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Klipsch RSW-10D Subwoofer
R6,800.00
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2008
I have a Klipsch home theater speaker system that includes RP3’s for my fronts (built in 10″ sub with 300W amp in each), RC3II for a center channel and RS35’s in white for my rears. I absolutely love Klipsch speakers. To me they offer the best sound reproduction without “coloring the music or movie soundtrack. For the past 6yrs I have used the two subs in my towers for the lows. I use Monster bi-wire for the RP3’s and I wired the LFE inputs to the sub output of my reciever (Y-cable). To me that seemed sufficient. Boy was I missing out. I always wanted a dedicated sub but didnt want to spend the money for something that would compliment my exsisting Reference speakers. I looked at and sampled many subs including Sunfire, Velodyne, Martin Logan Grotto, Klipsch RW10d and RW12d.
They all had their pros and cons. Sunfire and Martin Logans cons are mainly the price. That would be the case for the RSW-10d also but this deal I found on Amazon was too good to pass up. Most people dont want a Cherry sub but who cares. Its a sub. Its suppose to be felt not seen. Im all about the sound. My rears are white. Not because I wanted white speakers but because someone else didnt so I got them for less than half price brand new in the box from a retailer. They ordered all black speakers and half of their shipment came in white. Back to the RSW-10d. Do not buy this sub if you have only speaker level outputs on you reciever because this sub does not have speaker level inputs. Im a fan of digital anything. This sub has no knobs which I like.
The LCD screen and menu buttons does the job it needs to. Nothing fancy or unneccessary and you can lock the buttons so the kids can change your setting by accident. Its capable of being controlled by remote but no remote is included. For those with Logitech remotes, mine works it just fine. This is a raw, get the point, give me the lows so I can belt them out sub. I waited for the house to empty and I tested the new sub on the movies Titan A.E., Transformers, Jurassic Park and The Haunting.
There was no low it couldnt reach and it did it without the “boomyness” you hear with many bargain or just plain big subs. When listening to music the bass is very full and tight thanks to Klipsch’s cerrametalic cones. I didnt like the fact that the active woofer on the rear of the sub does not have a cover (the picture shows the front and that woofer is a passive radiator). For the money ($500) I believe this is the best sub deal on the net and believe me I have been looking for a long time. If I didnt have the “wife factor” I would get a second to sooth my “Tim the Tool Man Taylor” craving for more SPL’s. You get plenty of output with one so be careful not to O-D on two. If you do get this sub, watch out for the gut shot because thats what it feels like when you get this thing going. This sub exceeded all of my expectations and it takes up very little floor space if thats an issue.
Retail is around 2 grand. I have a Marantz 6006 receiver, and Vienna all around, Bach Grand and Haydon Grand and a maestro on order, been messing around with the 4.1 for a while now and the sub just rocks. i found a nice organ piece that goes low and long and the sub sounds like an organ. not noise. the musical quality is very much alive in this sub. then I put on the new Total Recal, lots of bass usage, and it just pounds. the blending when you tune it right flows so nice with the Vienna’s (which can dig all the way to 35 hz on there own) it took some time to find the correct placement but a 45 deg into the correct corner really opened it up. As you turn the volume up or down it follows and holds together at low listening volumes. most subs just vanish when the volume goes down, but not this one.
I turned on Tron the movie. and when he first takes the elevator to the arena the transition from closed elevator echo to open arena was just amazing. Fry’s tried to sell me on there Klipsch 310, or Velodyne and although they don’t make this sub anymore, it just annihilated the others. you pick up the box, the weight of reinforcing and amp. just hit the box with it turned off and feel the hollow sound vs this sub and you will understand. it is built to handle the SPL and push them where they belong, I was lucky. a guy had bought two of these for his home theater, but found out he only needed one. so yrs later the wife cleared out the attic and this one got returned, and picked it up for $500 un-used. even for $2K it is worth it. It doesn’t just shake the walls and knock pictures from there nails, it pours out music.
Description
Product highlights:
- bass-reflex (ported) enclosure
- 260-watt RMS digital hybrid amplifier
- 10″ front-firing Cerametallic™ driver
- CornerPort™ technology
- 3 equalization modes (Punch, Depth, and Flat)
- 3 user-defined preset modes (Movie, Music, and Night)
- back-panel IR sensor for use with remote control extender systems
- frequency response 28-120 Hz (±3dB)
- variable 40-120 Hz crossover
- phase adjustment
- auto on/off
- line level/LFE (low frequency effects) input
- speaker-level inputs
- 12-9/16″W x 17-9/16″H x 20-13/16″D
- warranty: 5 years woofer, 2 years amplifier
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