$20 Walmart Subwoofer Tested and Blown Up! [4K]

[@patrickedwards4058]

a $20 sub that did as it was advertised to do impressive , some of these bigger companies need to take notes...cough cough Pyle

[@ThePrinceOfSanDiego]

I mean "PILE" is in the same 😂😂

[@Wolfie66]

Pyle is garbage

[@demonclub7050]

@@Wolfie66 especially there amps

[@hannahsnider6427]

Pyle of shit

[@blueperez3959]

@@hannahsnider6427 nice thats what i call there products

[@carlosnelson1236]

Performed pretty good for a 20 buck sub😀

[@kevinanglin678]

yeah built pretty good for 20 dollars lol even had tensile leads woven into the spider probably only rated for 200 watts rms anyways

[@ButtermilkL0veNugget]

Kevin Anglin I’m getting about 250 each out of em. Just can’t push any more than that and they will last. Plus I went easy on them for the first week. Not a bad system in my work car.

[@MLProductions.1]

@@ButtermilkL0veNugget what kind of amp are you using?

[@Broxine]

Damn, the material alone is worth more than 20 bucks. Someone in the workchain is getting ripped off here and i think i know who that person is :/ Isnt it just wrong? (I mean the fact that such thing is sold that cheap)

[@ButtermilkL0veNugget]

White Boy kenwood 500x1 at 4 ohms. Subs ran parallel. Used a multimeter and came up with about 240 at each sub.

[@mattypisme]

It WAS a pretty clean looking sub for 20 dollars

[@wal]

Glad I bought 8 more to play with 👈😬

[@Andre25167]

@@wal can u do a video on a jl 12w7 or jl 13.5 w7 ,thats are one the loudest yet most efficient subs per watt.Ive bought one on "offer up " got a good deal ,pre owned,

[@vincentrobinette1507]

@@wal At that price, how could you not? The performance per dollar even beats Rockville.

[@michaelweems679]

@Chet Carson thumbs down for you. The rest of us think Big D is pretty cool.

[@justabouthadit5872]

And we all know that's all that counts. Don't need a good quality sub, doesn't even need to work, as long as it looks clean that makes you the coolest guy in your mom's Prius.

[@mikemcqueen1870]

Man, I remember when Blaupunkt was really high end stuff

[@paulb4uk]

Used to be the wiki tells all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkt

[@Jay-ot2tk]

mike mcqueen I remember back in the day too, I had a cd player blaupunkt actually means blue dot

[@arturmroczkowski4348]

Velocity series was really good

[@ryanchristensen1799]

Stock sound system used in the 2004 to 2006 pontiac gto and sounded great!

[@junkyardhemi]

When was that? They sucked in the 90’s.

[@rockyslay4310]

Your demo has increased the price to $39 at Walmart

[@robinong5803]

Now 46

[@realchronal]

@@robinong5803 oof I was gonna buy it but im poor 20 is my budget ))-:

[@alexnather7614]

@@realchronal So you own a car and 20 dollars is your budget, you were able to "budget" at least 1 grand for a car but 20 is your budget? correct me please

[@FPSzky]

@@alexnather7614 he likes jbl... probably a 9 year old kid who wants to get a real sub but he spends too much money on jbl bt speakers

[@perotross]

$52.80 at wally now

[@michaelhollon5332]

Today you can put some decent bass in your ride for around $100 bucks . Remember what $100 bucks would get you back in the day? Diddly Squat.

[@stevenyoung3360]

Back when I was in high school $100 got you a total of 100 watts out of an amp. And $100 back then was way more than it is now. Amplification was $1 per watt.

[@JustSub2Me]

Michael Hollon yeah a 12-inch pioneer impp injected molded poly propylene! Never thought in a million years PPI would be considered trash and sell out. I remember paying $2,800 for 2 PPI power class pc2350 amps back in 97

[@joehaaayyez765]

Steven Young now you can buy a 2000+ watt amp for around 250$ (SKAR RP 2000.1)

[@the_nondrive_side]

Ugh. I had 2 impp 302 (12") in a 7cuft ported box.. Yep.. No trunk left. But I had those lows for cheap. I spent most of the 90s reboxing small truck enclosures into larger better fit customs. Often ported as well in strange under seat tubes. I remember my brother having an Orion i doubled volume and ported and never once heard a damn thing for an argument afterwards about anything.. I was 14 he was 19.. Mrv600 and type r 12 in 96 sealed.. Wasted more than the car I put them in.

[@Vgp-rp4iu]

I hear that. I remember back in 1995 my cousin installed a system in my mom's car. I remember It was a pioneer tape deck with detachable face and even had a hard plastic case to put the face in in your glovebox there was 2 MTX 5 inch speakers in the back and 2 3.5 inch (I believe) in the front and just for that deck and 4 speakers was around 400 bucks. These days you can get something basic like that for under 100 bucks easy.

[@ColvinAvianBreadline]

After this video this sub will go up to $24.99 lol

[@wal]

Still a deal!!

[@13smallcha]

What about $28. I went to buy mine on my phone, and they jumped the price up at midnight. Still got it on my PC tho. 4 coming in :D

[@GanG914]

@@13smallcha I`d say it is worth up to $50 brand new.

[@13smallcha]

@@GanG914 I'd pay like $40 as a bargain price. $50 as a standard price.

[@normsjunkyard192]

Just ordered mine and yes it was 24.99 lol

[@SterlingSigurdsen]

Blaupunkt used to be a really good German brand, but now is a cheap brand. Still impressed that it pulled almost 1kw

[@musiteufel]

Nowadays they only stick their name on cheap chinese crap.. very sad

[@splewy]

Yeah I bought a blaupunkt sub based purely on their old reputation. It was absolute garbage. I was sorely disappointed.

[@SterlingSigurdsen]

splewy yeah and damn sorry to hear that. I hope you can get your money back based on misleading information. A good brand that doesn’t cost too much still is MTX Audio them and Rockfordfosgate.

[@coreyfellows9420]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkt Just like mtx and pioneer

[@isaakwelch3451]

@@splewy I did the same with some nakamichi car audio stuff. Shameful.

[@tonykartracer8032]

That thing can probably do 600 all day. I would say it did it's rated and then some. Good sub.

[@mrpotat680]

Uh no. It can do around 250 rms regularly without clipping. Although for 20 dollars that is amazing.

[@steventechno]

That's amazing quality for ~$20. Back in the day around that price would land you a "VR3" brand subwoofer that would make a loud popping noise if turned up to a decent sounding volume. Now you can get one of these that can actually handle entry-level amps, and could last years too!

[@envisionelectronics]

Ok that’s just insane. Old School $20 (wholesale) 12” Thump subs were complete garbage and sold for $59.95 in stores. They had a tiny 20 oz magnet paired on an aluminum voice coil former, fast-on terminals and yellow foam surrounds. They looked like toys, sounded like toys and were a general waste of money. This sub is an incredible value. I’m shaking my head!

[@wal]

You and me both! I bought 8 more of them to play around with 😜

[@ryry7886]

I remember thump and thump pro. What about the garbage that was sold called Hella Beats, remember those. Pyle Drivers and Super Pros, gold label Kickers and Legacy amps. I had a 65 watt x 2 coustic amp pushing 2 Atomic 10s in a custom bsndpass that i just guessed on for airspace and port dimensions. I hit a grand dlam on that box as it actually broke the lock on my trunk and broke the rear view mirror off the window. I still can't figure out how i got so much bass out of less than 150 watts and it seems too ridiculous go ever try it again. Most of my boxes back in my jr high and high school days were 16x17.5x whatever because I could have home depot cut the 48" width of a sheet of mdf into 3 equal 16" pieces maximize the use of my precious mdf with little waste. Oh, those were the days. Lol Thanks for sparking some good memories.

[@ryry7886]

When i first read the title for video, it reminded me of when you would be driving around and hear on the radio about a super sale coming into town and they shout "12 in woofers, just 39 bucks" and then you get there and it would be garbage. I did get my first real pair of subwoofers at one of those shows when I was in 6th grade though. 2 kicker comp 12s for 75 bucks each. That was when you had to spend over 100 to get anything that could handle over 200 watts.

[@toysareforboys1]

@@wal Isobaric? Same box, see how much powa they can handle continuous (wouldn't try and blow em up on purpose) :)

[@07wrxtr1]

M&M Godfather! Find some of them!

[@miguel300ish]

That moment when a blaupunkt $20 dollar sub handles more power than a Rockville k9 🤣🤣🤣

[@abramesparza3820]

Facts😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rafael-lg1vw]

Forreal.. that thing was handling 800rms it’s rated at 400rms

[@mubee4682]

Lmao😂😂😂

[@Bigdaddy-Donkyking]

Hey you should have did a long term test at a certain htz like 50 or 60 or even 70 htz and see how long it could really handle 400 watts rms and the compare it to a leading manufacturer

[@patrickedwards4058]

yea I'd like to see that

[@ButtermilkL0veNugget]

I did a 50hz test for a minute straight with two of them ran parallel in a bandpass running 4 ohs off a kenwood 500 watt amp. They did just fine. Didn’t stink or smoke or clip. But yeah if you hook up a 3000 watt amp to them and send it, yeah they’re gonna shred.

[@cajjesra269]

@@ButtermilkL0veNugget Exactly..false review or j4f

[@JosephQPublic]

Cajje Sra - false review? They didn’t even see over 1kw.

[@darrianbenjamin7292]

Now that you have that beautiful clear enclosure, you need to start doing melt down Mondays. We expect the death of an inexpensive sub weekly or bi weekly. Great video!

[@wesleyd.7433]

Pretty sure i saw some peaks in the 900w+ range so thats even more impressive. Wow $20 what a deal. I bet it would handle 500w all year long. Great video

[@gageard5246]

Would a 1500 watt sub mess up a 400 watt amp or amp mess up the speakers

[@leosvids1297]

@@gageard5246 nah but it well be under powered and not hit as hard on rms power

[@eddie-nc8gu]

Blaupunkt sub went down swingin!!! 🤜🏻🤜🏻🤜🏻

[@homerbuntin4751]

Definitely sounded good for $20. Wish more people understood you don't have to spend thousands to get good sound. Just take a little time, match up all the specs, and enjoy! Loving the Gately Box too, best full plexiglass work I've see by far!

[@wal]

This $20 sub is an insane value. I bought 8 of them after playing with this one 😬

[@TheVergil7]

@@wal for real bigd?!

[@fishmonger1526]

@@wal Would love to see some installed in a vehicle with some sound tests and db ratings, maybe a side by side compare with a $100 sub with the same RMS ratings? I'm not a fan of the 88db sensitivity rating on these, but you get what you pay for...

[@wal]

Shop for this subwoofer: WalMart: is.gd/blau12subwoofer Amazon: amzn.to/2WJ8sJo VIDEO INDEX BELOW: 0:34 - Intro to the Blaupunkt GBW120 1:00 - Unboxing the sub 1:41 - Mounting in Acrylic Enclosure 1:56 - Overview of Setup - Enclosure, Amp, more 2:56 - Bass Song Demo 3:45 - See Actual Power going to Sub 4:40 - Subwoofer Blows up! 5:50 - Tearing Apart the Speaker 8:11 - Extra footage of subwoofer!

[@masterpanther1]

You know what for what it is that's pretty darn good. Makes me want to go out and buy a bunch of them just so I can load up these empty house boxes I have. I need about six to eight of them and those would be perfect for my house. Excellent video!

[@mcf3778]

@@masterpanther1 wow your house needs 8 subwoofers

[@kevinanglin678]

@Williston Audio Labs could you test a rockville k9 dvc subwoofer one day?

[@gow543belle2]

I would send you a Boss audio cxx12 if you would do this to it.

[@Jay-ot2tk]

Williston Audio Labs blaupunkt literally means 🔵 blue dot, but you probably new that 🤪 had one of their decks back in the day and wasn’t bad

[@charlesreedy9330]

Walmart also has a blaupunkt amp that claims 563 watts rms at 4 ohms for $41. That would be a great budget build, $61 sub and amp combo.

[@jasoneyes01]

I would return it for a Walmart satisfaction guarantee.

[@cbreezyworld2652]

😂😂😂😂

[@toddepperson7465]

Save money,blow better I mean live better

[@Elitemonkeys32]

This could be nice for a low power DIY home theater sub!

[@RealAmericanHero420]

BassAddict96 definitely

[@callmebigpapa]

Or 8 of them!

[@NightshiftCustom]

or on my golf cart and not even worry about pressure washing it lol

[@Beoyur]

I do with a 10inch logitech z5500 woofer in a sealed box😅😂😂😂😂 it is my sub in my bang&olufsen setup😅😍 4active speakers and a passive sub😂

[@jimcatx3090]

If you just had 50 to 100 watts it would of been fine for 10 years no let’s push it to 800 watts

[@jiakabery3550]

6 of those 12s with a nice 1000 watt continuous power amp would rock the world. Probably build a bad ass bass set up for around 300 to 400 bucks.

[@wal]

Prob cost more for the wood too 😜

[@jiakabery3550]

@@wal yes sir. Haven't purchased MDF in years. Add what...150 in MDF and carpet? Either way...reminds me of a system this kid made for his Dorm room at OSU. He had like 16 12s he got off Ebay and a 3000 watt cheapo amp. Thing rocked the entire building.

[@wal]

@@jiakabery3550 that's awesome! Let me know how it turns out! I'm using these also in the $150 SPL challenge, more info in an upcoming video

[@jiakabery3550]

@@wal that's awesome! 2 ways to get lots of bass. Lots of power...or lots of surface area. Can't wait for the video!

[@mcf3778]

@@jiakabery3550 its only like $23 4' x 8' sheet and no carpet needed for an spl build..

[@rebassed1]

Bought sixteen of them for an old school 90's budget build in a clamshell.

[@wal]

👈😲

[@depthsounderdave]

Please tell me it's an S10

[@grumpysteelman]

S10 with shaved door handles and gray and purple graphics

[@EBMproductions1]

what did they run on the meter?

[@Bighotwheelhunter]

Why big dummy

[@rich1051414]

A sub that says it's name when it dies :)

[@jeramiebentley4054]

love this channel reminds me of the late 90's when we were rolling kicker subs and pluto amps

[@MER1CA_1st]

@2:57 CLASSIC MAGIC MIKE... sir, you know your classics👏 FEEL THE BASS📈 SMELL THE BASS📉 @5:55 NESTLE CRUNCH effect🤣

[@3RDERA]

▶️You deserve that 100k subscriber play button. KZbin And their algorithms have held you back long enough. Thank you for the time and effort you continue to put into bringing the audio community together. Genuinely happy for you!!! Keep up the great content.

[@hms228]

Love the old school DJ.MAGIC MIKE. He is still the king of BASS!!!

[@mp36768]

I have two of these Subs in my wife car on 2 MTX RT2100 which are pushing out 280 Watts RMS have been playing them for two years no problem at all. I paid 29 dollars each from Fry Electronics. They're in a custom 32 Hertz 2.2cubic feet box. Sounds great.

[@wal]

Thanks for the feedback

[@toddk1479]

I had a set of 5 1/4 Blaupunkt components I paid 100$ bucks brand new in 1998. Those speakers sounded incredible. I was so impressed. I know good sound and understood they were just cheap speakers but they sounded great.

[@wal]

Their gear used to be mid line, not sure what they are doing now 🤷‍♂️

[@michijimc9753]

I’m old enough to remember Blaupunkt was a pretty amazing piece of gear in your car. Unfortunately like so many things it’s now just a brand.

[@jonathanpinders.r.5627]

Blaupunkt made great highs in the 90's blaupunkt highs with fosgate bass Alpine head unit that was the setup then you couldn't go wrong with those

[@wal]

They did for sure

[@07zx14White]

Yes! When they burst in to the aftermarket scene in the early to mid 90's their 6x9s were damn impressive actually. It was a review in either Car Stereo Review or Car Audio magazine that amped me and my buddies to get some.

[@jonathanpinders.r.5627]

@@07zx14White ohh their 6x9's put all to shame i used to love the pioneer 4way coaxial back then but those were way better

[@jmreviews3734]

Kevin Ball Oh yeah, car audio and electronics magazine did review these subs and they said it worked fairly well.

[@iceman45ification1]

It was sounding pretty darn good before it blew. Lol. Would be a nice sub to use with an old Punch 150. Great video BigD!! 👌

[@wal]

Yessir!

[@DriftTaxi]

Dude, for 20 bucks, that's impressive. I'm not a car audio guy (home theater geek myself) but I bet that'd handle what MOST plate amplifiers could throw at it, well down into the frequencies.

[@wal]

I bet so too

[@trilliedon8728]

That was impressive how it held up to 600 watt rms continuously. For 20$ it’s pretty impressive

[@DJYOUNGKT]

Man I remember that feel the bass song! Your bring back memories

[@pdamon78]

That acrylic enclosure is bad ass.

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@blech71]

People mad about blowing it instead of giving it away??? Dude it’s the price of lunch for two at McDonald’s if that lol Fun ass vid. I like that acrylic enclosure

[@wal]

Thanks. I’m still getting hate, but all is good round here

[@ButtermilkL0veNugget]

Williston Audio Labs I’m not hating. Just should’ve ran them with an amp that’s compatible and shown what they can do before you just shredded it. They are a good sub for a low budget build.

[@darrenbraden6274]

Great to see a sub people would actually buy being tested. Budget speaker is solid

[@eddieurbina9194]

You Killin it with these walmart videos

[@wal]

Peeps love Walmart Electronics 😊

[@Guiltless765]

I bet 4 of those on an 800 watt amp would do pretty well though.. Cool upload as always Big D.🍺🇺🇸🍺

[@miniwarrior7]

1200watt cuz they could handle 300 okay

[@markadkins7216]

I’ve got a 1000 watt Rockford amp been thinking about running 4 12’s why not

[@markadkins7216]

Ok I purchased 4 of em ported 8 cubes and they get very loud, louder than 2 kicker l7s I had previously.

[@miniwarrior7]

@@markadkins7216 um ya ok 😂

[@mikebihg2872]

mark adkins things that never happened

[@mattmiller2761]

It's funny, I remember Blaupunkt was considered pretty high end back in the 1970's

[@jeffreyallen3796]

That was a perfect sub to smoke! Cheap and plenty of them.

[@wal]

Exactly...lots of fun to see it in the clear box too 🤙

[@aaron71]

proof anything can sound good with the right box & power!

[@horhey4063]

Some irrelevant info on Blaupunkt. They used to be a division of Bosch and they were until recently, Bosch was looking to get out of the audio electronics business and basically closed down all operations and then started to licence out the name to other manufacturers. Currently the Blaupunkt name is licenced out to Worldwide Accessories Inc. As for this sub, I dig the minimalist clean look. It's not trying to look tough or "blingy" like Pyle's god awful garbage. Thumbs up from me for this budget gem. 👍

[@wal]

Thanks for the info 👌

[@bolt-action9470]

This video made my factory speakers bump 😂

[@wal]

Awe jeah!

[@DarrenCoull]

That was impressive and handled the excess power very well (949W is a little 'over spec') :-)

[@CactusJack252]

Only a tiny bit

[@1pcfred]

@@CactusJack252 18%

[@trecedaves3159]

Reminds me 9f our subs back in the 90's bet it would be a perfect matchup with a punch 75hd

[@jamesedwards5498]

I just went to order this $20 sub since it held up as well as it did to your tests. It’s now $46.36.

[@martinez1701a]

Just bought this sub for $24 along with the 10 inch version for $21 and I have to say I'm very impressed! I have it hooked up to an old powerbass amp from 2005 I believe "ASA 400.2" rated at 400watts bridged into 4ohms and this single 12inch bumps my truck, I'm planning to buy another set there so cheap lol and they look good!

[@nukedathlonman]

I think it did reasonably well for it's price. Got me curious, so it modeled up in WinISD. The parameters look like a compliance controlled driver, and WinISD agreed suggesting a sealed 1.5cu^ft box - so I'll stick with that. Seeing a compliance controlled driver at this price point is very unusual. They don't list xmax or xlim (missing too many Thiele-Small parameter), but I'm feeling pretty confident that it doesn't have 1/2" excursion capability to handle 400W RMS @ 45hz (the natural -3db it would roll off in said box), let alone 11/16" through 3/4" at 30hz... Probably best suited for a 150~200W RMS amp (150W I think would push it pretty close to my best guess of reasonable xmax and xlim). The group delay numbers look nice and tight - again, that's extremely surprising at this price point and far from what I was expecting. Based on what I can analyze, it theoretically should make for some pretty tight bass although very quiet sub in said box. I can est. about 108db output at 150W (not taking into account cabin gain) - which should work okay in a paired set with most factory radio setups. Very fun watching it blow up. Keep up the great content! :-)

[@07wrxtr1]

I'm convinced though that it just wouldn't last that long / take abuse like a JL product could... I suppose if the end use was extremely careful, but I've just not seen a lot of lower cost subs take longterm abuse. There's always the one off's however and maybe I'm wrong, but I've never had issues with JL Audio, RF, Kicker...

[@nukedathlonman]

@@07wrxtr1 I agree, I don't think it'll be a good long term sub, esp for more demanding users (I know it wouldn't last for me). I was looking at it more closely for s*t and giggles - plug the Thiele-Small Parameters into the software and see what happens when I look at the resulting default model. I don't think it's exactly awful for some installs from a $20 value perspective. But I certainly am not or would I ever imply it's a high quality sub like a JL, Rockford, etc. - it is in fact quite limiting from my perspective.

[@wal]

It sealed would’ve kept all of that lovely smoke inside 👈😬

[@nukedathlonman]

@@wal true enough!!! 8D

[@johndunn99]

Actually it doesnt have tight bass its more of a more boomy bass it lacks tight bass significantly.

[@wafemaster]

To all the "german brand" comments: Blaupunkt is made in China for many years now. In the 2000's they sell licences to let china produce cheap stuff with theyr name on it (what you normally do when you cant produce as cheap as the chineese do but you have a name that people trust, like its the last chance to keep the Brand alive) The brand got bankrupt in 2016. China still produce this Kind of electronics. Sorry for my Bad englisch :)

[@JB-wq6yi]

That has happened to many brand name good quality manufacturers, all us old school guys can no longer just rely on buying by name anymore. It is worse when they still charge a premium price for the name but you get fleamarket quality goods.

[@Jayhoyt32]

@@JB-wq6yi Remember how serious Nakamichi was in the 80's? Right before Sears went under, the Nakamichi name was revived and found in their stores in the form of $10 headphones and $20 soundbars , and even that was too much $ for the absolute shit quality you got in return. That one, for myself anyway, is the worst but also best example of the point you're making.

[@atomikfajita9995]

I lost it when redd fox said You big dummy 🤣

[@bmy5teriou525]

I can’t believe how huge this channel has grown. Way to go man, and killer video as always!

[@wal]

You or me either. Just having fun, working hard and living the dream!

[@Cronson82]

I really liked this video. 1. It was in 4K. Awesome idea. We need more 4K video of this stuff. The quality and bit rate were excellent. 2. You pushed the most budget sub ever to its limit. Like the "budget gem" thing you and Ryan highlight with amps, it would be cool to see how much you can get out supposedly junk Walmart/flee market subs. My only constructive criticism: every time Blaupunkt gets mentioned, I think there should be a disclaimer about how they used to be one of the greats in audio. I hate to think there are people who's only knowledge of Blaupunkt is this mass produced, sweatshop stuff, that's no where to the same company from 30 years ago.

[@DibeezyTheGifted]

I saw around 900 watts at some point. I'm surprised it took that! 949 as I'm typing lol... Wow

[@wal]

You and me both!

[@mcf3778]

Did you notice the impedance when it was getting 900... Pretty sure the box tuning gave them the fighting chance

[@wanderbolt9498]

Damn, For 20 bucks it ain't half bad, I think I might actually pick up a couple of these to mount in my truck

[@wal]

Price has jumped to $28, but still great deal

[@rootz420]

None of yall including enclosure in the cost

[@ryry7886]

I almost bought one of those $19 10" blaupunkt woofers just for shits and giggles. For the price, its s decent sub. I'll tell you this though, theres gotta be some extreme sweatshop labor going on in order to bring a speaker like that to be sold for $19. They must cost like 3 or 4 dollars in china for them to make money off off those bring sold for that price. Either that, or some extreme mismanagement when they calculated how many were going to be sold. RIP little buddy.

[@davidsten780616]

Blaupunkt is a big german company.. They make stereo amp speaker and are at least one of the bigger europen company that make carsound. But they do OEM stuff. Aftermarket they don`t do so nice looking stuff but high quality

[@AlanRaybasshead]

its a 12 dummy

[@wal]

These must be a loss leader for Walmart. No way they are making a profit after free shipping 🤷‍♂️

[@ryry7886]

@@AlanRaybasshead I know it is but I was thinking about getting a 10 when I saw it at the store. Its not that difficult of a concept to process. You're really stretching to jump at a chance to display your mental superiority for all the KZbin world to see. Seems like maybe you've been called a dummy one too many times and now you're out to show the world how much of a "not a dummy" you are, am I right?

[@ryry7886]

@@wal i think youre probably right. Thats why i said there must have been some extreme miscalculations on the projected demand for these woofers.

[@RealAmericanHero420]

I think a lot of budget subwoofer brands under $50 would blow up with that beast old school Orion amp hooked up playing those very low Hz tones straight through out of the box too. That amplifier throws out ungodly power even at 4 ohms.. Great video!!

[@wal]

It was s fun demo testing power handling of this cheap sub

[@RealAmericanHero420]

Williston Audio Labs that sub actually is pretty decent for a budget build. I bet it would hit nice in a ported enclosure around 300-400 watts Rms..

[@MrJamesgrate]

That was twenty dollars well spent, it handled almost a 1000 watts before it blew. I thought 500 watts would have done it in. Great video!!!!

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@legendsofcaraudiobradnewso8424]

That sub was pounding for $20

[@wal]

You said it brother!

[@mudmowerregulators9559]

Back in the day blaupunkt was some good audio equipment

[@tipodearriba]

It is a good brand, but that bass is made for quality audio not for SPL test

[@Geerladenlad]

Wasn't Blaupunkt a quality brand back in the day?

[@bondovwvw]

Now it is a Chinese brand. They sold it

[@ryanchristensen1799]

Yep in the mid 2000s they were!

[@stevenyoung3360]

Ya what DNA said. Around 1989 they were high quality.

[@battingthreadbeats4624]

I really enjoy videos like this love the amp dynos too but who doesn't love to see a piece of equipment pushed to it's limit every now and again

[@wal]

I agree. Like some variety in my vids

[@battingthreadbeats4624]

Id almost be willing to send you one of my sundown x8s if you slap it on that Orion 5000 😂😂

[@MW-dot]

Glad you did this video you really do listen To your followers that's awesome

[@wal]

I absolutely do!! I love suggestions and if they are good ones then even better. Was that your suggestion before?? If so, great idea!!

[@Arturshadowz]

Blau blau... Blaupunktftctzzz..... smoke... ... but worth every penny. Good video!

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MysteryD]

The word you were looking for was not "fumigate".

[@wal]

The box fumigated the lab with stinky burnt coil. I feel like my Engrish teacher is watching and correcting me 😜

[@MysteryD]

@@wal thats more like it

[@TheJoshRed]

You did NOT just do that... That was a BLAUPUNKT! YOU OWE ME A BLAUPUNKT!

[@thatoneguy7566]

Josh Redman what??

[@kascott1982]

If i was him and i seen this comment i would ask for your addy and send the blowed on to ya lmao

[@tuffytoys9707]

For a single 12" sub in a car just for some decent bass That is TOP Value. Add a small power amp and a home made box and Sweet Bass for cheap. Its not a SPL competition sub but for what it does for the price, it can't be beat.

[@wal]

Could not agree more!

[@paulcampbell8696]

These things will sound just as good as any other sub at any price at moderate volume levels, as long as they are in a suitable enclosure, and aren't being driven beyond their limits to stay within their distortion limits. The "speed" people are always saying they are trying to achieve with their subwoofer is predominantly a result of having a strong midbass driver that is well crossed-over to the subwoofer. Lots of hard hitting bass notes start above 80hz before hitting deep milliseconds later. Just like in the car audio craze of the 90's, people are completely jinxed by the "Emperor's New Clothes" effect, where they think they are hearing better sound simply because they payed more for a speaker, or because that speaker is composed of high-end looking materials. Back when I used to work in a high-end shop, we used to pass the downtime doing double-blind listening tests between high and low end speaker wire, interconnects, single and bi-wire setups, and subwoofers. What we discovered was that, all things being equal, all those things sounded EXACTLY the same, even in a heavily treated room, providing a ridiculous listening environment. There is no need for high-end wires or cables. Subwoofers generally sound the same when compared to similar drivers, at moderate levels. ALL your sound quality is going to come from your speakers and your processing. Even budget amplifiers sound great if you don't push them beyond their abilities.

[@Avaddon911]

I had an American Bass 12 I got for like 70 bucks on Amazon, read the spec sheet and saw 600 watts but didn't realize it was the peak rating. I was pounding it with a 1k rms rated amp for good 4 months, it would get smelly from time to time. Started noticing it would make some weird sounds at certain frequencies, but others were loud and clear. I ended up replacing it but the sub still plays. Just sounds off on certain notes. I was dumbfounded as to what could have caused it. I've never had a sub react like that.

[@BassheadGTP]

American Bass is NOT a cheap walmart sub. I have an AB XFL 15 on 2500 watts and still plays mint. Rms is 1500.

[@Avaddon911]

@@BassheadGTP I never said it was, American Bass makes great products.

[@Zack-dk3pt]

@@Avaddon911 absolutely i have the xfl1244 and it sounds amazing. im a huge fan of hard hitting lows and the xfl1244 does it with perfection even on the low volume i can still hear the low bass which is hard to get especially since im using a smaller than spec enclosed box.

[@Avaddon911]

@@Zack-dk3pt I was definitely impressed by the quality of sound I got out of the woofer, and it took over 2x it's power rating for a good 6 months before I started noticing any problems. I'm pretty sure the issue was a voltage drop from having a bad battery in my system anyways. I replaced it and I'm running a Memphis mojo5 12 now on about 1500 rms. It's also in too small of an enclosure because I have it in the box for the AB 12. Can't wait to build a new box for it 😂😂😂

[@ਦੀਪਜੱਟ]

Its worth more than 20, it can handle 500 watts easily till a long time.

[@atticuslewis6715]

Awesome do more videos like that

[@wal]

It was not my norm, but the most fun video I’ve made in a while 😎

[@CardboardSliver]

Probably the best WalMart sub. I remember when Wally World used to sell these really nasty yellow subs, who's name I can't remember. I hooked in up to a 300 watt amp, and played some Dieselboy. Within 30 minutes it popped. The sub was supposedly 500 watts.

[@justindaily3582]

I have three eights in bass tubes, and they actually hit hard. Bought them a year ago sounds great. Got each one for twelve dollars.

[@wal]

Awe yeah 🤙

[@jeremys8360]

Do you think you could test out the Rockford p300-12? Or the p500-12p. The p500-12p is super new

[@ElectronicsForFun]

walmart sub? l guess blaupunkt isn't what they used to be. EDIT: ok l saw the end of the video and that was pretty good for a "walmart sub".

[@wal]

Just a name, but honestly a $60 sub for $20...deal!

[@carltonslaine7756]

But still it's still a good sub only If you push it past 900/ or over Remember all subs can be blown if you go over the recommended Power in watts only better to Play them aat the save power And you will have no problem Peace out brother

[@speedcore2k]

Well, take 10 of these subs for a nice install for only 200$, would give it a try :)

[@wal]

I know, right?

[@barrygoldwater9450]

I bought 25 dollar 15 inch pyles for a little bass in my house, they have honest to God exceeded my expectations by 1000%. I guess manufacturing is just that good now. Hopefully they continue to function.

[@wal]

barry goldwater wow, that’s a steal!!

[@DrHarryT]

11.2Amps across 3.2ohms will consume 401.4Watts, (that will drop as the coil gets warmer) so it is safe to say that 10A Slow blow fuse will protect the speaker. That would allow for an average of 36V across the speaker which would pull around 34 Amps off the 12V supply. There are variables such as the power factor of the amplifier'ss internal power conversion system and actual supply voltage. I used to have some EV Force 10's and 12's which had fins on the back of the magnetic center post backplate for heat dissipation. They were rated 150W continuous/600W peak with a freq response of 75-7000Hz for the 10"s and 65-7000Hz for the 12's. The were considered full range musical instrument loudspeakers. They were loud, with a SPL (1w@1meter) of 105db and provided very accurate reproduction of the sound waves.

[@wal]

Car audio amps had speaker fusing at one time. Interesting this game up

[@supadupa6891]

You should do more woofer reviews. Do it for SCIENCE!! 😂😁 I hate they dont make these dual 4 ohm

[@johnlewis1828]

Once apon a time, Bluapunkt made some decent gear (in Europe). Now it's just a cheapo brand that nobody takes seriously

[@wal]

Yep, cheap stuff for sure. These subs are decent for budget bangers though 👈😬

[@msh6865]

Dereck, I've had 4 of these sitting here for a couple weeks for use in the $150 SPL Challenge. Haven't opened them up. Did yours come with any recommendations for enclosure size? Obviously for SPL purposes, you might want to raise the port tuning but, I'm thinking these might be okay in the right size box for a daily beater work vehicle as well. Just need to find the right size for enclosure. 👍

[@wal]

Nope, but I’m trying them in the big RF ported Box I have the PWR12’s in right now.

[@luder82si]

An actual review with these types of tests, I know most of these subs are junk but I've heard some great cheap subs. Infinity reference being great for no money!

[@wal]

Infinity never disappoints

[@Matp345]

Got I hope nobody complained about a $20 sub from Walmart. Never owned a blaupunkt sub. Only a set of 6.5 components that actually blew me away. I love that enclosure, it reminds me of better times like when Streetglow started getting popular

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@elmerhomero666]

Sience? how many hours can mantain 400W? conclusion?

[@bucketmouthinc82]

I love when you test out cheap car audio shit. I actually bought a few things you tested for my GF and her sons truck. They were happy.

[@ziggamon]

Feel the Bass -DJ Magic Mike LOL I remember going to Best Buy or Circuit City when I was a teenager, wrecking all their subs on display with that song and pissing the store managers off. LMAO

[@wal]

👈😂

[@sorrok2]

i have 2, 12in blaupunkt subs pushing 1600 watts. idk how they haven't blown but its been 2 years. Still going strong.

[@weenieroastpyro5497]

I have the 10 inch version of that Blaupunkt sub driving it with a Blaupunkt 560w rms class D amp. I am still pleased with it a year later for a budget sub situation.

[@rolfbach2721]

I ran all blaupunk highs and mids back in 96 along with ppi sadona and 3 jl's they sounded amazing i wish you wold do this to more subs

[@lainleddy8421]

You are the Dr. Phil of Subwoofers👌🏼👌🏼

[@wal]

If I made as much as Dr Phil then I’d make more vids 😬

[@KayKashi]

I just love the way the box looks

[@kevace1985]

We need more videos like this.....it was great

[@docgray5004]

I'm overdue to subscribe...been to a few of your vids for the dynos. Would love to see more sub test. You are a standard sir.

[@docgray5004]

The moment I realize this is from March 17 2019....not 2021.

[@CactusJack252]

I'm actually impressed it handled that amount power for that long.

[@wal]

Me too!

[@MichaelLivingston-me]

When you read the specs • ~ 4 lb magnet, 2 inch VC, and the cone and surround looked good. I would say those speakers are exceptional for the money. Just 1 of those in my car would be more than sufficient at producing ample bass. Fortunately I have the good sense to not listen to anything above 110 dB for extended periods and still have good hearing. I like music, not loud out of proportion booms. That Blaupunkt handling more than 500 watts tells me it's plenty loud.

[@wal]

It is sufficient for most people who just want some thump

[@emamir1971]

I am trying to see on your acrylic box if its ported or sealed, I can't tell 100%. As you know the subwoofer will perform differently when running in a sealed box vs a ported one.

[@xtv007]

Good video. Is it safe to say they'll take 250w rms for years on end? Asking for a friend!

[@wal]

Sure seems like it

[@KC8YPK]

I have not watched yet, I do own three of these subs. Bought them last summer at my local WalMart. Currently they are in a box, all three in independent chambers around 1.1 - 1.2 cubic foot each. Wired in parallel at 1.3 Ohms, they was connected to the sub channel of my RF T1000x5AD seeing about 700 watts. The hit hard, enough that the roof of my car rippled, flexed impressively. Only issue box consumed to much space, went a single 12. I miss the hit one could hear a block away, but enjoy having my hatch back. Now the box sits in my home office serving as my printer table, sad. will watch video later today... thanks

[@wal]

Thanks for the feedback!!

[@markeithcash]

I have something similar in my Accord. Im pushing mine off a 500BD mono with a JVC head unit. Bass heavy tracks are crazy. I can give myself a instant headache if I choose. It's almost dangerous to have so much bass for so little money. I paid 135 for 3 new woofers and a triple sealed box.