in the box with clean, solid connections on terminals (I tested the terminals) I then powered the system up at approx 20% power and volume with BASS boost off to test and begin break in phase. This sub produced an awful "BRRRRT" sound each time it should have been hitting. This to me sounded like a crossed +/- so I re-checked all wiring for errors, nothing. I went so far as to swap the sub out in the same box with a different one I already had and it worked great, I simply had gotten a genuine, bonefide DOA subwoofer. I was like, "no prob, I'll just return it". Well the seller has this woofer listed as hazardous material with Amazon so returns aren't accepted. Tomorrow I'll go strait to BOSS to attempt a return from the mfg. This review's point is two fold, one to warn you of buying this woofer from Amazon (not saying these are all bad, but I am saying that if yours is like mine the return won't be standard Amazon easy), and secondly in the hopes the seller will read it and hopefully resolve my issue so I can give them back an appropriate number of stars.

Bought the Boss 10'' sub to replace the blown one in my kenwood ported sub box. The compact design meant I wouldn't have to modify the box. This set up is installed in a Jeep CJ which I drive with no top. I was extremely impressed with the punch this sub gives, regardless of the road noise and wind caused by driving a cube with no roof... Materials and workmanship are excellent. I would recommend this sub for anyone looking for a good punch at a reasonable price...

Works as it should

Yo lo instale en un cajon de fibra de vidrio que hice para ahorrar espacio en la cajuela, la respuesta en bajos es buena y el precio es muy accesible, comparado con otras bocinas de similares prestaciones.

Such a beautiful speaker that delivers tons of power for it's size. I have a smaller trunk as it's a sports car and since I've removed my duel 12" subs it sounds better with one powerful 10" sub, I also have tons of room with a smaller box. After doing some research you get better quality when a sub has more air space, which is what happened. 10/10 highly recommend this subwoofer

El producto tiene buen aspecto, pero al instalar el subwoofer sonaba fatal !!! Antes tenia ya en la misma configuracion uno de SONY y otro de HERTZ y los dos sonaban bien .... pero este de BOSS AUDIO .... fatal !!! No puedo recomendar nada este producto !!!