Recently Filed in Subwoofers

If you’re looking for B&W’s inexpensive offerings, the ASW 610XP can add some boom to your budget. Granted, $1,200 isn’t exactly cheap, but in the land of high-end audio, it’s practically a freebie. As part of the company’s 600 Series, the ASW 610XP packs one 10-inch paper/Kevlar driver and a 500-watt amplifier to do all of the dirty, deep-sounding work. The end result is a flat response to 25 Hz (-3 dB) with bass extension to 18 Hz (-6 dB). Additional controls include line-in level,… View this story
Subwoofers • Audio • Product News

If you need to add a Barry White-sized jolt to your home theater system, Proficient has got something for you—baby. The company just announced the PS Series, a line of three new subs to go with your many musical moods. Each one has an LFE input and automatically turns on when it senses a signal. The big boy in the line is the PS12 ($550), which includes a 12-inch woofer and a 250-watt internal amp. Measuring 17 x 14 x 17-13/16 inches, it also features… View this story
Subwoofers • Audio • Product News

Boston Acoustics is betting there’s still a high-end market for tower loudspeakers but it’s a specialized one. The company unveiled its Vista line of loudspeakers Tuesday at a press luncheon in New York with the three-way VS 336 speakers leading the pack. At almost 4 feet tall, the speakers are the only floorstanding speakers in the company’s flagship line, and they’ll sell through limited distribution: roughly 40 specialty retailers and the custom installation channel. The $3,400-a-pair VS 336s are a throwback to an era when… View this story
Speakers • Bookshelf Speakers • Floor Standing Speakers • Subwoofers • Audio • Product News

If these walls are a-rockin’, it could mean that they have AudioSource subwoofers on the inside. AudioSource, a division of Rodin, just announced that they are shipping the AS Series of in-wall subwoofers, as well as the AMPSUB210 subwoofer amp. Instead of having a monster sub take up floor space, you can choose between an 8- or 10-inch sub to stuff inside the wall. The 8-inch AS8SW ($150) can handle a maximum of 100 watts of power, has a frequency response of 40Hz to 300Hz… View this story
In-Wall Speakers • Subwoofers • Audio • Product News

ElectronicHouse.com has featured more than its share of over-the-top theaters and their associated A/V gear, but few rival the “Real Total Horn” listening room of Italian design firm Royal Device, at least not in terms of size (or obsession). True, this story has been around for a while, but it’s surfaced again (thank you MAKE) to the amusement and astonishment of home theater junkies everywhere. It starts with audio designer/owner, Roberto and his desire to build a system that focuses on the output capability of… View this story
Subwoofers • Home Theater • Audio • Cool Homes • Product News

For those of you who were fans of the curvy flagship Palladium P-39F floorstanding speaker Klipsch debuted earlier this year, the company has announced more of the same to turn you on. It’s expanded the Palladium lineup and design principles to six more speakers. The additions to the Palladium Series include: the P-38F and P-37F floorstanders, the P-17B bookshelf speakers, P-27C center channel, P-27S surround and P-312W subwoofer. Basically, you can construct an entire rockin’ Palladium surround system. The series is about mixing performance and… View this story
Speakers • Bookshelf Speakers • Floor Standing Speakers • Subwoofers • Surround Sound • Home Theater • Audio • Product News

Speaker nerds now have another outlet to scarf up MartinLogan speakers. Instead of calling a dealer, they can just plop down in front of the computer and let their fingers do the walking. MartinLogan just announced that they have their own little corner of Amazon.com. Currently, there are 15 products available (although one isn’t in stock), ranging from stands to in-walls to subwoofers. However, you won’t find every one of the manufacturer’s offerings, just the MartinLogan Design Series. “Many people still think speakers look like… View this story
Floor Standing Speakers • In-Ceiling Speakers • In-Wall Speakers • Subwoofers • Web Services • Retailers • Audio • Product News

Does your home theater make the Earth move? If it doesn’t, you are not really experiencing its true power! Most enthusiasts feel that sound equates to more than fifty percent of the home theater experience. As you sit back and watch the blockbusters like “Transformers,” “Beowulf,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and “Ratatouille,” or all-time classics like “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind - 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition,” you should feel the sound viscerally as well as hear it. If you don’t, it means you either… View this story
Subwoofers • Audio • Info and Answers

We’ve seen plenty of home theater in a box (HTIB) systems over the years. The HTS-LX70 from Pioneer is part of its Elite line of products, and certainly seems to be one of a kind. The HTS-LX70 Flat-Panel Theater System, with an MSRP of $1,800, features a receiver subwoofer that has all the built-in decoders—Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, DTS HD High-Resolution, DTS HD-Master Audio, DTS-96/24 and DTS-ES. There are also 13 surround modes, which could be fun to play with in this… View this story
AV Components • AM and FM Tuners • Bookshelf Systems • Receivers • Speakers • Subwoofers • Surround Sound • Home Theater • Audio • Product News

There’s the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” school of thought, and then there’s the “let’s take what we’ve made great and make it better” school. Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer Paradigm is in the latter group. The company has introduced its fourth generation of PDR subwoofers, focusing on design improvements and more features to enhance the already solid bass. The PDR-8 and PDR-10 models have new reinforced polymer-composite cones on the 8-inch and 10-inch single forward-firing drivers, respectively, to increase rigidity and internal damping. Two… View this story
Speakers • Subwoofers • Home Theater • Audio • Product News

Call me naive, but I bet I’m not the only one who thought all a home theater needed in order to duplicate the sensation of explosions, bullets or ground-shaking special effects was to just turn up the subwoofer. But once we had the chance to sit on a chair where a LFE (low-frequency-effects) device was installed, we never went back. The difference was profound. Instead of just hearing these effects, you could feel their impact throughout your entire body. Known as shakers, movers or to… View this story
Subwoofers • Home Theater Accessories • Home Theater • Enhancements • Info and Answers

Need more boom in your room? Atlantic Technology is now shipping its IWTS-8eSUB subwoofer. The IWTS stands for “in-wall theater system,” but what is most memorable about this system is that it’s THX Ultra-certified. That means it could crank out possibly the best bass you have ever heard in your life—or at least the best bass you’ve ever heard come from your walls. Replacing the in-wall Sub 8, the new unit has a new cabinet and baffle design. It also boasts a new, smaller outboard… View this story
In-Wall Speakers • Subwoofers • Audio • Product News