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Price Paid:
$150.00
from audiogon Summary: I am going to give my quick two cents...since it is very similar to all the other reviews. This sub sounds great. At first when I hooked it up I was not happy. I had it cranked and there wasn't that much bass. After repositioning it(in the same corner, only shifted it a little), changing the phase to 180 and using a Y cable to go into both RCA inputs I was blow away. I had to back off the wolume to almost 50% just to not have it be too boomy. It took a little while to get it dialed in, but once it was this baby roars. I do have to control the volume a little from movies vs music. You have to have some good bass for movies, but I like to keep it balanced for music. So I have to turn it down just a little to get a great blend from sub to mains for music. When watching "War of the Worlds" recently, the first action scene when all the lightning is hitting the ground gave this baby a great workout. If you haven't seen it yet it is definatly worth the watch. Especially when testing out a subwoofer. It kind of puked out once when I had it really blasting during that scene, but normally I would never have it that loud unless I wanted to get kicked out out of my apartment. So be aware that it does have its limits, but they are farther that I need to reach. It is very realistic when listing to music. It doesn't sound like one big bass fart. You can actually hear the low notes. I know expesive subs this is not an issue, but lower priced subs like this one it can be a problem. It definatly comes recommeded for a first time HT builder looking for something to get started. At least that's what it is for me. Who knows...maybe it will stick around a while. Strengths: Lots of volume for the money. Nice sound for music and movies. Nice switching options such as phase and crossover. Weaknesses: Does have its limit(can't be pushed to knock down a wall). Auto on doesn't always react(DD and DTS are fine, but when doing Prologic and others like it, it doesn't always fire up right away).
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