Rockville SS8P 8" Powered Under-Seat Car Subwoofer with RWK10 Amp Kit

I’ve just used my sub for a week straight in our smaller-sized toy hauler (camper that can accommodate a vehicle or motorcycles inside) while we were camping. After some time balancing out all the gain controls and bass boost levels I’m happy with what it adds to the listening experience. The original set-up had four 4” coaxials in the ceiling only, with a very thin sound. Adding the sub has helped a ton but it’s not an application for very high volume, bass heavy music, at least the way it’s currently crossed-over for those 4” speakers. It does sound good at sound levels where you’re not having conversation anymore which is more than adequate for me. I liked the install kit it came with (full disclosure- I used to own a couple car stereo stores and I specialized in installation so I might have a leg up on most people) and the mounting system they included is solid although it adds to the footprint of the sub. It’s cast aluminum! Damn! Solid and heavy like it should be. Everything very clear and well placed. I’m happy with my purchase!

Another cliche ‘I don’t write reviews’ post here... but I am very impressed with all aspects of this subwoofer! Most everything is already covered in other reviews but I wanted to give some thanks to Rockville for this design! In another life I loved having worked on cars, having 2x12s in the trunk, nothing was left stock. I consider myself an audio and car enthusiast, but not a pro by any means. I like car modifications to fit as close to OEM as possible. I also like to have audio equipment sound true, flat / accurate with its reproduction. This enclosure is for specifically under-seat applications. You will not be happy with it in the trunk. - Build quality is top notch - solid metal enclosure will break your toe if you’re not careful. No rattles or cheap-feeling at all. All connections and adjustments are on one side, good idea. - Small size will fit *most* under-seat locations. Note: 2015 Hyundai Sonata 2.0 drivers seat has a plastic tray that will hold it, but it is tight. Does not fit ‘on the floor’ under the seat due to a/c duct and gear motor. So the enclosure sticks forward just an inch from the front of the seat towards your legs, but does not interfere or touch. In the seats lowest position it will squish the enclosure, but send vibrations straight to your tushie for an amazing concert-like experience. -10ga Amp Kit was perfect. Quality cables and wires included. You will need a few extra zip ties of your own. I used the ‘soft auto on’ and hi-input connections so I only needed four wires: power, ground, left and right. -Subwoofer gain level remote knob is helpful to route to the dash so you don’t have to keep adjusting the gain on the subwoofer itself. -Power is more than adequate for under-seat locations. Note: Sub is far too quiet when located in the trunk, but it is not designed for that. I tried it in the trunk but needed to move it back to under the seat. -Sound quality is very impressive for a tiny 8” enclosure. You cannot even tell a sub is installed from outside the car (you won’t p*ss off your neighbors). On stock head unit (4x door speakers, 2x tweeters in the dash. Bass +3, mid +2, High +3) Subwoofer bass boost on zero, LPF at ~60hz, gain at 60% the lows are thick and rich, kick drums hit hard. Rock, metal, country - sounds great. Hip hop or techno is average, to above average, because of the ultra low kick and sub hits... there are just a few frequencies that are missing but that could be due to my car head unit eq. Overall, great product! With new JVC CS-J620 door speakers and this sub, my anemic stock car stereo has become fantastic!

This little sub sounds absolutely fantastic for the size and low price. I couldn't be more pleased with it! I installed it in an '88 Toyota pickup Xtra Cab that had an existing low-end JVC head unit running four equally cheap speakers. The setup sounded as you'd expect... not great, even with the built-in13-band eq tweaked as good as I could get it. Bass response was lousy. One huge issue with the setup was a horrible ~150 Hz resonance in the cavities in the back of the cab where the rear 6.5" speakers were installed. I cut that frequency in the eq, which helped tremendously, but the problem remained. I thought about installing some baffles and acoustic mat in there, but figured I'd get the sub in first and see if I could fix it with proper crossover settings. One benefit of small subs is that they can reproduce higher frequencies than larger subs. So I was hopeful I could crank up the sub's LPF and let it handle that troublesome 150 Hz, and set the HPF on the rear speakers above it. I'd planned to install the sub under one of the seats, but protrusions in the floorboard on both sides prevented that. I ended up installing it on the floor behind the driver's seat, close to the back wall of the cab. Wiring was straightforward. I removed the seats to make things easier, and allow me to lift the carpet in order to run the cable for the remote to the center console. I ran the wiring and connected it to the sub outputs on the head unit. It powered right up with the head unit and started thumping with the music! After adjusting the crossovers and eq on the head unit, and tweaking the adjustments on the sub, the system sounded absolutely amazing. I ended up turning the LPF on the sub to its maximum setting, and set the HPF on the rear speakers equally high. The annoying resonance was completely eliminated! I tested the system with several different types of music, including hard rock with tight kick drums, and rap with super-low bass lines, and was just thrilled across the board with the performance of this little, unobtrusive sub. 10/10, would buy again! In fact, I'm about to take some measurements on my '86 Buick Grand National, and if it will fit under the seat, I'm gonna grab another one!

I ordered the 8" ss8p with the wiring kit since it would come all at once. However I only received the speaker. A few days later, I got the wiring kit separate. Installed the speaker the day I got it after a quick run to get a wiring kit. Kinda sucked but nothing too crazy. Upon first inspection, the speaker felt robust in build quality and dense. Really felt like a quality product. I installed this onto my 2015 smart car fortwo with the base two speaker system. The two speakers had sounded horrible and broke so I put in some aftermarket pioneer 6.5" full range speakers and they sounded much more full and clear. However, the bass was lacking incredibly. In addition, the smart car has tons of engine bass and vibrations that any bass I could hear while stationary with the door speakers got drowned out with road noise and such. So I decided to get this small compact sub to slide behind the drivers seat. It fit perfectly. After installing and some tuning, this thing sounds amazing for the small size. Sure it won't blow you away of shake mirrors too much, but it is exponentially better than what door speakers and produce. I must say however, that it isn't all perfect. Some things I noticed was that the bass knob that comes with it is basically useless at high volume. And that brings me to my other point, this sub no longer increases in power after a certain volume. Assuming I've got the gain up high and the bass knob at like halfway, once I turn up my headunit over 22 volume, the door speakers begin to get louder than the bass. My door speakers begin to distort at around 26 volume so basically there's a sweet spot for this sub. Also, keep this thing well ventilated. I've got a small car with the engine right behind me and a relatively weak ac system. Pair that with 100 degree days and some music and this thing WILL get hot. I've got it behind my seat in an area where ventilation is pretty bad so I understand, but its gone into protection mode two or three times already. Though it's only done that when I've idled for like 20 mins listening to music. If this is under a seat beside an air vent you'll have no shutting-off issues like I did. I guess it's a pretty great package for like 110 dollars. If your car has no low end, this will most definitely be an improvement. Think of this as a slightly better premium factory bose system level of bass in a car. It's there for sure, but its not two 12". Perfect for me though.

I installed this in my Jeep wrangler JL under the drivers seat and it is impressive for its size! I used a plate I found here on Amazon for mounting it and I'm very pleased with the bass. It's not going to wake the neighbors but inside the jeep it sounds good! Adds the missing bass in a factory jeep sound system. Very easy to install! Once you get the settings right it is impressive for its size.

If you listen to Rap music these are probably not for you. I purchased two of these and used a splitter to put one under both front seats. They really helped balance the sound quality from my stereo, for country and classic rock music, when you need some bass just not a ton of it.

Wow wow wow!!! This speaker is great for what I need. Its very clean and hits perfectly! Its not obnoxious and does not rattle everything in the car. Just make sure you tune it to your liking!!! Great Woofer for the price!!! Fits perfectly under the passenger seat. Install was supper easy also. Just make sure to follow all instructions and do not rush the install.

Pretty disappointed. Installed on my polaris rzr. Just installed the unit up on the roof, wired it all up, and it sounds like crap. Seeing so many other good reviews I'm guessing I got a bad one? But it rattles like crazy if you turn the bass up enough to actually hear it over the rest of the factory sound system. If its set super low (bass down to almost its lowest setting) it doesn't rattle.

Sounds good for the subswoofer .

AMAZING SOUDND quality for a reasonable price. Rockville's customer service representatives are passionate and professional. Thanks for the quick support and a great product.

U set it up u get flat spots u reset it still just dosent quite get there. It took 3 weeks to receive it as it seems the courier service lost it for 2 weeks. Over all my experience with product was disappointing