Pyle Car Vehicle Subwoofer Audio Speaker - 8 Inch Blue Injection Molded Cone, Blue Chrome-Plated Plastic Basket, Dual Voice Coil 4 Ohm Impedance, 600 Watt Power, Vehicle Stereo Sound System PLBW84

This line of subwoofers is awesome! The blue chrome, normal chrome, blue rubber and blue plastic is a great idea!! Nice job Pyle! I'm in the break-in period and it sounds great even at a low volume. I definitely want another one. Just have to wait for the $$$$.

Purchased a Pyle 8 inch bass tube a couple months ago and the speaker in it blew like I figured it would so I knew I would have to replace it anyway. So I decided if I got another Pyle speaker I would be good to go. Sadly it seems I traded one problem for another. It didn’t even remotely fit in the tube without cutting out another inch in diameter and it stuck out so far I wouldn’t have been able to put a grill on it. Secondly it’s way too much plastic. It feels like it’s made of Lego plastic. I did connect it to 150 rms and it held up well though it lacked the “crisp” sound you would get from a paper cone.Bottom line is it’s fine for the price point and is better than factory but that’s about it imo

It's an 8 inch speaker. Mine works, sounds OK. I am not an expert, but have been installing personal stereo and amps for 15 or so years. No it cannot reach the very low frequencies. It started out very stiff and rigid, but has loosened up. I have it in a custom fiberglass speaker box I molded out of the recessed area of my xterra. It is a little over a cubic foot. I have not tried this speaker in any other enclosure. I am pushing it with a clarion 2 channel 200 watt amp. The speaker is wired each voice coil seperately at 4 ohms. This is supposed to make the speaker sound better, according to some experts online. I may try to wire it differently in the future. I probably have 20 or so hours of use in the speaker at modest volume, and maybe 1 hour at high volume. If I push this speaker it will distort. I listen to classic rock and electronica mostly, with some Jimmy Buffett and Hank Williams thrown in there sometimes. Overall I would say this is an OK speaker. They tried WAY too hard though to make this speaker look better than it is. I do like the speaker itself with the very shiny rigid blue cone, and over sized foam rubber surround. I give it a B because it doesn't get as loud (before it distorts) as I remember my old Fosgate 8's back in the 1990's.

This is my second purchase of this same size and model. The first one was back on June 2, 2016 Which finally died. Getting almost 3 years out of it is pretty good for the price range of speaker. I needed a replacement and was able to get one just like it again.This went into a Energy ES-8 (100 Watt) Vintage 1998 Subwoofer. Approx .92cuft (Cubic Feet). ported 2 inch round by 9 inch long pointing to the rear. The Cutout was originally 8 3/4 round recessed. Had to widen this out with a Dremel Grinding tool (its what I had at the time) to fit 9 inch round. I did however wire the speaker up for 8 ohm as it is what the original amp was rated at. I did the break in period Low to mid volume for over 5hrs continuous play of various styles of music. As I remember this sub works even better than the original energy sub really hitting some low ends shaking the room during some PC gaming (Elite Dangerous) and really gets going with some Trance and BPM music as well.What I use it for with other speakers in my rig:I use this for Music creation, Gaming, Audio Editing, and just general music listening. This is paired up with some vintage Event 20/20 Studio Speakers with Optimus Center, Rear, and secondary Front Channel B. All Vintage Optimus speakers have been rebuilt as well (just the round foam replaced). While I would have preferred to repair and replace the coil and foam on the old Energy speaker it was just in too bad shape to bother.For being on the cheap side it works really well for me (so far) being on a budget.Just remember to do a break in period of at least 5hrs or more on a low to mid setting and be sure you amp is rated for the proper config. If you need 8 0hms wire it in series or your amp is rated for 2 ohms stable then can drop it to 2ohms in parallel.So far the new replacement is doing great will update if anything changes :)

DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM. I bought one and it sounds great when it works. It lasted about 1year until the connection went bad, high resistance 2300ohms. I switched to the other side connections and it lasted about 4 more months. Just out of warranty. It was affordable so I bought a second one. It lasted about 3 months before connections failed and I switched to the second connections that lasted about 2 more months. It was still under warranty. I emailed Pyle twice about my registered products explaing problem with both units. I also put in a RMA. No response at all from Pyle. I use these in a stock premium audiophile 9006 system which is not over powered by a long shot. This must be why there are so many at low price flooding the market.

The 2 8" sound better than the 12" they replaced

im actually surprised by the quality of the sub driver.was looking for a cheap car stereo diy setup, made an enclosure out of a 5 gallon bucket and connected to a 2.1 bluetooth amp board.its not amazing, but for the price it kind of is.

looks great but that's it . Not very good at all. Save some more money and buy a better one.