Stereo Sub-woofer

[Bob Fields]

A sub woofer should be exposed at least half. Meaning you don't need a grill covering the speaker just half of it.

I have seen (and heard) the installation of which you and yes, the system performance will be much better when you open it up.

A sub woofer in this enclosed space cannot possibly work correctly and is not comparable to a vehicle trunk. I know they are looking at changing this, but you will need to do the mod yourself as it was simply an installation preference...

Let me/us know if you need other ideas.

[DAISY BOYKIN]

My sub was installed under the TV behind the two door all the way at the floor. It was positioned exactly between the two doors facing to the left on the 8285WS towards the water filter/ pump compartment. The door on the right had the screen on it for ???????????

I removed the speaker, turned it around so it was facing to the screen door. we store several seldom used items in this compartment that has to do with the kitchen. This left the sub speaker "CONE" unprotected from damage of those items. Lowe's has a white speaker grill that will cover and protect the sub cone from damage, this I purchased and installed.

[kbrown1075]

I have done high end audio in homes and mega yachts, and these are my recommendations for a sub woofer. Allow air movement between the sub and the listening room. It does not matter where in the room it is or facing (other than facing a wall). It does not matter whether it is high or low in the room. The sub is bass. The cone in the speaker moves air quickly, which makes your ears sense it and makes you feel it depending on the adjustment. It can be behind a couch, chair, in a vented wall, vented cabinet (make sure you pad the door so they don't rattle), just about anywhere in the listening room. Good luck and have fun!

[Killman]

Thanks Bob and everyone else for responding. I was pretty positive that it was an installation preference to install it the way that they did. I think that I will end up just getting a grill cover and installing it on the false door panel and that is probably the cheapest and easiest thing to do.
Thanks again everyone for your input!

[Dock]

Originally Posted by bclemens

A subwoofer shouldn't need to be exposed to function. It's bass...in many cars you put it in the trunk. That's weird.

Could you tell me what kind of Sub ,and is it on a Seperate Amp? belive it or not my RV came with a Cobie (POSX10) I can't tell the difference unless I put a sock in the port. I would love to put a Alpine Sub or something like that ,But running a Hot wire to the bat seems Impossible. Any thoughts ,Thanks Dock

[Big Vic]

A question for those of you who have the Concertone/Genesis 5.1 system with subwoofer. Are you getting much out of your sub? I can barely hear anything coming out of it, even with the bass level turned up all the way. It is not dead, I can see the speaker moving slightly, but there is not much coming out of it, even though the other 5 small speakers seem to be fine with plenty of volume.

I realize that a sub is more for feeling the vibrations than hearing a sound, but I have heard other subs with much more sound than my has.

[87CrewDually]

Originally Posted by Big Vic

A question for those of you who have the Concertone/Genesis 5.1 system with subwoofer. Are you getting much out of your sub? I can barely hear anything coming out of it, even with the bass level turned up all the way. It is not dead, I can see the speaker moving slightly, but there is not much coming out of it, even though the other 5 small speakers seem to be fine with plenty of volume.

I realize that a sub is more for feeling the vibrations than hearing a sound, but I have heard other subs with much more sound than my has.

I was hardly getting anything out of mine either. I ended up taking the speaker grill down to expose the connections, 2 on each side of the speaker. I simply switched one pair of wires to the terminals and the sub came alive. It was wired backwards from the factory.

[f1100turbo]

My sub is mounted under the the steps of my 5er
2011 32bhok-6 . No grill whatsoever kinda dumbbell in
my opinion. Going to investigate this soon.

[KyDan]

Originally Posted by Big Vic

A question for those of you who have the Concertone/Genesis 5.1 system with subwoofer. Are you getting much out of your sub? I can barely hear anything coming out of it, even with the bass level turned up all the way. It is not dead, I can see the speaker moving slightly, but there is not much coming out of it, even though the other 5 small speakers seem to be fine with plenty of volume.

I realize that a sub is more for feeling the vibrations than hearing a sound, but I have heard other subs with much more sound than my has.

Pete (Crew Dually) is right on.
The sub woofer is a single speaker with dual voice coils.
IF one pair of speaker wires was connected backwards at the factory
it means one coil is pushing while the other coil is pulling.
The speaker will not put out much at all.
Just take one wire pair and switch or reverse the terminals.

Good Luck!
Let us know how it turns out.

[KyDan]

Originally Posted by f1100turbo

My sub is mounted under the the steps of my 5er
2011 32bhok-6 . No grill whatsoever kinda dumbbell in
my opinion. Going to investigate this soon.

My sub is under one seat bench at the dinette.
It also had no grill.
I cut a hole in the side and installed a small cold air return grill
from Home Depot. Cost maybe $5. Looks fine.
It helped increase the sound getting out some but not as much as
I thought it would.
YMMV.