Skar Audio Single 10" Complete 2,000 Watt EVL Series Subwoofer Bass Package - Includes Loaded Enclosure with Amplifier

This deserves a full review, I dont normally leave long reviews but I want everyone to know how amazing my experience has been with SKAR.I've been in the stereo game for 22 years. As I got older parts of my equipment got sold off with my vehicles and eventually ended up with no system at all. Fast forward to my latest vehicle, the stock system was horrible. Offensive even. So I priced out Skars 6×8 complete with amp and wiring kit. And a single EVL series 12" sub complete kit with amp and wiring. Below is my experience from placing the order to final product.Price: I have built systems in the past easily exceeding $20k. I spend $700 with SKAR for the loaded 12" EVL sub, 1500 watt sub amp, four 6×8 component speakers, the 500 watt 4 channel amp, and the complete wiring kit for both amps. I literally don't know how they can sell this stuff so cheap but I am extremely happy. 10 years ago this same system from one of the big name brand companies could easily climb over $5k. The price tag made this purchase a no brainer.Shipping:I placed my order for the sub kit and 6×8 kit on a thursday late afternoon. The sub was set to arrive in one week and the 6×8s on that saturday. To my surprise I came home of Friday to the SUBWOOFER at my door! What? Then saturday the 6×8s came right on time. I was able to begin the installation a full week ahead of schedule!Build Quality and Kit Completeness:As a former Car Audio installer I can easily tell when I'm going to have issues with a kit or a component. First item I unboxed was the loaded sub, I was absolutely shocked at hle heavy it was. It must be about 70 pounds! For a single 12" enclosure! As soon as I laid eyes on it I was blown away. Not only is the speaker impressive but the enclosure is clean and very well thought out. Made of very heavy and thick material. I'm guessing its 3/4" MDF. Then on to the amps, very well packaged and clean. The amps look awesome in black with the heat sync fins on the sides. All my stuff is black so I loved that. The wiring kits were awesome too, I have purchased "wiring kits" before that leave out important things so I went out and bought crimp on eyelets and solder joints. Well I didn't need to. The terminal ends on the battery cables came installed and insulated with heat shrink. 😍😍 for the first time ever a kit with everything you need to install and then some! I had SO MUCH left over I was wondering if I forgot something. The kit even comes with beefy in-line fuses.Install Process:Install was a breeze, mostly because the wiring kits are so complete that I never had to run out to buy anything at all. Everything pluged right in and worked flawlessly.Sound Quality and Tunability:Ok, keep in mind I have been in this game for 22 years on a professional level and have seen and heard just about everything under the sun. Theres always two types of people I installed for, the subwoofer guys who want to pop people's eye balls out at car shows. And the guys who want the most accurate audio quality possible. Ready for this?? This modest SKAR setup does both flawlessly. Initially it took about 30 minutes to dial in my crossovers, and levels and tune my equalizer in my head unit but after a little tweaking this system is out of this world. I listen to all types of music, some deep hitting old school B.I.G. to metal core to R&B. Sometimes bluegrass, Dave Matthew's Band, etc. Usually I would have to adjust my system to sound good for each song with my past systems. Not so with this. It's so clear and clean that all I do is adjust my sub levels with the included remote knob. First thing I checked was the sub output, I dont have a DB meter anymore but my ass meter tells me its somewhere into the 125+db range. I've not pushed it too hard yet but this thing blew me away. Not only is there no drop off down to about 32hz but it moves the air like my old 8000 watt dual 15" setup. No one can believe the bass coming from this modest single 12" EVL setup. And i still have most of my trunk space. Ok but now what about low volume and fullness of sound quality? Stellar. The way I tune my systems is I get my component speakers dialed in where I want them with good miss bass, mids, highs and "tweets" and I fade the bass off around 320hz. Then I have the crossover on the sub fade off around 400hz. Wow, just wow. I played some acoustic guitar on it and it was like sitting at a concert. So clear. So crisp, strong midbass and excellent clarity from the built in tweeters. The sub picks up all the low mids and lows perfectly without having any flares in any frequencies or drop outs that I could hear. Just smooth clear music the way i would imagine the recording studio would hear it. And when you want to crank it, holy crap does it get loud! I mean it hurts! I cant listen to it super loud for long! And it doesnt distort. Even to the point of being painful it's clear as a bell!Conclusion:For the cost of one alpine 12" subwoofer you can have a full system that will destroy the name brand stuff. On a scale of 1-10 on quality, clarity and completeness I give it 11 in all 3 categories. I'm absolutely blown away. Do your ears a favor and pull the trigger on some SKAR equipment. It doesnt disappoint.

Kind of shocking what an 8" will do. Skar gets a lot of hate, but nothing about the packaging or product indicates low quality. I feel I've received good value for my money.Update: The tuning of the box is a bit annoying. There is an amazing amount of gain near tuning, then it falls off a cliff below. For most music it hits really nice, but bass tracks that dig deep the sub leaves much to be desired. Starboy and similar tracks play amazing, but Killshot is basically unplayable. Bass just disappears below tuning. Blueberry yum yum is another difficult track. First part of beat hits nice, when it drops it quiets to a whisper. I like them 30's -N- Low's, so leaves me wanting. I wouldn't mind trading some gain for a bit lower F3. Otherwise I'm satisfied. This is in-cab with a 2nd gen xB. A hatchback or similar compact car this package will do nicely, stuffed in a trunk maybe not so much.

Great sounding package ! I was blown away

The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 is the speaker box has a unpleasant odor. I'm sure it'll eventually stop smelling funky. As for the sound.... This puppy slaps, HARD! It has the ability to hit all but the very lowest frequencies, the 12" would pick those up, but the 10" can't quite tackle the super low stuff, everything else make my side view mirrors vibrate like crazy. I'm very impressed, I haven't even turned the bass nob up past 50% yet, after breaking it in I will see how hard it can hit.All the comments about this sounding better than 2 12's is no joke, it punches way above its weight class. Mack Lethal's song "Angel of death" ft. Tech nine is very nice mice, so are a lot of Yelawolf's "Pop the trunk" "Daddy's Lambo" and "Rowdy" are noteworthy for sure!

It’s not 5000w as posted it only 2000 but it’s still loud asf and if you have a lil trunk don’t worry it still fits I got a 2016 Buick Verano and it just barely fits the arms may rub up against each other a bit it keeps it secure But you can’t run it over 30-40 minutes I think the amp gets to hot and it cuts off for 3 minutes and it won’t let me post a picture or video

Awesome quality ,sound is way better than expected for an 8” sub all of it is well built not too big so it fit well in my truck super easy set up

The media could not be loaded. Extremely powerful setup for just one 12, and they’re extremely durable. The SDRs i had previously from skar kept blowing but this EVL seems solid. Make sure to set your gains right. Don’t touch the bass boost setting lol. Great for the priceUpdate—>Ive put this single 12” setup through 9 months of horrible abuse and it’s held up well. Buy this you won’t regret it

This is so loud. I can set off car alarms. It sounds like I have a bag of nickels in my trunk. It makes my nose itch and you can’t hear anything going on in the car