PIONEER 12” Dual 4 ohms Voice Coil Subwoofer

This is a great subwoofer for the money. Mine is installed in a larger vented box, slot ported, probably about 2 square foot air space. You will want a pretty deep box for this sub, I believe 1.5 air space for a sealed box, 2 for a ported box. I am running this off a Pioneer Class-D monoblock, GM-D8601. This sub has two 4 ohm coils, I have them wired in parallel (positive to positive, negative to negative) for a 2 ohm load. Upgrading from the cheaper TSW126M Pioneer 12 I had before, which had a single 4 ohm coil, this sub sounds much better, gets way louder and can handle much more power. To extend the life of your sub(s) you will want to play your music at a low to medium volume for a couple weeks. This helps free up the subwoofer so that it can handle more power without being damaged. With my gain set properly, at max volume (after breaking it in for a couple weeks of course) with my level control turned up and the bass boost turned up slightly it does seem to bottom out just a little. But at a slightly lower volume it gets plenty loud and shakes my mirrors a good amount, sounds very good and smooth. I have this A-series Pioneer subwoofer paired with their line of A-series speakers. I have the TS-A6990F 5 way 6x9s in my front doors and the TS-A1680F 4 way 6.5s in my rear doors. I plan to upgrade to a Pioneer 4 channel in the future but this setup does sound very good in my truck. The 300 in the model for this stands for it being a 30cm (12 inch) sub, D4 is Dual 4 ohm coils, if you do want the 10 inch version of this you can get the TS-A250D4 instead of the TS-A300D4.

I had to delete my first review because I was wrong about this woofer.i mean I'm not a audio system specialist all I can say is that it didn't work with the amp I first connected it to,i had given up on it and was using my old busted woofer. I had gotten a new amp and was using it with the old woofer but it got to the point that It was really obvious that it was popped so I said what the hell I'll try this woofer with the new to me amp and to my amazement! It bumps!. It has very clean sounding bass it's not as deep as my old one but it'll do for now . So yeah I'm very happy I added some tweeters and it sounds even better. For the price is a very good deal. It's perfect if you don't want anything too loud I mean it bumps put it this way you won't have to worry about someone's stock audio system outbumping you, if they pull up all cocky just turn it up and you'll easily drown the other person's noise lol. It's worth it get it.

The only reason I didn't give five stars is because of the lower SPL level. It takes more power to get more sound but it handles decent amount of power. I also like that it's made in Vietnam and not China.

I'm using this subwoofer along with a ported box in my home. I have it hooked up to my surround sound system. Whoa, at 500rms it sounds amazing! Music sounds bad ass and surround sound movies feels like I'm at a movie theatre.So happy with my purchase.

Terrible product. Won't buy pioneer subwoofers anymore. Just terrible sound and didn't last longer than 2 weeks!

It does what it say but u only need about 300 watts to do it haven't blown it but 500 and up is to much power for this sub and it sounds great at a wattage of 400 to 500 of power

Found the perfect amp, box, sub combo. These subs are well worth the price. They hit hard on long lows. Easy install, great overall performance.

Loved it. Great sound quality and bass with the subwoofer