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So I recently bought an 300WATTS Blaupunkt 8” under seat powered subwoofer looking for tips and installation guides. I ordered a LOC (low output converter) as well. Please any tips, guides, and photos will be appreciated!

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My only advice would be to consider installing it in the trunk. That particular unit seems to have reliability issues that, I assume, are heat related. You could use the rear speakers for the input and focus your EQ settings to make the fronts sound best; then dial in the sub to taste. Of course; you still have to run power, ground, and remote wires to it. And the power rating is 300 watts peak; not RMS. So it's really a 100 watt sub.

Maybe run a temporary power source and see how it sounds before taking the plunge.

Good luck.
 

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My only advice would be to consider installing it in the trunk. That particular unit seems to have reliability issues that, I assume, are heat related. You could use the rear speakers for the input and focus your EQ settings to make the fronts sound best; then dial in the sub to taste. Of course; you still have to run power, ground, and remote wires to it. And the power rating is 300 watts peak; not RMS. So it's really a 100 watt sub.

Maybe run a temporary power source and see how it sounds before taking the plunge.

Good luck.
I don't believe it is quite that bad :
300 watts peak is 300 *(square root of 2) = 300 * 0.707 = 212 RMS

Still looking at a 30A fuse for the power, and pretty heavy gauge +12v Power line !!
Won't run long without the engine running if you turn it up high !!!


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https://www.reference.com/science/convert-1-watt-rms-2ede9a0a9fddd047
 

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Yeah. Their product page says 100 RMS/ 300 Peak. So who knows!

They also spelled 'base' incorrectly' :) So there's that.

But I hope it works. We all could use some more bass.
 
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My only advice would be to consider installing it in the trunk. That particular unit seems to have reliability issues that, I assume, are heat related. You could use the rear speakers for the input and focus your EQ settings to make the fronts sound best; then dial in the sub to taste. Of course; you still have to run power, ground, and remote wires to it. And the power rating is 300 watts peak; not RMS. So it's really a 100 watt sub.

Maybe run a temporary power source and see how it sounds before taking the plunge.

Good luck.
I installed it under the front seat to be honest It sound amazing
 


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Coolness. I'm glad it worked out well for ya'.
 

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Did you end up using the high low converter? Which one? And how did you wire it?

(Im currently installing an underseat as well)



I installed it under the front seat to be honest It sound amazing
 
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Did you end up using the high low converter? Which one? And how did you wire it?

(Im currently installing an underseat as well)
I used the PAC SNI-15 2 CHANNEL ADJUSTABLE LINE OUTPUT CONVERTER 10:1 REDUCTION NEW AUDIO, wired directly from my back speakers
 

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May I ask why the back speakers?

It seems everyone recommends tapping the fronts
 


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Backs are easier to get to. Fronts will give you better sound. The rear speakers do not get the full range of output from the HU.
 

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I wanted to leave room for legs under the seats and space in the boot
I bought an active spare tyre 11" subwoofer with amplifier that has a high level input
so far I have connected it to the rear speakers, it was a quick and easy way at the sedan
I plan to order the LC2i and then connect the to front speakers and the amplifier to the LC2i via the RCA cable

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I wanted to leave room for legs under the seats and space in the boot
I bought an active spare tyre 11" subwoofer with amplifier that has a high level input
so far I have connected it to the rear speakers, it was a quick and easy way at the sedan
I plan to order the LC2i and then connect the to front speakers and the amplifier to the LC2i via the RCA cable

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That's neat! What do those run cost wise? Also, what sort of specs?
 

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That's neat! What do those run cost wise? Also, what sort of specs?
I decided between:
Nakamichi NBF150 - 2 x 5x9" sub and 120W - https://nakamichicaraudio.com/products/nakamichi-nbf150a
Pioneer TS-WX610 - 2 x 4" sub and 200W - https://www.pioneer-car.eu/eur/products/ts-wx610a/specifications
JBL BASSPRO HUB (not available in my country) 1 x 11" - 200W - https://www.jbl.com/car-subwoofers/JBL+BASSPRO+HUB.html
finally I decided for ESX VISION V1100A - 1 x 11" sub 150W - https://www.esxaudio.de/english/vision-v1100a-active-subwoofer-system.html
with spec:
28 cm (11”) Active Subwoofer System
Integrated Class A/B Amplifier
1 x 150 Watts RMS / 1 x 300 Watts MAX
LP 50-150 Hz, Bass Boost 0-12dB @ 45 Hz
Frequency Range 20 – 150 Hz
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