Active Subwoofer vs Free Air/Enclosed Subwoofer Hi guys, Overview
A friend of mine has recently just purchased a used Fiat Palio 1.6 GTX and we were discussing the ICE install for the same. This car has come with a Blaupunkt headunit & 4 Blaupunkt speakers. 2 in the front doors & 2 in the boot in the stock locations. I believe all 4 are coaxials.
We already have a pair of Pioneer 6X9s, a Pioneer 10" Sub & a Sony 444 amplifier from his previous vehicle. Now he is not the kind to spend the amount that we BHPians spend on ICE in our cars so we would like to make do with the equipment that we currently have. I have however, advised him to buy a good set of components for the front doors connected to the two channels of the amp, keep the rear coaxials & connect them directly to the headunit and connect the subwoofer to the amp in bridged mode. The Confusion
Now for some reason, my friend is very keen on installing an active subwoofer (with a built-in amp) from Blaupunkt or Soundstream instead of the current subwoofer in an enclosure. I have informed him that active subs are not very powerful & very limited in sound quality and cannot be tuned as compared to a regular sub. He wants to save boot space and is looking for an active sub that can be installed under the seat. Advice Needed
I would like to know from the Gurus as too what is the major difference between an active sub & a free air/enclosed sub & why are'nt active subs evey used in car audio setups and since they are still manufactured, when are these subs used? is it advisable to use active subwoofers in a proposed set-up as mentioned above?
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