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Honolulu is the city of very expensive housing, therefore apartments are small (for most people). I live in a 450 sq ft studio so how to get great sound without neighbors knocking on my walls? Picking very carefully! My orginal Home Theatre came with a passive subwoofer which just didn't deliver. I'd replaced the receiver with a 7.1 Pioneer so I have all digital sound and picture, but the bass sound was weak. Now for the oomph - checking reviews, the Sony 100w seemed the ticket (and the big plus - on sale with free Amazon shipping). It is perfect in my small place and now Star Wars sounds like the big theatres with THX! Amazon is a real plus in Hawaii as most places insist on using 2nd day shipping which often cost as must as the merchandise! Happy in paradise I am!

When you live in a condo, you have to limit the power of your speaker system. I got smaller speakers for my stereo and was missing the lower tones. (Even my Klispch Ipod player was producing much better bass.) Finally, I found this subwoofer. It is smaller than most I've seen, and it really reproduces the bass well. My music sounds great and my movies play great in DD 5.1. So far, I haven't gotten complaints from the neighbors. Two of its standard features are also helpful: you can decide where its cutoff frequency and at what volume it plays. Using my Klipsch IPOD player as a guide, I was able to set the subwoofer.

This unit does a great job of making the bass in my music/movies better however, it is sometimes overpowering for my little shelf stereo.

I find this subwoofer to be an excellent product. It meets or exceeds all of my expectations. Shipping was prompt (and free!!) And, the price was right. What more could anyone want??

I recently got this sub to add on to two satellite speakers, and the results are unbelievable. With the gain turned up to barely to 25%, everything already starts to rattle (and I have a bit of experience with bass: 200W 12" sub in my car). This 100W sub is very efficient with its well designed front port, and the amplifier is very clean. At high outputs (haven't actually put it to the max because #1 wearing it in + #2 afraid of ppl complaining...), the sound is not distorted at all. Very, very good deal being 100W RMS (not 100W max like many of the other advertised systems...Yamaha). From a very dependable company too, Sony. Couldn't be happier!!!