Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I was reading another reviews about this subwoofer, also I've heard a lot of state-of-art hi-fi brands who offer nice and expensive audio components, but nothing to do with this Sony sub.

I had my impression just before buy it that Sony wasn't a serious audio manufacturer, because they are a lot commercial brand just for the common market and when I meet this sub I thought well, I'm going to proof it and just nothing else, and when I brought this sound box to my home I've connected to the amp with a common RCA cable and I had a nice bass sound.

Never mind with this cheap cable, I confirm that a correct and finest cable makes the difference in sound and quality and I bought a free-oxigen and 24k gold covered AR cable, just I've connected this cable to the subwoofer so ... THE MAXIMUM DIFFERENCE, incredible deep-shake sound, powerful and strong bass, totally amazed with the experience.

No way about it this model is cheap of different in comparision with another manufacturer, Sony made the best when they produced the SA-WM40 model, this one has rear controls for power and frecuency, the switch for normal and reverse, auto on when this captures a sound signal (stand by mode), and the true deep sound comes from the rear, there is nothing in sound as like if it would be "winding", the bass invades the room and is a terrific complement for a home theater system.

I'm very happy with this sub, because I use to enjoy movies and music in the same scale so I have to say this subwoofer is one of the best in its class just for quality and price, isn't the state-of-art article but kick a lot of .... well just for enjoying as well as you can, no more.

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