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AudioSource SW Fifteen 200-Watt Powered Subwoofer

AudioSource SW Fifteen 200-Watt Powered Subwoofer

List Price: $249.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Unsatisfactory
Review: After 3 months, 2 drivers, 2 amplifiers and $...to ship the parts back twice, we are still dead in the water. I should have stopped the bleeding within the initial 30 days and sent it back to Amazon. The unit instead will be going into the trash can. In retrospect, I should have researched further and found out this was a discontinued item, and that Audiosource does not have replacement parts.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AudioSource SW Fifteen Delivers
Review: As many others were before me, I too was skeptical of a 15" sub at such a low price. But I figured, what the heck, if it sucks, I can always return it. After a couple days, I decided it was a keeper.

Out of the box, it is indeed tubby. The really low end was there, but at a much diminished volume. It had issues with definition. The raw power though, my god man! This sub will bring out the harmonics of an entire house. Play something with a bass sweep in it and you will understand what I mean. It gets seriously boomy and muddy at anything over 100hz. The power switch is upside down by normal conventions (up is off, down is on).

Off to the store we go to get some polyfill. I bought 2 pillows that were on sale, ones with polyester filling. Upon arrival at home, I cut the pillows open and pulled the stuffing out. Then, I unscrewed the subwoofer, pulled it out and began stuffing the inside of the box. I put about four inches if not more of polyfill on every wooden surface inside that box. I made sure to cover the ports as thats the way it came. I put everything back together, plugged it back in, hit play on the cd player, and listened. The bottom end magically appeared! The bass tightened up so much, and all the little subtleties appeared. An absoultely amazing difference for a $7 mod and 15 minutes of time. This sub really *will* compete with other subs that go for hundreds more.

4 stars for music
5 stars for home theater (This is the one you are looking for, I can't say enough)
5 stars for value

Strengths:
Goes way deep.
Very Powerful.
Price.
Dead ringer for home theater.
Perfect sub for an already decent speaker system.
Knobs have "notches" for better feel of settings.
Will keep up with fast bass passages.

Weakness:
The mod is an abolute must. If you won't spend a little pocket change and 15 minutes of time, don't bother, you won't be happy.
Size (The manual says to hide it under a coffee table. That's some coffee table. Use it as a coffee table maybe...)
It's not a work of art by any definition.
Power switch is somewhat unconventional.
It's mush over 100hz.
Don't even try to hook this up with your $ computer speakers.
Makes you subwoofer proof your house.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AudioSource SW Fifteen
Review: Bang for the Buck is all that I need say. Granted, at the new 200.00 price this Subwoofer isn't the deal it was at 150.00. If you scan the market place and do some listening tests its still far and away the best deal out there.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: No more skepticizm
Review: Before I ordered the SW15, I was skeptical about its performance due to its price, but after receiving it in 4 days (free shipping besides) and listening to it, I'm a true believer. I set the volume level at the 9 o'clock position and the crossover at 100 Hz and I can feel the bass. My previous 10" powered sub can't even come close. Best deal I've seen in a long time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great sound, Low price
Review: Bought this as replacement for a sorry KLH sub that died. It adds great bottom end to my home theater without emptying my wallet. Came with a cd for setting up too. Its just what I needed. Judging from other reviews there may be some lemons out there but not here.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Would be nice if you could actually get one...
Review: but Amazon has had this listed for ages without actually having any.

Amazon is a great store, but I despise it when they continually list an item they do not have, and may never have had. They say their supplier doesn't have any (did they ever have any?), but they are readily available elsewhere, so who buys that story?

We shall see if Amazon will allow this review to go through because it criticizes them.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great price-performance ratio
Review: First of all, this thing is big. I mean really big. But if space is not a problem this sub is unbeatable for the price. I live in a townhouse and this is set up on the first floor, when this sub is turned on you can feel it on the third floor in the shower! Luckily, my neighbor appreciates loud music. It really adds a lot to a home theater system. The amazon description states that it is not video shielded, but the CD that comes with it stated that it is so I'm not sure who to believe. The 12 inch audiosource sells for the same price, so if space is not an issue I suggest just buying this one. Also, the warranty on this one is 5 years and twelve inch only has a 2 year. It is super easy to hookup, but you may need a Y-adapter for the line level out of your receiver. Some of the other reviewers here state that they have two of them hooked up to their systems, I see that as a waste of money. One of these provides plenty of bass for any system. With two you will just make your house fall down quicker. One shakes the place plenty and scares the pets enough.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great deep bass sound!!! Great bargain too!
Review: Great bass sound!! This subwoofer really great given the price of it. A little tubby at first, but easily alleviated by adding polyfill. Just one thing that you need to know, this thing is huge! So if you are planning to hide the sub somewhere, this one may not be the one for you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Can't beat the price
Review: I added this to a system with (2) 15" Speakers and (2) 8" Speakers and it gave a lot of punch. Can we say knock pictures off the wall?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Sound for the price
Review: I am a Live Sound Eng. and have alot of power at my hands (Sub wise) in our concert system, so when I watch TV I want it to sound as good as live presentations, I watch alot of live programs on CMT I want to feel like im there, I now get the Kick Bass and the Bass Guitar I like to feel, made my system complete.
A+++++++


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