Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black)
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Customer Review: An Amazing Powerhouse
Summary: 5 Stars
When purchasing this subwoofer, I thought that it would be a stepping stone subwoofer, that I eventually would replace with a 12 inch Polk Audio woofer. After using it for a few months I am here to tell you it is NOT that by any means. I bought this subwoofer in June, so that I could use it at home for a few months at lower volumes to break it in and then once I moved to college it would be ready to rock and roll. Right now in my large sized college dorm room, I have this subwoofer, two polk audio monitor 60 series floor standing speakers, a polk audio CS2 center channel speaker and two Bose bookshelf rear speakers. Let me tell you it bumps, way beyond what I was expecting. This woofer hits the lowest lows I've heard from any subwoofer, including my 2 Pioneer car subwoofers. On songs such as "Red Nose" by Tech N9ne there is a very low, repetitive base in between the bigger pounding beats that you can only hear with this woofer. The song just isnt the same with headphones on or any other smaller stereo system. This sub puts out so much power that when I'm sitting at my desk and I have it on at a decent volume, I can feel my hairs on my head vibrating and my jeans vibrating from all the bass. THIS THING IS A POWERHOUSE... bottom line, there is nothing that it cant keep up with. I actually blew out my tweeter on one of the Monitor 60's it was so loud and this woofer just continued to bump out notes. Very happy with my purchaseCustomer Review: Polk Audio PSW10 Powered Subwoofer
Summary: 5 Stars
While I was looking for sub-woofer I was comparing PSW10 and PSW404. PSW404 sounds better but for the price $110 vs. $250 at J&R I opted for PSW10. The sale representative dropped the price for me even though they still selling PSW10 for $200 here. Those of you who worry about no LFE input, that shouldn't be a problem. All you have to do is connect the sub-woofer output of the receiver to either the right or left input on the sub-woofer. And then set the variable low pass filter on the sub-woofer to the highest setting. This will set the internal low pass filter above the low pass filter frequency given by your receiver and create an LFE input. Or you may use a RCA cable to provide a connection to both inputs on the sub-woofer from the LR pre-out from the receiver. Then adjust the cross over frequency from the woofer as desired. It sounds a little louder and better for me. I bought Monster sub-woofer cable and it sounds no better than RCA cable. Try not to waste your money on this. It has 7.4 out of 10 in CNet rating and it is #6 in editor's top list for sub-woofers. I matched PSW10 with R300, RTi4, R150, CSi3 and Denon 1906 receiver. Mainly used for HDTV over the air, DVD movies and some FM. It sounds a lot better than the sub-woofer from RM6750. It carries 5 years warranty but make sure you buy from Authorize dealer. For the price I paid I am more than happy with it. I hope this helps to your decision.Customer Review: Deep Bass for a bargain
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a sub to connect to my Sonos 120 and go along with a pair of Gallo a'Diva Ti Globe Speakers. I wanted to cross the speakers over through the sub to get max mid-range and highs from my small globe speakers and not make them do any work with bass. I have the set-up in my office where I do not need deep bass, will not be watching movies-but only listening to music at reasonably moderate volumes. I just wanted some depth.
At the time, this sub was less than $100 delivered which is an unbelievable value for a quality name subwoofer. It has the ability to cross your speakers over and choose the volume of the sub as well as the tolerance levels. I keep it under my desk so it can't be seen and it's not huge. The depth that it has added to my Gallo speakers has been perfect. This sub is capable of so much more than what I am using it for, but it is good to know that as things change in my audio set-up-which they always do-I will have a very capable performer at the ready.
The bass is a bit "Boomy" vs. tight-a quality I think is typical of a lower end sub-but if you are on a budget or looking to just to provide some basic depth to your music or movies-I cannot imagine anything being a better value than this. As a matter of fact, I am thinking of getting a 2nd one for the bedroom to hook up to my Sonos 120 there.
Customer Review: Great sub
Summary: 5 Stars
I like Polk and have other Polk products that have been very good over the last 10 years. A friend of mine has experienced very good honouring of the warranty (in NZ!). Their customer service is good.
I bought PSW10 off Amazon (April 08) whilst holidaying in the States; then returned to India with it as baggage. I was half expecting something to go wrong: like broken in transit/seized by the govt/blow up on arrival. Nothing bad happened.
But I found it was 110V and therefore not compatible with India. Luckily India is good with electrical devices like stabilisers and transformers so one of these costs next to nothing and will be good in my home country (NZ) as well. So anyway, the sub is good. I connected it using Monster Cable y-connector and am very impressed with its performance. You can adjust the bassiness from a dial on the subwoofer. Pretty simple to connect. It would be good if full product technical descriptions were mandatory on Amazon though.
It will be intereting to see how it performs on carpeted/wooden floorboards back in New Zealand. All the floors in India are marble so sound is reflected quite nicely. There is a crispness.
This subwoofer complements my other Polks nicely.
I would recommend this product to you because it does the job nicely, for an excellent price.
Customer Review: That'll Do, Pig
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the PSW10 in a large FROG/den (30' x 20'). At half volume it provides more than enough power to fill the room with clean heard and felt bass. It is (well) matched with a set of Polk 50 Monitor towers and a Polk center channel. It is perfect for both music and movies. For music, you will hear notes that even with tower speakers you never really heard before (like the snare drum keeping beat). For movies, the difference is night and day. The bass can range from tight (gun shots) to full (helicopter taking off) with clarity and ease. You can feel the beat/effects, but there is never any rattle.
The performance of this subwoofer (like most) is largely dependent on placement. I can place it in the front corner of my room, and it provides massive bass but with a lot of bloom. I can place it in another spot, and it feels underpowered. When I place it in the "correct" spot (firing perpendicular to the front wall, back several feet) it provides loud, tight, clean, audible and felt bass. Anyone not experience this either needs to reposition the woofer (search Google for "subwoofer placement"), has a bad room for a home theater (i.e. floor to ceiling glass), or is in a massively large room.
This subwoofer, if positioned right, should provide great performance for nearly any user.