Price Paid:  $120.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I got this sub cheap, and thats what it is cheap. For a 120.00 smackers it is worth it,but the thing is so dam booommmyyyy and placement can be difficult. I had a energy that would kill this thing ,but it was also 500.00 more than this is, so I can say it was worth the 120.00, but I would not pay full price for this unit. Overall it's not a terrible peice just medicore.

Strengths:
Lots of controls

Weaknesses:
To boomy

Similar Products Used:
Energy, infinity BU-2

Price Paid:  $330.00 from local hifi store

Summary:
Somebody here said that SW 160 is too big. I disagree: Since it''s tall it works great as a speaker stand for small speakers. Doesn''t sound too bad either. It''s not the most powerful subwoofer there is but if you''re using small speakers it gives you some more power to the low range. A finnish hifi magazine ''measured'' it''s predecessor SW 150 and it went down to 25 Hz / -6 dB, don''t think SW 160 is any worse.

Strengths:
Goes low for the price, works as a speaker stand.

Weaknesses:
Lacks power and depth.

Similar Products Used:
Yamaha SW 80, AMC B1-20

Price Paid:  $250.00 from AIR FORCE EXCHANGE

Summary:
this is a great sub if you have a small room and a low budget. actually i found that it did music at low volumes just as good as mw klipsch ksw-12. but at volume the klipsch walks away from it in clarity and spl. the ksw even seemed faster than the dual 8's which i found surprising. i say spend the extra 100 dollars and get the ksw-12 or jbl pb 12.

Strengths:
CHEAP

Weaknesses:
SOUND AT HIGH VOLUMES

Similar Products Used:
MANY

Price Paid:  $320.00 from Mega Company

Summary:
I bought this sub two weeks ago as replacement for the liitel brother YST-SW 45. The 160 really powers my system out of the house! Within playing digital sources it's very impressive how powerfull this sub does its work.

I´m using JBL TLX4 as my front pair,an PROSON Center and as effects a pair of Yamaha's NX-E100 (yes, the "PianoCraft"!), all on the DENON AVR-1800, and it sounds wonderfull, espacially if you like a solid bass-underground.

That is sometimes the only thing that's critical, because it could sound too boomy! I sensed this as I listened to my favourite CDs, but for this price...

Try it out, it's worth its money!

Strengths:
powerfull bass-output, easy to place, many controlls

Weaknesses:
sometimes a little bit too boomy, the music/movie-switch seems to have no effect at all, needed much time to set up this little baby!

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $198.00 from bestbuy

Summary:
I haven't much to say yet on how satisfied I'am on purchasing this product. It's one of my first brand name models (which actually have quality), but it hasn't been what I thought it would be. I have heard Yamaha's SW45 and Sony's SAWM40. The SW45 was too weak for my taste, and so I looked at the Sony and Yamaha YST-SW160 <----which I never planned on buying. I heard the Sony sub and it sounded great. I never demoed the Yamaha for some unknown reason and assumed it was the better buy b'c of the 150W, dual woofers, and lowered price. After bringing it home and hearing this one it jus' doesn't seem to have that theater presence as the Sony did, nor as much power. This could be the fact that I haven't found the right spot for it yet, or it's maybe that the Sony has bettered itself this time. It is possible that I may take this one back and give the Sony a try and receive my rebate as well of $50.

Strengths:
having dual 8" woofers to avoid buying pair of SW45. 150W RMS. many controls. amp remains cool when in use. elegant, sleek, and expensive look. build is quite sturdy. bass hits smoothly and tight. Instruction manual is well layed out and gives perfect sense of direction.

Weaknesses:
Must be turned up a lot to get desired effects sometimes. For small rooms it's very big and makes hard to place. Can sound distorted at high volumes. takes some time to tweak.

Similar Products Used:
RCA (forgot model), AudioSource 6.5