joey-09

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
i just bought this sub off a mate. well i got a 5.1 sony reciever with all 5 speakers + sub, a dual tape deck and a 5 disc sony cd player for $300 aus. so i got a pretty good deal. the sub is good. loud but boomy. i just read some of the mods and think i might drop in to the local craft store. if it can become tighter/cleaner that easy then i can't wait. i am planning on buying the jensen qx 95 sub. which runs 2 10" drivers at 250 wrms. but i have something im happy with and to fill my bass needs for now. i might come back on a write up a comparision after the mod

Price Paid:  $55.00 from ebay

Summary:
After thinking about getting a subwoofer for a long time i went for this one because of the price. I didn't expect it to be a top range woofer (SONY) but when i first used it i was realy suprised. It got far below my B&W 601's 70 Hz with an amazing deep bass efect. I didn't know you could make it better by moding it either, but after reading the reviews on here i did the mod podge and polyfil thing to it. The bass caricter is now more defined, lower and it packs even more punch. So if your looking for an affordable sub this realy is the one to get.

Strengths:
Deep bass, cheap only £55, easly moded,

Weaknesses:
?

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $240.00 from best buy

Summary:
The subwoofer sucks a waste of money

Strengths:
sucks

Weaknesses:
breakes up

J Scudder

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $89.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
I bought this subwoofer2 weeks ago to add bass to my stereo which has 2 Paradigm Monitor 5 Speakers. I felt that a small 8 in. subwoofer would handle the size room our speakers are in, and that I only needed to add the lower frequencies below 100 HZ to enhance the sound where the Paradigms start to roll off, more the idea of a woofer than subwoofer. The subwoofer put out bass with plenty of volume but lacked definition. I could hear and feel the bass, but it did not sound like the instrument that was playing the bass line, very muddy. I read the review about adding sound deadening to the cabinet, and mod podging the speaker cone. The speaker had no sound deadening in the cabinet at all, so I added polyfill, with sheets of polyfill quilt batting, layered up to about 2 inces thick, and attached to all inside surfaces, leaving a clear space around the resonance tube opening. This improved the sound some. I was reluctant to add the mod podge, until I found several other sites that confirmed the effectiveness of this treatment for all kinds of papercone speakers. I guess people have been using this for years. The improvement for the speaker in the Sony Sa-WM250 was dramatic. It cleaned up the muddiness, and the bass is now a lower extension of the bass line from the Monitor 5's. Am happy with it for all kinds of music, from classical to rock. The subwoofer is a good value if one is comfortable taking it apart to do the tweeking and not worried about possibly voiding the warranty, which the modifications might do.

Strengths:
Low price, not too large, good volume for a smaller room. Can be modified to give more musical bass.

Weaknesses:
Needs to be modified for cleaner bass. No automatic power on.

Similar Products Used:
Acoustic suspension 3 way speakers with 12 in. woofers

kfilly

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $250.00 from Local Retailer

Summary:
I bought the SA-WM40 because my original stereo had absolutely no bass when in surround mode. At the time, I was on a fairly tight budget so I decided I would take a chance. I am by know means a Sony fan especially for audio stuff. When I hooked the sub up, I got what I expected from a Sony product/speaker. I am currently upgrading my stereo, and I was in the process of getting ready to list the sub on eBay. I was going to purchase a new and better sounding unit. As a starting point in the purchasing process, I started checking reviews of different subs to see which one sounded the best. For laughs, I went to see how the Sony I bought had rated. I read a few reviews, and I found out that is easy to modify the sub to make it sound better. I followed the modifications (treating the speker cone with Mod Podge and insulating the interior of the enclosure with poly-film), and I have to say that I am quite impressed. The sub got a second lease on life at least in my eyes. It sounds good with all of my other speakers which are Cerwin Vegas (RE-25 Fronts, CLS-6C Center, VE-5M Surrounds).

Strengths:
Decent amount of bass. It shakes my house. It sounds pretty good after being modified. Low price to buy and modify the speaker.

Weaknesses:
Had to modify the speaker to get it to sound better. Sony should have done those things from the start.

Similar Products Used:
First powered sub

Cerwin Vega speakers
Harman Kardon 7.1 receiver