Friday, 13. May 2011 9:59
This is a neat wad for $59 delivered. I don’t know what I was expecting. Perhaps some hollow sounding computer type sub-woofer that pops when I act it on and off. This sub has a 50-watt RMS amp at 5ohm. It has a right .5 in MFD box with an internal space of virtually 10.5 X 10.5 (small!) External is virtually 11.4 x 11.4 x 11.5 height. It’s much improve constructed than the Sony’s on this site. They eventide made a small try to stomach the box with 1-inch nook braces on whole 6 sides. The sub sounds neat at lower volume. It maxis away fast though. In a small room or apartment, you wouldn’t motive it any louder. It’s the quality of healthy that’s important, and that’s where this delivers. Up to it’s distortion point, it sounds like a straight large sub-woofer. This is the perfect sub for anybody who is not allowed to shake the foundation. This sub plays deep! It merely hits its max excursion fast. Either the amp is more than 50 watts or the speaker can’t grip much wattage. Speaking of the speaker, it’s virtually 5lbs. They seemed to get glued a smaller magnet onto the larger one at the base. I’ve learnt of some seedy speaker manufactures doing this, merely this speaker looks to deliver moderately good quality. I swapped away the stock speaker with a Dayton and secured the walls with cross braces and then covered the inside walls with carpet. Foam would accept up to much space and there isn’t much inside already. This setup was a pleasance to mould with. The grill pops right off. The speaker is maintained on by 4 screws in the standard speaker hole location. (making it tardily to replace) The amp is maintained on by 8 screws. The port is maintained in berth largely by a close corresponded and some glue that easily breaks loose. The amp is connected to the speaker with standard removable connectors. That’s it. It takes virtually 3-5 min to accept apart. As for the Dayton, it performs virtually the same equally the stock one. It was made for a small act bigger box, merely I wanted to know if the stock speaker was unable to grip much or was it the amp that produced the power. It looks to exist the amp. It can button a stronger speaker. If I had a 100 watt 8″ speaker with a high SPL, constructed for a small-ported box, and good excursion stage (that’s the measure of motility on a speaker), then I would actually motive the additional bracing. Problem is, that would price much more than this whole system. That, and I wouldn’t utilization a .5-inch thick box. Where am I travelling with this… anyway, this sub is worth every centime of $59. If you get a placed of right bookshelf speakers and a sub-woofer away jack on your amp that you’re not using, you would exist a fool not to cause this. To cut costs, it has no car on/off, and no decease through signal. If you must get car on/off, purchase a remote contain on/off power furnish from somewhere cheap. I had one left over from my X-mass lights. (or utilization the power connection on the back of your receiver if you get one). This sub doesn’t pop at whole when turned on or decease and its amp is inside the box. This sub is much improve look than a Sony I have. If the somebody before me didn’t didn’t hand this 4 stars, I wouldn’t get tested this out. Therefore thanks! I’m identical felicitous I purchased this. I conceive its so cheap people are afraid of it! I don’t know how they build money on this. (update 1-11-08) to clarify the wattage on these: output power on the spec canvas is rated at 5ohms. 50 watts to 5 ohms RMS and 100 dynamic. It has a 6ohm speaker in it. That way it’s credibly pushing virtually 45 watts RMS to the speaker. The frequency response is -4db at 40hz, -10db at 30hz, -15db at 25hz. It has a right flat response from 45hz to 120hz at 90db. It then tapers decease to -5db at 200hz. Not bad for $59 !!! Update 1-15-07 Here’s a FYI given to me: The second magnet glued on the back of the driver magnet is for shielding. It is not there to deceive. The second magnet is attached in polar opposite to the functional magnet, canceling the magnetic pollution it would unremarkably hand off. (Thanks Kevin!)
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