Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black) by Polk Audio
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Digital camera reviews of Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black)
Digital camera Review: Fantastic bass made even better by the savings
Summary: 5 Stars
The Polk PSW10 provides plenty of deep bass and works easily with many products. If you have a sound bar and are looking for extra bass this product will provide plenty. Adding this to a home theater system is also very easy and provides more bass then you will ever need. What this means is the product should last for a long time because it will not be overused. I am very happy with the purchase and hope to use the product for many years. Great investment so far.Digital camera Review: Fantastic for the $$$!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the PSW10 on Amazon for about $100, and I am blown away by the value. I worked as a profesional home theater installer for about 5 years and sold many $400 subs that were no better than this. The 50 watt power rating is very conservative. Truth is, it's just an honest rating on a quality amp. I paired it with a run-of-the-mill Pioneer receiver and the Klipsch Quintet II speaker system. (also from Amazon $300)The end result for a $400 speaker system is amazing. For music and movies at low to moderately high volume, you could spend $2000 on a Bose system and not have sound this accurate and dynamic. (My mother in law just did).Digital camera Review: Fantastic for the Price
Summary: 4 Stars
Purchased this to add low end to my xmas present, a 42" plasma tv. Only drawback has been the Panasonic plasma doesn't have variable audio out like my ancient Sony Trinitron 27" CRT so I have to constantly reach behind the sub and adjust the gain. Quite obviously not a fault of Polk's.
I only have two gripes about the sub. It seems to change its acoustic signature drastically above 7 on the gain dial. Below its a smooth increase in output, but past 7, the low end gets overly boomy and makes the whole profile unclean.
Second gripe, mine arrived with a loose piece of MDF rattling around inside the cabinet. A .5" x .5" x 2" piece with glue and 2 staples sticking out of it. Most likely an internal bracket for a corner or some such. Too much effort to send it back, and my daughter, with her tiny agile hands, could reach down and grab it out of the cabinet via the port, once I pulled it off the bottom with a magnetic wand. Told polk about the issue so hopefully if it starts vibrating or going wacky, they'll fix it even past the warranty.
ALl in all, I'm a happy camper, just have to keep the gain at 7 or less.
Digital camera Review: Fill out the Low end of your Book shelf or tower speakers
Summary: 3 Stars
Good fit and finish, adds to fill the bass of some Polk Monitor 70's in my 5.1 theater set-up. This is not the most sophisticated subwoofer system, it's Polks lowest priced system but it works out well in a smallish room. Very easy to hook-up with my 5.1 receiver. I don't need wall shaking explosions with my theater system but it is a useful sonic addition. You can get high volumes but it tends to be a little muddy and unnatural. If you are looking for bass to affect you heart beat and breathing, this is probably not the first choice. For accoustic music, classical and some theater affects it's a useful addition in my room. Polk makes speakers to support other music and affects but you need to go a little more up market. I am happy/satisfied with this combination.Digital camera Review: Fine for 90% of Users Out There
Summary: 5 Stars
I was totally shocked when this speaker arrived. I had NO IDEA it was this big, heavy, and solid. Polk Audio's product quality is obvious; I'll definitely buy from them again. It's a solid, great-sounding speaker. If you're adding a sub to a small to medium-sized room, this will do just fine.
Super easy to setup. I plugged one end of the cable (RCA male-to-male) into the LEFT RCA input of the sub and the other end into the RCA subwoofer output of my Yamaha RX-V467 receiver. As others have said, I did not worry about splitting the signal with a Y-cable. I set the crossover to it's highest setting and used the crossover in my receiver instead. I set the gain of the sub at about 75%. Others have mistakenly wrote that you can't bypass the crossover, which tells me that they didn't read the instructions, didn't use Polk's online support, and don't know what they're talking about.
I paired this with the Polk Audio SurroundBar...another great speaker system. Also solidly built, great sounding, and highly recommended.
I read some of the reviews here where "audiophiles" were trying to dissect the functionality of this sub at specific bass frequencies (50 Hz versus 40 Hz and lower) and I had to laugh. Subs are supposed to be "boomy." The very definition of sound below 40 Hz is "mud" or "boom." 40 Hz and lower should be felt more than heard. Let me put it this way, thunder and rumble in movies I've used it with sound just like the thunder and rumble I've experienced in a real movie theater. This subwoofer sounds GREAT for 80-90% of the users out there, especially if you're using a good receiver and your other speakers are good.
For $99, I'm blown away. You're definitely getting your money's worth when you buy this. Don't be fooled by the power rating. It's 50 watts RMS and 100 watts Peak. More than enough and plenty of boom for most uses.