acr89

My 993 OEM Hi-Fi system is anemic and I don’t want to take the plunge on a full speaker and amp replacement job quite yet. To tide me over I picked up a Pioneer TS-WX010A for $100 on eBay and installed it under the passenger seat, right next to the OEM Nokia amp. The dimensions of the Pioneer amp are exceptionally compact : 9"W x 2-3/4"H x 4-5/8"D

50w RMS is nothing to write home about, but with a max 4.2a draw, I was able to tap into the HU’s power wire rather than run to the battery in the frunk. My Continental HU doesn’t have RCA outputs, but the Pioneer has both RCA and speaker level inputs so I just grabbed those behind the HU and ran everything down and through the center console. I could have gotten these signals at the amp under the seat, but did not want to remove the seat to do so.

Result is what you would expect from a sub of this size/power. It won’t rattle the rear view mirror but it gives the Hi-Fi system a much needed fuller sound. I secured the sub with industrial strength Velcro so I can easy access the gain and high pass settings on its underside.

Anyway, I wanted to share this option for anyone else who is looking to enhance the OEM hi-fi system, but doesn’t want to do a full-blown system replacement or sacrifice footwells or backseats for a subwoofer.

Cactus

Does anyone currently make a small sub like this?

acr89

the Pioneer subs are still currently available from Crutchfield etc

Gareth H

I had one of these in my Aero 8 and Exige, did a great job of supplementing the stock speakers

gbgastowers

Powered Subwoofer under passenger seat. 8” woofer

2 channel amp running all front speakers. Head unit internal amp running 2 rears in 96 conv

acr89

non Hifi car?

gbgastowers

Correct

Replaced all speakers and original door tweeter connected

JPS

So you just stuck it under the seat? 8" sub?

gbgastowers

Heavy duty Velcro

911Jeff

Subwoofers (and woofers and tweeters) in my 993

JB 911

This looks like a promising mod. Several dailies I've had have small subwoofers and the overall sound of the system seems notably better/fuller than those without. If you didn't want to tap into the head units power supply like the op did what would be the alternative route to power the sub?

acr89

you could tap into power under the seat where the factory amp is. I just didn’t want to look up the pinout, and it was easy to tap behind the head unit since I needed to grab audio signal from there too. To be clear, the subwoofer doesn’t make a ton of impact, but simply makes the sound more full. You will not feel a bass drum kick in your chest or vibrate the mirrors but it’s definitely an improvement over the stock system.

gbgastowers

. The sub has its own amp to power it. You can tap into a power wire behind head unit to wire it in. This little powered sub makes a huge difference and I even have to turn the gain down

Chuck A.

Those who have mounted a small sub under the passenger seat, do you have standard or the sport seat option?

I have the hard-backed sports seats and unless the seat is raised all the way up and pulled almost fully forward, there's no way one of these subs would fit.

gbgastowers

Standard comfort seats