Updated Review!! Added active LOC and now this thing blows me away!!
I needed to come back and update my review. I was not impressed with the Hideaway on initial purchase. But since my original review I have done a lot of research and also bought a new car.
I took the Hideaway out of my Hyundai when I traded it in for a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I had bought an Audio Control LC2i active line out converter (LOC) to see if I could get any improvement out of the Hideaway. First off, I think I had a short in one of my audio cables running to Hideaway. I tripple checked connections this time and added the LOC. I installed the Hideaway under my front driver seat.
Well? Oh my god! Wow! Holy smokes. I am beside myself with the difference. I feel like I went from 0 to 1000 with the difference. I'm almost speechless with how well this now sounds. And boy, with the unit under the driver's seat I can not only hear pretty dang decent low end, but I can FEEL it too. My entire body is reverberating from the bass. It seems to "mostly" be isolated to chest thumping in my seat, the rear view mirror isn't vibrating but I've gone from "meh" to "hell ya!". If you get a Hideaway, get an LC2i LOC. It's worth it. I'm a believer now
Old Review:
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I bought this item refurbished for approx. $150.00 (down from $220.00 new), my stock Stereo in my Hyundai Santa Fe Sport was lacking "a bit" in the low end department, and I wanted to add something that could be installed without having to modify my SUV, and hide away the speaker, but get the benefit of the added sound.
This being my first aftermarket SUB install, I got pretty OCD about it - spent several hours hooking up large gauge wire (4 gauge to the battery and ground) - I bought a separate amp wire kit for this.
I didn't want to splice into my existing stock unit, so I found an wiring harness for my stock radio that added RCA out. I was a little disappointed that I had to add in RCA jacks to the Kicker Hideaway - and the official Kicker brand ones that are mentioned in the instruction guide are not even sold anymore.
Finally after hooking everything up, I was underwhelmed with the output - I turn all channels on this thing all the way to full, and it just fills in the sound a bit - certainly no vibrations, just a little added range. I went back through the wiring and also hooked my phone directly up to the inputs on this thing just to make sure my RCA/line out from my stereo wasn't causing a decrease in output - nope, it just doesn't do that much of a job.
I could see if I had a small pick up truck enclosure with small door speakers and ZERO bass, how this could really help. But for me - well, I just wasn't that impressed for the money spent. I'll use it for a few months, then I'll probably re-sell it on craigslist and go for something with a little more oomph.
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