Pioneer A-Series TS-A3000LS4 12” Subwoofer – 1500W Max, Shallow-Mount Design, Deep Bass in Tight Spaces, Compact, Slim, Truck/Car Subwoofer

These subs rock. Super goodbye and well worth double the amount for a small enclosure does not have that deep deafening base of a deeper sub, but definitely grabs a hold of all the notes that I have the amp tune to. I’m only pushing them at about half amp the subs do not have that distorted Dead sound like some Cell amount subs have.

I was able to fit this under my back seat of 20 f150. It sounds great despite the size. I’d recommend for small areas.

At first, I thought I was about to regret these. They sounded very flat and low but after breaking them in for a week and tuning the amp (Rockford Fosgate R1200-1D), they now sound amazing. They hit highs and lows better and have a bit more punch than my previous non-shallow Kickers. They are a perfect fit in my 2023 double cab Tacoma. Best bang for your buck. Will update if they fail early or anything changes.

Bought a pair of these 12" shallow-mount Pioneers and they dropped into my low-profile enclosure just fine (didn't need to enlarge cutout if sub was too big or mount screws at odd angle if sub too small..), they thump HARD af, i was tired of my old dual 12 sealed box taking up so much space and got low-profile box which wouldn't contain my 2 Kicker 12s (exceeds mounting depth of box) so these shallow-mount Pioneer work well. Audio Quality is not quite as deep of bass as bigger box obviously (speakers aside) but for me, it's worth the "space vs bass" trade-off. Twas hard to find dual 12 shallow sealed box (most are for pickup trucks and too wide for me) but i scored a PAIR of single 12" low-profile sealed boxes on sale for 52 USD then bolted them together thru the middle. Also stuffed abt 8 oz of polyfill in each box (filled box nicely, could put more but didn't want it too packed/dense and start resisting the cone); never sound-tested w/o polyfill but maybe one day.. wise man buys 200-300 watt RMS subs like these Pioneer because they last forever, i started w/ cheaper 100-150 watt RMS subs for under 100 USD but ALWAYS one will fail after 2-3 yrs.. then it is hard to find new sub that matches working one because spkr manufacturers update the models every 2 yrs.. shame on me for swapping-out subs every 2-3 yrs over 15 yrs before thinking of getting higher-wattage subs. Hope this helps, thx for reading, have a wonderful day fellow audiophiles

For the price you can't go wrong. I'm only putting 300 watts into it and it hit hard and sounds great.

I built two custom sealed subwoofer enclosures for underneath the back seat of my truck out of MDF and fully sound-deadened. One enclosure has an Infinity 12-in shallow mount subwoofer, and the other one has this Pioneer 12-in shallow mount sub. When I isolate each side, the Infinity doesn't perform any better or worse than this Pioneer. They're both being driven by a Taramps amp pushing about 200 W RMS per channel.They're both about equal. Either one would be a good bet for your project. I like to mix & match speakers in my systems, because I feel like it gives a fuller sound covering a broader range of frequencies, as each speaker typically performs better in some areas than others. With these I find that they're more or less equal to the competition in the same price range, so I think you're just as good with either choice.Frequency wise these really get down low and hit the deepest notes in my music. You'd probably need a larger enclosure to get down below 30 HZ, but I think these pretty much touch the bottom. Because I'm running sealed enclosures rather than ported larger enclosures, I don't know how well these perform in ported boxes, and I understand that they're not designed for those, because they have a shorter throw (being shallow-mount.) But for my sealed enclosures, they sound incredible. I'm happy with the hundred bucks I spent.

Item did not last 20 minutes. It gave out pretty quick. Sounds amazing while it’s working though.

I bought 2 of these pioneer shallow subwoofers. I paired it with a Class D mono Pioneer amp recommended by Pioneer.Purchased on March 25, installed on April 4th, not even a month and the subs are dead. They shut off on my way to work. I checked them and they are just rattling when I tap on them with my finger.I would not recommend. Sorry, these are the first shallow subs that I've tried, and I am not impressed. I used to bang the pioneers CHAMPION SERIES PRO TS-W3004SPL, hence, I thought I give Pioneer another shot.