Customer Reviews:
 Excellent sub-woofewr for the price October 2, 2008
Sub-woofer delivers a deep room shaking bass to a 24' by 18' room. Easy to hook up and I would recommend plug into a switched outlet on your receiver/ amplifier if available. Much more convenient. The price for this sub is the best you can find anywhere for the quality. Shipping of $6.99 across country is great too. Also looks great and blends well in the room. I highly recommend the Sony product and especially this store.
 You Get What You Pay For July 8, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm no pretentious audiophile, but I love my movies and my music. I gave this sub a shot based on the reviews and the fact that I was on a REAL tight budget; I'm going to have to split with the crowd on this one: If all you want is RUMBLE, then this is the ticket. It is literally a Boom box. HOWEVER, a subwoofer is not just supposed to make the walls shake - it's supposed to accurately reproduce low frequency sound. this is important for listening to music. The Sony did not do this for me. I played with the crossover settings, volume, and placement. I ended up leaving it on extremely low settings because all it was good for was rumbling. It was not tight, and did not really fill in low frequencies until cranked - which of course just meant lots of boom boom boom.
If all you want is cheap rumble for your HT then this may work, but if you also want accurate, tight bass for your music (and really, a decent sub should be able to do both), then look elsewhere.
Forget the Cheap Price - Good Subwoofer July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the Sony Sub specifically b/c it was cheap and had good reviews. I must say I was not disappointed. I purposly waited a little while after I received it so that I wouldn't still be in the "honeymoon phase" of the purchase.
I am using this sub as a compliment to my outdoor system. It is not specifically rated for outdoors, but I've got it in a protected environment under a porch and sitting under a bench I built around it. You can't even see it. People are amazed at the sound of my tiny little outdoor speakers until I tell them about the sub. It's very nice and adds a great punch.
Good things: nice level and frequency cut-off adjustments. Really allowed some fine tuning. GREAT bass. I am purposly trying to omit "for the price" from this review b/c it is not great bass for the price, it's just great bass! I have a POLK Audio home theater system with a nice sub. As soon as I got this one I put it in the POLK's place and put on some music. Very nice, comparable sound to the much more expensive POLK. I'll admit, once you got way up on sound the little Sony just couldn't hang with my POLK, but you had to get way up there! And it wasn't even broke in yet. Plus, you could buy four Sony's for the price of that other sub and you'd have WAY MORE! Unless you are planning on knocking pictures off the wall or this is the anchor for some high quality home theater room, this one will put out the bass. It filled my 2500 sq ft. home, no problem. It fills the back yard too.
Bad things: I had to piddle a little with it regarding the auto-on. It seemed to want a little much to get it going, but once it gets turned on, it stays there. Kinda weird, but definately okay. It's just at really low volumes(light background music for dinner parties), it doesn't kick on. But once you get it on by turning up the volume a little, it will continue to play back at those low volumes. If I'd known this before, I'd purchased it anyway.
Thats it. Only one small bad thing for this whole purchase. Very nice job, Sony.
Simply Incredible June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just got this subwoofer and wow! The bass is deep and clear, it makes a nice rumble. For the cost of the item, you get double if not triple that back in sound quality. It is not too big and bulky like some woofers tend to be.
If you want a great subwoofer for your home theater system, this is the one to buy. Amazing bass for music and movies. This is a must have subwoofer for home audio.
Also recommended: Sony SS CR-3000 surround system.
For what I paid it's more than I could ask for! May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I won't try to snow anybody here. I don't expect a one hundred dollar sub woofer to outperform a four hundred dollar model. For what I was trying to accomplish, it more than does the trick. My system is a mix of old and new; old KLH speakers (that still sound really good) paired with a 2 yr. old Hitachi HDTV, Panasonic DVD recorder, and a XBOX 360, all run by a Sony STR-DG510 receiver. I can't get over how much better this powered sub sounds vs. my old passive sub. I have it in what I call an "open room" meaning there's only one wall to place components against along with the sub. I tell you I've heard more expensive systems but this one really gives them a run for the money. If you're looking to add an economical sub woofer at a price you can live with (I got mine for eighty bucks as an open box item) I think you could hardly do better than this unit. I'm satisfied.
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