Yamaha YST-SW315 Subwoofers
Yamaha YST-SW315 Subwoofers
USER REVIEWS
[Nov 10, 2020]
stevens
Strength:
solid bass & construction, deep lows with no muddy sound, servo does a great job. Weakness:
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[Jan 04, 2007]
Sum1OrOtha
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
- Solid bass at above average levels
Weakness:
- Cabinet flaws show during higher volumes and peaks
I made the mistake of buying a home audio subwoofer at a website geared for computer enthusiasts. Don't ask why, I don't know either, and that's why I paid for it (literally) with the full retail price. I'm stupid.
Similar Products Used: - JBL 12" E250P |
[Apr 17, 2006]
kes4927
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Goes really low, but I don't think 20 hz is realistic. Works great for music if you set it at the right levels. If you want to blow up the house during the Matrix it can do that too.
Weakness:
A REL Strata would be much better, but for the money you can't go wrong with this sub. I had a gift card at Best Buy and I needed a sub so this was the natural choice; better than everything else they had there except for maybe the 12" Klipsch sub which was much more expensive. I have used it for home theater and have been very pleased, it can rock the house during movies when it needs to.
Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: None |
[Apr 17, 2006]
HTholic
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
solid bass, servo does it's job, no muddy sound or distorted below 40hz
Weakness:
none unless you want this sub to sound like a 12" from definitive or B&W solid performer, no complains. I have a yamaha receiver and had a tough time finding a good sub that can handle the LFE I wanted.The sound is simetrical and can be distinguished not muddy or felling apart like.No distortion below 40hz, The bass blends with any kind of speaker and perfroms very good with music too. This is the best sub in the $300 price range. If you want a better sub go ahed and sped $700+ on a high end sub. But if you want a sub well constructed that sounds really good in the $300 give this one a shot. Similar Products Used: Polk,JBL,AR,Yamaha,Velodyne |
[Apr 17, 2006]
A/Vholic
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
solid bass & construction, deep lows with no muddy sound, servo does a great job.
Weakness:
none unless you want this sub to sound like a 12" $1000 Definive tech or B&W This one is a solid performer. I own a yamaha receiver and had a tough time finding a good sub that can handle the LFE output i wanted. This one gives solid bass with no distortion, low frequency lows are well felt. I've tryed other subs finding that the only the hig end $700 + subs gave the LFE I wanted until i find this one. I tested on HT set up and craked on the volume with only deep bass that was felt all over the house. it will blend with any speaker type or size.Overall this one is the best in the $300 price range. Similar Products Used: Polk,AR,other yamaha's,JBL,velodyne |
[Aug 15, 2005]
Owl256
Casual Listener
Strength:
Accurate and musical sound reproduction, plenty of power, goes low, a very good value.
Weakness:
Sub's performance becomes boomy during high volume This sub was bought as a replacement to a cheap 6.5 inch sony sub (which happened to be remarkebly good). What attracted me to this LFE was the price point at under $200, the power of the amp and the fact that Yamaha said it could go down to 20hz. I have mixed feelings about this sub. For the msot part this sub performs well in all situations during music and movies. I sometimes feel like the bass sounds a little fake while listening to movies and is just a moaning roar with little definition which could just be the movie soundtrack. For music, which is what I mostly use it for, the performance is very good. The bass that it produces is musical and is not just one noted like some cheap subs. It also has adequit amounts of power and head room for what I use it for. It can competentanly reproduce very low frequencies although I think that Yamaha exagerated the responce numbers. For the most part the bass seems controlled and apropriate. At high volumes the sound becomes quite boomy and the woofer seems to overpower the small cabinet. It also does not shake the room to the extent of other subs I have heard. The looks of this sub are very ordanary resembling a black cube. In all this is a good sub for most music and movies, but does not work as well during high volumes. Similar Products Used: Toshiba DVD Yamaha Receiver Sony Speakers |
[Aug 03, 2005]
nwmsgolf05
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Excellent value, superb sounds, lots of bass, features far above its price, very Versitul wiring options so it can be used in almost every aplacation
Weakness:
none This subwoofer is amazing!!! For under $220 you can have a subwoofer that compares to products two and three times its price shipped to you. I recomend this product to anyone who is looking for a subwoofer whether it is for stereo or surround sound aplacations. I was amazed by how low the sub could go for only a 10" woofer. You will be blown away by crystal clear, super low bass. |
[Apr 04, 2005]
Gaius Caligula
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Excellent value, superb sounds, pleasing bass, features far above its price point
Weakness:
None Either online or via good bargain-hunting in a retail store, you can bring home a 250w, well-built, superb-sounding, 10" Yamaha YST-SW315, downfiring subwoofer for around $200! And I assure you that this sub will stand up to, and even knock down, many, many other subwoofers in the $500-750 range. This puppy is an incredible bargain! I've compared it to subs from Klipsch, Tannoy, JBL, and Sony... nothing in this price range, if anything is even available in this price range by said manufactuers, even comes close. Yamaha has truly hit a home run with this work of art. It will fill your listening environment with sounds, bass, and LFE equivalent to subs in price brackets far above the unbelievable $200 you'll spend on this wonderful toy. Run, don't walk, to sample and purchase this sub, before Yamaha discontinues it because they priced it too low and people are afraid to buy something this inexpensive, even though the quality and the performance are CERTAINLY there! Similar Products Used: Klipsch, JBL, Tannoy, Sony, and other Yamaha subwoofers |
[Jan 23, 2005]
John Henry Dodson
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Nice finish, trouble-free operation, decent, not lumpy one-note bass.
Weakness:
May not go too low to 20hz, but that's fine with me since I mostly enjoy music -- and by music I do not mean ear-drum piercing levels. This sub is all about finesse. If you want a sub that really shakes the foundation of your house or prompts your neighbor to call the police, look elsewhere. This Yamaha blends well with my Mordaunt Short 501s (front) and MS center speaker and floorstanding Kenwood used as surround speakers. Grunts sometimes when gain level is set too high, but what subwoofer does not when abused? Similar Products Used: that crappy aiwa subwoofer |
[Jan 06, 2005]
dmore
AudioPhile
Strength:
tight bass at lower to moderate listening levels.
Weakness:
This sub fell apart on itself on dynamic peaks and when the volume got cranking which tells me that the amp has a lack of dynamic capability and the woofer has a lack of air moving ability which does not work well with a servo system(makes the system stop its output before it should). a really bad example of a servo controled sub(probably not the servo system, more likely what I mentioned above). First off I will say that Yamaha equipment is my first choice for electronics for the price due to the fact that they give you better features and sonics for the money than anything else going right know(I have their receiver and center channel and love both of them). So when it came time to look for subs Yamaha and Paradigm came to mind. First i went to hear the Paradigm sub and was very impressed with the sound of the ps series but it did not seem to go as low as you would think for the size of the thing and I have never been very satisfied with band pass enclosures which the Paradigm uses. So I decided to find something similar but possibly with a little smaller enclosure and at about the same price. I went to my local Best Buy to see what they had and they had three subs that interested me. The JBL E250P, The Klipsh(do not remeber the model but 12" floor firing), and the Yamaha 315. The only reason the 315 was a thought is because Yamaha does not make a 12" model so I decided to see what their 10" servo unit would do. Before hearing them I was drawn to the Yamaha for the smaller size, the servo control, and the fact that I have had Yamaha equipment in the past with no problems what so ever. the salesman could tell that i was interested in the Yamaha so he let me hear it first. I allways test speakers and subs with music first because if they can not reproduce music well then they will not be a part of my system seeing that most of my time with my system is spent listening to music not theater. When the saleman put the music on the Yamaha it was at a casual listening level and I did notice that the sub was adding to the music I was listening to(A lite jazz music that the salesman had there). The bass was tight and had a good weight to it with out sounding overly done. I will say again that I was really impressed by the use of servo drive in such an inexpensive sub, This technology is ussually left more the more expensive Velodynes and after studying what the servo system can do for a sub the fact that this sub had it impressed me. The other two subs that the salesman took me to were the Klipsch and the JBL, both were 250 12" models that were a tad bigger than the Yamaha in size and after hearing both of them it was determined that they were bigger for a reason. They both had even more output than the Yamaha. But I still had not made up my mind yet because I had not heard any of these subs at higher volume levels which are a must for good home theater impact. I do not want to start watching a movie and have to keep my finger on the volume on my remote to make sure to turn things down to keep my sub from distorting. I want a sub that can hold up to what ever I throw at it and stand there like a soldier fresh to the war. All three of these subs had a good level of output at moderate levels but when the salesman gave the gas to the reciever I noticed that the Klipsch held up for awhile but started to sound loose and uncontroled at higher levels(probably due to the fact that the onboard amp did not have the reserve power or dynamic headroom as audiophiles call it to put out enough more power to drive the woofer at these levels and also the driver itself could not have been built well enough to handle these dynamics). next I heard the Yamaha and imediately noticed that when the salesman turned things up this little sub got to a certain point of output and just simply quit putting out any more. basically the sub staid at the same volume and let the mains,center,and rears get louder which turned the system into a very thin sounding theater. It really surprised me that a sub with a 250 watt amp with active servo drive pushing a 10" woofer in a pretty well built enclosure wound not put out any more than this sub could. It makes me wonder if the fact that the built in amp might not have the dynamics to drive this 10" woofer to these levels and the servo drive comes in and stops the volume output before the amp clips or the woofer might not have the ability and the servo stops it from overdriving, either way the sub did not inpress me at all at its output capability. The only thing about the Yamaha I did like besides its small footprint is its lower volume tightness. Now when the salesman showed me the JBL E250P he told me that this sub was the best sub in the store according to the salesman that worked there and that it was the only one that they would not be afraid to through anyhting at because it could take it. When I heard this sub it became real clear which sub had a better amp(the JBL) for the fact that the built in class d amp has a dynamic headroom of about 3 db(mean it can double its output power on dynamics) at 500 watts coming from a 250rms amp will make a difference in output and tightness. When the salesman cranked it up it could take it then some. I took home the E250P and have been very happy with my purchase. As for the Yamaha, Love Yamaha equipment but they could have done better with this one!! Similar Products Used: Pradigm(liked the sound but too big and do not like bandpass enclosure idiosecrecies, Klipsch(sounded fine but dynamics did not match the better subs). have heard Velodyne higher end subs and several other high end subs like the Sunfire true and the higher end B&W subs but I did not want to mortgage a sub for my system. I am more into the affordable high end equipment. The JBL E250P have a very good mix of theater output, musical capability, and enough dynamic output to keep up with much higher priced subs. Love the Aquaplas cone as well(very well built) |