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Sumo Samson subwoofer & Delilah crossover
Welcome back, Ladies and Gentlemen, to the continuing saga of the Englishman's Search for True Bass. In the previous episode (footnote 1), you witnessed Our Hero tussling with the problems of ported vs...
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Nelson-Reed 1204 subwoofer
I was so impressed by the Nelson-Reed 8-04/B loudspeaker's low-end range that I seriously doubted the add-on subwoofers could add enough of significance to be cost-effective. I was wrong. Two of the...
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Velodyne Digital Drive Plus 18 subwoofer
Subwoofer technology is moving fast, with automated room equalization and system integration now a reality. A wave of new products has appeared in the past five years, all using different approaches to...
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The Entry Level #28
In March 2008, when I bought my PSB Alpha B1 loudspeakers, I decided that I should also buy PSB's matching SubSeries 1 subwoofer (footnote 1). It seems odd to me now that I would have considered the...
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MartinLogan BalancedForce 212 subwoofer
I like big bass, but I cannot lie Tubby thumpers need not apply And when a speaker drops in with itty-bitty bass It puts a frown upon my face I get bummed . . . —Sir BassaLot, first audiophile rapper,...
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SVS SB13-Ultra powered subwoofer
As an audiophile, I've come to associate the size, weight, and price of a subwoofer as quick'n'dirty indicators of its quality. The subwoofers that have worked best in my large listening room—the...
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Revel Ultima Rhythm2 powered subwoofer
Powerful, massive, and expensive, Revel's Ultima Rhythm2 subwoofer ($10,000) swept me off my feet when I first saw it in Harman International's suite at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. It outsizes,...
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Music in the Round #76
In my last column, in the November 2015 issue, I talked about Marantz's AV8802A preamplifier-processor and two accessories: UpTone Audio's USB Regen, and a DIY battery supply for my DAC. This month's...
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Tannoy TS2.12 powered subwoofer
Ten years ago, our family was joined by my son-in-law, who was raised in Dublin, and spent his university years in London. I was editing this review during a recent visit with our daughter and...
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Music in the Round #80
In January, I reviewed JL Audio's Fathom f113v2 subwoofer (footnote 1), which features, among other improvements over the original Fathom f113, a better multiband equalizer. The significance of this...
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JL Audio Fathom f212v2 powered subwoofer & CR-1 crossover
It was all so familiar. In "Music in the Round" in the January 2016 issue, Kal Rubinson praised JL Audio's latest subwoofer, the Fathom f113v2. He raved about its amplifier's higher power over the...
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SVS SB16-Ultra powered subwoofer
This review began when I ran into Gary Yacoubian, president of SVS, in a crowded hallway at Las Vegas's Venetian Hotel, during the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. He smiled and introduced himself....
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MartinLogan Dynamo 800X powered subwoofer
In the late 1980s, when I began reviewing high-end subwoofers, they were big and heavy, difficult to move or find space for in a room. Their controls were always on an inconveniently positioned rear...
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Genelec Studio Monitor 1031A loudspeaker & Studio Monitor 1092A powered...
Which loudspeakers do audio professionals listen to? And why should we care? After all, it's not as if recording engineers are the kind of refined, sensitive, music-loving types who read Stereophile....
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SVS SB-3000 powered subwoofer
SVS's recently introduced SB-3000 is a compact powered subwoofer that's $600 cheaper, a few cubic inches smaller, and 37lb lighter than the model it replaces, the SVS SB13-Ultra. Its amplifier is less...
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JL Audio Fathom f110v2 powered subwoofer
Some contentious issues will not be resolved in my lifetime: vinyl vs digital, tubes vs solid state, subjective vs objective, streaming vs physical media. Also, subwoofers vs no subwoofers in a stereo...
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Gramophone Dreams #49: KEF KC62 subwoofer
We have inherited an infinitely vast library of recorded musical art, the majority of which is well-recorded but has yet to be fully and completely reproduced. Countless times, I've played an album and...
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SVS 3000 Micro subwoofer
My incommodious room favors small standmount and panel speakers that some audiophiles would say require a subwoofer. But I was never inspired to try one until a new category of subwoofer appeared: the...
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