Sirius 8-inch Powered Subwoofer

[rattmobbins]

Note that this is manufactured by Directed. Worth the price but this will not cave your head in.

You realize Directed Electronics now owns Polk Audio right?

I have a feeling this thing will sound pretty decent. It’s not gonna win any competitions, or set off any car alarms, but it would be perfect to hook up to a factory head system.

[Bezalel]

Will it work with an iPod?

I’m surprised that nobody asked this yet.

[fathernebro]

Thanks! But you should see this: The Laugh Song - YouTube

wow…w00t ripped off a bunch of confused 8 year old japanese girls. For shame, still hilarious though.

[starjacko]

Glad I live on the west coast and don’t have to wait 'til midnight (or 1:00AM) to see what they’re going to put up next. As an FM programmer, SATELLITE SUCKS and I don’t need something like this rolling around in the back of the Pacer! It might break one of the fishbowl windows!

[Ryzar]

8 inch isn’t going to have the deep bass like your standard 10 inch or 12 inch subs.

I have 2 Rockford Fosgate HE2’s 12 inchers with a 975 watt Rockford Fosgate amp. For only have an extended cab Nissan truck this rocks my socks off.

For the money you can’t do much better then this. And this comes with all the hookups you need. It won’t boom boom, but its going to sound better then your stock speakers for sure.

[The_Ho]

This is a subwoofer for use in a car. It does not need a separate amp. All you have to do is run a power wire from your battery to it, and then a remote line to tell it when to turn on and off with the radio. then your radio must have RCA preouts, like the RCA cables on yourtelevision. hook up left to left and right to right, and you get a thump thump in your trunk trunk. in order for this to work in your house, you need to supply it a 12v power source. its not very practical to put this sub in your house.

“Preamp- and speaker-level inputs”. Does not need RCA preouts as stated above. You can hook it up to your speaker wires.

[rattmobbins]

“Preamp- and speaker-level inputs”. Does not need RCA preouts as stated above. You can hook it up to your speaker wires.

Thank you. I was just going to post that exact same thing!

[thesamurai]

Don’t put any stock in the frequency response claim. If the tolerances of sound pressure (+/- 3db for example) aren’t given, then the frequency response can be terrible at 20 Hz. Any sub will play 20 Hz, but only the best will give you an honest response at 20 Hz or the freqency at -3db (25 Hz, for example).

glad someone else wrote this up so i didnt have to. agreed, 101%.

[Dartman]

The first thing I wooted was the 2 pack of 8 inch powered tube woofers about a year ago to add cheap bass to my new to me Neon and my sisters car. It has worked OK to this day, adding a small amount of bass that sounds fine for the very small amount of money I spent.
This looks like a much nicer unit for a bit more. Not expecting car rattling bass just hoping for a bit more clean bass then the little tube can do. I have 2 12’s in my old Dart for when I want huge clean bass…

[SlaunchaMan]

Thanks! But you should see this: The Laugh Song - YouTube

My god, I don’t think that’s ever going to get out of my head.

[TallThin1]

What you really need is to hear TomTom through this thing… sounds just like getting directions from God!

That’s awesome!!!

[The_Ho]

I should have gotten this instead of the broken:
8-in 200-Watt Auto Bass Tube w/Built in Amplifier - 2 Pack from Sept of last year.

[rattmobbins]

This thing actually got pretty decent reviews on Crutchfield…

Sirius SIR-PS1

[Ryzar]

I bought one for my girlfriend. Email me in a week or so and i’ll tell you how it sounds.

Xlabikx@gmail.com

[Bezalel]

The heatsink looks a little too small to passively cool 80 watts, especially if it gets pushed against the rear seat.

[SleepingChewbacca]

Wow, an 8 inch subwoofer from sirius, now the only thing i need is a stereo system from maytag to play it on

[jessiebyrd004]

oh man… so late… sorry y’all… i was watching a local college bball game at the bar with some peeps from work
check the comparison site listings for this one on the blog… i’ll try to make it quick… thanks for caring.

[BigNose]

So wtf is fuzzball? Is that what gathers around this subwoof as it sits on the floor of your car?

[markzero]

I noticed my car is bass-impaired, but this sounds pretty complicated to install, for someone who has never done much auto sound installation work before. Not to mention, if I installed it, it’d be playing beats from the XM radio I bought from Woot last year, ironically And I have enough cables snaking around from installing THAT thing.

[KrazyD]

Just Bought one , Id like to see how this sounds compare to a basslink from infinity …