Best of the Best

At sometime during the 1970s, somebody decided to drop a home woofer in a car and the rest is history. No single component makes as big of an improvement on sound quality in a vehicle as a subwoofer. While most people think that a woofer is just about going boom-boom, they don’t understand how much the subwoofer improves overall impact and clarity of music if properly used. When I sold car audio in a retail store, we used to have a setup that allowed us to play a woofer in a customer’s vehicle. This demo, while rather simple, was highly effective in helping improve systems. Once you hear a woofer in your own car, you’ll have a hard time listening to music without one.

The basic technology of a subwoofer hasn’t changed much since the 70s but the refinement of materials and how the subwoofer is designed and built has helped to make subwoofers more efficient and much more durable in an automotive environment. A modern subwoofer for an automobile may look just like a woofer from a home stereo, but in reality they are worlds apart. If you are a music aficionado, one subwoofer will most likely suit your needs, but if you want the hard core slamming experience of bass that you can only get in a vehicle, you’ll be buying as many as you can fit.

Regardless of the experience that you want, all of my top five list are excellent subwoofer. The overall amount of bass just depends upon how many subwoofers you add and how much power (see amplifiers) you put to them. I picked these based upon two criteria, first that they provide the most accurate bass reproduction and second by which ones have the most durable performance.