Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I've had this product for a few years, and honestly I thought it saw a premature death. I was getting a lot rattle from the cabinet, so I took it apart and accidently shorted out the amplifier. Opps. Turns out the amp is pretty cheezy anyway. It is amazing that an amp that small could drive that big of a driver... Well I gave the thing new life by powering it with a 100 watt channel in my Adcom GFA 6000 amp. The adcom is a pretty high current, multi channel amp that could heat a small apartment, but staying on topic here... I hooked up the sub out from my audio system, sealed the driver, and bam, good as new (maybe better as the amp probably delivers more power than the built in). I still think this is a good product. Build quality and electronics are on the low end side, but this thing can move a bunch of air quickly! It has amazingly low distortion for driver of this size. A lot of people say that it isn't good for music, but I tend to disagree. I think it is much better than most subs in this range. I think it is on par sound wise with the sunfire products, which I will admit are unique because of their small size, but they are also much more expensive.

Price Paid:  $450.00

Summary:
I am pretty anal about sound quality and clean, loud sound. I bought an fsx 12 before this one and was inpressed with the sound quality and accuracy, but is just did not have any balls with only 120w rms against my klipsch mains. This unit for the money, in short, just puts a smile on my face every time I hear it. Trust me there is no music without synthisized lows that could even think of maxing this unit out. I have fed it everything in my arsinal including 18hz bass input signals and it just wants more. Bottom line, it will do everything you can get from a single 15, just a hair dirtier than the 3k subs. It is not as musical as the smaller subs as it needs good mains to compliment it as it runs very low and the mains will need to get the mid bass covered. For dvd's though, it will make your chest hurt in a good acousically sound room. I bought this sub after looking at the reviews on this site and talking with an older guy at velodyne which was very upfront and helpfull with selecting a sub for my listing style. Buy one or even two and you will be happy with the investment, trust me. If you want little to no distortion though you will love the hgs 15 as is is smaller cleaner and louder and yes more money. Brandon

Strengths:
Hits low and loud

Weaknesses:
a big box so make a corner piece out of it

Similar Products Used:
fsx 12, klipsch ksw 12(no), all polks and many others

Price Paid:  $500.00 from circuit city in marc

Summary:
Well I've had my CT-150 for a few months now and I'll say that I've been very satified with it. When I was in the market to get a Sub, I hadn't even heard of velodyne ( OK, you can stop laughing now! ). I went to circuit city with $500 planning on leaving with a Polk subwoofer. While I was auditioning the polk 450 I heard an explosion coming through the wall. My salesperson immediately got upset and went over to where the sound was coming from. He told me he would be right back but curiosity got the best of me, so I followed him. I entered the demo room that he went in. It was then that I was first introduced to velodyne subwoofers. My decision was made. The rest was history. I've used a handful of D.V.D. scenes to test my sub. For example, ATTACK scene in Pearl Harbor, 2 Dinosaurs fighting in Jurassic Park III, Pod Race scene in Star Wars Episode One and my favorite, the Troll scene in Harry Potter. All of which the velodyne ate for lunch. When the two dinosaurs fight, you feel your chest shaking. Although it's fun, it can be quite exhausting. The ct-150 has been nothing short of extraodinary. I must admit, although my other test dvds are good, I never realized how deep this sub can go until I through in Lord of the Rings last night. Unbelievable!!!!!! I you're luck enough to find one of these, don't hesitate to pick it up. Blows away everything in it's price range. enjoy. My equipment. Sony 32" wega Sony da3es receiver Sony ns300 dvd player Sony 400 disc cd player Klipsch reference rc3II center Klipsch reference rf3II towers Velodyne ct-150 Bose 301's rear Silver serpent component video Audioquest vipers Monster 2.4s Monster m1000 sub cable < good stuff!!

Strengths:
Very low bass extension. Controlled bass. Blends well with floorstanders that go down to 50hz. lots of power.

Weaknesses:
Not so great with music. large drive can be a little slow for music. It's not bad, but I've heard better. Still wouldn't trade it for anything

Price Paid:  $515.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
For all readers who are in the market for a modestly priced sub (in comparison to many other high end subs), stop right here. I spent over a month testing and re-testing subs between the price range of $400 and $700, until I stumbled on this deal. I am extremely pleased with how this Velodyne sounds. It has a very clean sound with almost limitless volume capabilities. Just to experiment, I cranked this baby up to a volume of 8 and found little distortion. Because this model is getting replaced, I would imagine that you could find some really good deals as I did.

Strengths:
Deep, deep sound Price

Weaknesses:
Might make you go sterile

Similar Products Used:
Denon AVR-1802 JBL NSP1 Toshiba 32" flat screen

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This is an addendum to my previous review. I used this monster for HT use this past weekend. I had a movie marathon and watched Matrix, US-571, Jurassic park 3, Star wars the phantom menace, fight club, and saving private ryan with a few friends. Nothing short of incredible, awesome, ground shaking bass. This 15" laughs at these movies. Mind you the vol on the amp is only set to 3 1/2. I did change the crossover gain to 120 hertz. This filled the bass response to the back surround speakers and helped even more for voice replication as well as taking the burden off my other speakers. I still dont have any boominess and the sound that comes from the dinosaur that kills the t-rex in JP3 is firece. Bullets and bombs, explosions and music...nothing compares and everyone was amased at the difference in the sound and said that it sounds better than the movie theater. so testing is finnaly accomplished and if it begins to sound better in a few weeks or months ( once the break in period sets in) I will let all know. Or try it for yourself you will be impressed.

Strengths:
everything