Pyle PLBW124 Blue Wave 12" Woofer

Let's just start this review out with the acknowledgement that at $40 I knew exactly what I was buying. Pyle of today is not the Pyle Industries of Indiana USA I knew in the 1980s, ‘course a dual-wound 10” polypropylene woofer ‘Pyle Driver' actually cost MORE than this latest one in the '80s.Let's start with the pros and then lead to the cons.Pros1. Very inexpensive.2. Visually looks decent.3. Adequate natural resonance.Cons1. Very lightly constructed, the chrome basket is plastic, NOT steel, it flexes quite a bit. Tighten the speaker enclosure screws as if you were working on a carburettor so as to not warp the rim of the basket and badly tweak the voice coil clearance.2. The terminals are made of a very light gauge metal with meagre springs, they rattle.3. The injection moulded speaker cone isn't actually polypropylene. The polypropylene ‘cone' is glued atop a fairly stout and thick _paper_ cone. It is also not ANYWHERE near as metallic-looking as the example photo.4. The vented pole has a strong metal perforated vent with holes, buuutt they are too small, it whistles.5 The general fit and finish are exactly as one would expect.ObservationsThis is a sloppily made speaker and this extends into the included printed materials. The box itself shows both 1000w and 1200w rating. The printed sheet boasts “Blg Rubber” and “Bule Chrome” typos. The blue nonstructural plastic dcor on the back even when tight also rattles, removing it shows how shoddy the threads and fasteners are.So, where does this leave things?There are no superlatives. For the price, it's not great, but it also isn't a $1,000 Sundown Audio NS-10.There are better designed and assembled budget subwoofers out there for nearly the same cost.Look elsewhere.

Great sound and great price

The problem is they show two subs and send you just one I don't think that its right to false advertisements

Right out of the box this sub worked once for testing. I boxed it up and built a custom box. Installed it and it's dead after about 3 songs. No, I wasn't pushing it too hard either, I built a custom box, used air specs for the sub and it died almost immediately.

This subwoofer was advertised at 1200w but is only 600w rms which i didnt see anywhere. The sound quality is not good and i heard crackling well below 600w. I received the speaker in a smashed box and the subwoofer had torn itself through the cardboard holding it in place, meaning it was most likely dropped at least once. The fit and finish of the speaker is honestly not good, the plastic has a weird smell and it just looks crappy. I would recommend you look elsewhere

Awesome