Like all Dayton Audio products, it would be a good value at twice the price
"Do I really need a subwoofer in my system, or, is it overkill?" At this low price, you can buy one and experiment. That's what I did. My smaller, secondary AV system in the basement doesn't get a ton of use compared to my big home theater system, but, when it does, I don't want a bunch of compromises in sound or vision. I have been running a perfectly preserved pair of second-general Large Advent speakers from 1978 as my left and right main speakers on this system. These speakers are famous for their low-end bass abilities, and, I have had no issues when playing music loud & proud, but, I have noticed them making some discomforting woofer break-up burping sounds when hit by sudden explosions in modern day Blu-ray movie soundtracks....the evil "Sandman" scenes in the Spiderman 3 movie really brought the poor old Advents to their knees.....I thought I damaged the woofers, not good! Listening tests showed the Advents survived, but, I was now pushed to try a powered sub....and this is the one. It arrived quickly in perfect shape. It won't win any beauty contests, but, it has no cosmetic flaws, either. Construction and finish details seem fine, and, would seem just as solid at twice the price. I hooked it up to my late model, modestly-powered Onkyo Dolby Digital receiver using the line-level subwoofer output. .There are two main controls on the sub: volume level and crossover point. Since I was using this with my bass-rich Large Advents, I set the crossover control to a low level, around 70Hz, and, the volume level to a low knob setting as well. The Advents will still deliver most of the low-end bass punch for me; this Dayton Audio sub will just fill in the absolute lowest notes. If you are using smaller main speakers, you'd be setting both controls to a higher setting than I did. There is no "official" rule about where to put your sub, or, where to set the levels....it requires some listening experimentation on your part, just like good old days. Dayton Audio gives you some good tips in the instructions, and, there are some helpful YouTube videos they have put out, as well. My rule of thumb is you should not be "aware" of the sub's presence in the mix....if you find yourself saying "wow, just listen to that sub thump and boom...." then... you probably have the volume or crossover set too high. A properly set-up sub should just improve and flesh out the good things you enjoyed about your audio system before you added in the sub....subwoofers do that, and this one does quite well at the price point. It doesn't rumble and moan needlessly, in fact, when playing music CDs in my set-up, this sub just loafs along in standby mode most of the time. Hit it with a sudden deep bass note in a movie or CD, and you feel the clean, low-end effects. You'd be spending twice as much to get this much subwoofer from affordable name brands like Polk, etc., and I don't think they would sound any nicer than this one.
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