REL S/3 SHO subwoofer review
January 16, 2017 Comments Off on REL S/3 SHO subwoofer review
“The fire-fight shots around the night-club swimming pool in John Wick proved this point, and the S/3 SHO was equally good romping through some older favourites, like the Atmos-remastered The Fifth Element and space drama Gravity. While the latter film lacks a constant soundtrack of bass, the sound designers use LFE to subtly underpin effects and atmosphere. The REL’s superior tautness and articulation is in evidence here, adding that extra dimension to the aural mix without sounding disconnected. And if you regularly listen to music on your system with a subwoofer in play, those attributes translate into beautifully poised and eloquent bass augmentation.”
JL Audio Dominion d108 Subwoofer Review
January 13, 2017 Comments Off on JL Audio Dominion d108 Subwoofer Review
” Listening to a variety of music, I did not specifically seek out bass-heavy stuff, but definitely material with high quality bass content. I called on one of my very favorite albums, System, by Seal. The near perfect blend of acoustic guitar, electronica, and moody grooves was great for helping dial in the Dominions. Stellar tracks like “Dumb”, “Amazing”, and the title track allowed me to hear the nice shimmering top end and mellow midrange with the Dominion’s low end reinforcement.”
REL S/3 SHO subwoofer review
January 8, 2017 Comments Off on REL S/3 SHO subwoofer review
“The fire-fight shots around the night-club swimming pool in John Wick proved this point, and the S/3 SHO was equally good romping through some older favourites, like the Atmos-remastered The Fifth Element and space drama Gravity. While the latter film lacks a constant soundtrack of bass, the sound designers use LFE to subtly underpin effects and atmosphere. The REL’s superior tautness and articulation is in evidence here, adding that extra dimension to the aural mix without sounding disconnected. And if you regularly listen to music on your system with a subwoofer in play, those attributes translate into beautifully poised and eloquent bass augmentation.”
SVS PB16-Ultra Ported Subwoofer $ 2,499. Review
January 3, 2017 Comments Off on SVS PB16-Ultra Ported Subwoofer $ 2,499. Review
“Another notable characteristic of the PB16-Ultra driver is the use of an underhung voice coil, although this is not quite as radical since it was also used in the PB13-Ultra. A voice coil being underhung means the height of the coil winding is not larger than the magnetic gap that the coil travels in (a more thorough explanation can be found in this article). The advantage of this approach in the PB16-Ultra is an underhung coil can grant more linear excursion, and this seems to be the case with SVS’s claimed linear excursion of 82 mm peak-to-peak, giving it a tremendous 41 mm of xmax, which is the largest xmax I have ever heard of for a commercial subwoofer using a cone of 18” or less.”
MAGICO Q-SUB 15 AND RAIDHO D-5.1
December 18, 2016 Comments Off on MAGICO Q-SUB 15 AND RAIDHO D-5.1
” Having done so many of them, I know that frequency response charts can be chameleonic and misleading, but this one (which is only 1/12th octave smoothed) actually comes close to reflecting the way the Raidho D-5.1/Magico Q-Sub 15 system sounds in my room. As you can see, though the bass still shelves up at 70Hz, it is very linear from there through 20Hz (actually through 15Hz!), and the huge peak at 50–60Hz is gone.”
Hsu Research VTF-2 mk5 Subwoofer Review
December 16, 2016 Comments Off on Hsu Research VTF-2 mk5 Subwoofer Review
” . Overall, the enclosure is a simple and sturdy design. More bracing might be welcome, but the thick paneling should compensate for that to an extent. I never felt any sidewall vibration or detected panel resonance in my time with the VTF-2 mk5. One note about the port and included port plugs is it can be a nuisance to remove the plugs if they are pushed in too far; make sure there is an edge of the port plug available from which to grab them to pull them out. They do not have to be shoved in very far to create an air-tight seal.”
REL S/3 SHO subwoofer Review
December 15, 2016 Comments Off on REL S/3 SHO subwoofer Review
“The REL’s superior tautness and articulation is in evidence here, adding that extra dimension to the aural mix without sounding disconnected. And if you regularly listen to music on your system with a subwoofer in play, those attributes translate into beautifully poised and eloquent bass augmentation.”
GOLDENEAR TECHNOLOGY SUPERSUB X SUBWOOFER REVIEW
December 11, 2016 Comments Off on GOLDENEAR TECHNOLOGY SUPERSUB X SUBWOOFER REVIEW
“The GoldenEar SuperSub X is an excellent little subwoofer, full stop. It gives one a large measure of the performance available from the bigger sibling XXL model, but in an even more petite package. GoldenEar has used some novel thinking and engineering design work to obtain the performance parameters of a traditionally larger sub from something small enough to make deep bass accessible for people who might be otherwise space-challenged. ”
PSB SubSeries 450 Subwoofer $1,499 Review
December 1, 2016 Comments Off on PSB SubSeries 450 Subwoofer $1,499 Review
” That logo reveal should almost overpower a room with acoustical energy, but this just wasn’t the case with the 450. While it did produce some output, it seemed to run out of gas in the very deep bass, at least compared with each of my reference subs (playing individually). There was sound, to be sure, but little punch for this kind of low-bass content, and some direct A/B comparisons really highlighted the 450’s limitation in this regard. When the logo slammed on the screen, it did so with a whimper, not a bang. Furthermore, I couldn’t feel the sonic impact of Buzz’s afterburners.
SVS PB16-Ultra Subwoofer Unboxing – Video
November 24, 2016 Comments Off on SVS PB16-Ultra Subwoofer Unboxing – Video
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