clean strong low end - great price from Brandnamez

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My main speakers are homemade with 15 inch woofers - plenty of bass for music but not enough low end for home theater. I was looking for something that would give me that little extra punch for music and crisp rumbles and thumps for movies. I did not want enough power to cause pain or shake the paint off the walls. I was concerned that I would be under-powered with the 350 - my family room is 22 x 16 feet and opens to a similar size kitchen. This sub is just what I was looking for. I use it at about 2/3 power and the output is clean and pure. Rented Jurassic Park III and the sound effects scared the crap out of me! Not even a whisper of a hum at full power. Placement was critical for me since I still get some bass from my mains. I placed it in the corner of the room and played with the 180 switch to minimize cancellation from the mains. Terrific product!

High volumes w/o distorting

Spring clips for speaker outlets

I updated from the PSW250 after a special promotion from Polk gave me the PSW250 for free. I am extremely happy with this sub after about a year of use. It can hit low frequencies w/o distorting. It has a very nice look to it w/ a very strong build!

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Good strong bass, no playin''around, no distortion. I got it for $340 including shipping -which is a good price.

Since my unit is on the floor, I look down on it from the top. To change power levels or frequency response levels, I rely totally by ear. The markings on the dials in the back dont allow for easy reading from a bird''s eye view from above.

I couldnt tell too much of a difference between the Polk model and the other similar units at Circuit City''s lineup. The Polk was built more solid and had a larger subwoofer than the competition but it was $80 more than the competition too. I decided to go for it to match the Polk speakers I already have (CS250, RT35, RT15). Secondly reading reviews here convinced me to buy it.

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first time to own a subwoofer for home.

Boom for the buck, size, resilence

Hum while in Auto with no signal, built-in crossover, you can always tell where this sub is positioned.

When coupled with a good receiver, this relatively small 10" 100 watt sub really rocks.

However....with a below average receiver, it's lacking due to the built-in crossover. This crossover forces you to use the main speaker leads for input. If you use the preout or LFE, the sub crossover negates the receiver crossover and you get nada. So you must set the front speakers to large and have a strong base signal going through the leads to the sub's level inputs, then out to the mains. This feature is excellent if you have a Pro Logic receiver and not an A/V receiver.

This sub also produces a hum while in Auto and receiving no signal if the volume is turned up 75% or more. Polk says you shouldn't turn it up that high. I say BS. The sub does not make this hum when it is on or an active signal is being sent. So if you leave it on all the time, you will not hear the hum. I found this hum very annoying. Thank heavens I upgraded from a Pioneer 608 receiver to a Yamaha 5240 which enables me to keep the volume down.

With a solid receiver, this sub seems very tight and will shake the fixtures. It's great for Home Theatre and has survived a turn on with the receiver volume at full. My oldest son is bring all his college friends over to hear it. Need I say more.

Powerful Bass, ability to hit low frequencies.

Manual is short on explanations, volume level needs to be more even.

This is a great sub. It really brings out the action sequences in movies. Gut wrenching bass. You barely have to turn the volume up to achieve more than enough bass (I have mine at about 1/4 volume - anymore would drown out the other speakers). Still havent figures out the toggle switch. Havent experienced the hum (but I havent turned the thing up - no need to). Highly recommended.

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Researched many including Paradigm, Velodyne, Defenitive Tech.

Well constructed, also good performance with audio music

Slight hum on Standby mode

I think this sub is a very selection for home theatre/audio music. The one thing that I had trouble understanding at first was the "phase" switch. Here's the best way to set the phase. Listen to a good quality audio CD with good tight bass. Listen to it in the 2 channell audio setting on your receiver. Set the bass Mgmt to Front "large" and sub to "On" and the +main feature (or whatever lets your receiver play the bass through the mains and the sub sequentially). Listen to music at a good volume and have a friend flip the phase switch up and then down. Compare each sound. The setting that gives you the loudest bass is the CORRECT setting. If you have it set wrong you will get a "Cancellation" effect that will give you less bass performance. The difference is night and day. Enjoy!

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Price,Design,Performance

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This sub is excellent. Absolutley flawless. It has very clean tight bass. Not boom boom exploision type bass,but very clear and accurate. I have also had the next lowest model,the PSW250 with an 8" woofer and it performed equally as well, but i had to return it due to financial reasons, but I got a PSW350 for Christmas. I would highly recomend either the PSW250 or the PSW350 for those low budget shoppers. Polk Audio makes very excellent speakers!

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Polk Audio (PSW250) also very good

Easy to hook up. It sounds great with music and movies.

Adjustment knobs feel a little loose.

Just hook this baby up to your dts receiver at the sub output and away you go! This thing has some serious sound and fills my small appartment with wall shaking bass! The beauty is it also sounds great at low levels filling in the gap in my Polk Audio RT-35i's perfectly.

The only weekness I found so far is that the adjustment knobs in the back feel like they came loose. I may have to pop it open and tighten them down a bit. Other than that this sub is perfect for your small to medium sized room and I think it will even perform well in larger rooms too.

I give it 5 out of 5 on both counts. It reproduces very deep bass and it costs less than $315!

Small size and big sound! Option to run filtered or not filtered, good looks.

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I thought the 10" sub would not be enough for my medium sized living room. But the PSW350 cranks out the bass! Very good with music as well, though I have found its specialty is home theater use. Great price, great sound, highly recommended!

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1. Tight bass
2. goes down to 23 hz
3. one of the few subs that i tested that has clean output around 20 hz
4.loud yet clean tight bass
5. no distortion at loud volumes
6. thunderous bass
7. rattles every thing in the house
8. 23 hz @ 82 dB
9. 25 hz @ 87 dB
10. 30 hz @ 91 db
11. 35 hz @ 94 dB

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goes loud with a hint of distortion
great buy

sorry i could not write more i will be back to finish up
on this review

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lots i just buy the subs and test them
and then a write reviews here then i bring the subs back to the store