Home > Consumer Reviews > Acoustech H-100 Cinema Series 500-Watt Front-Firing Subwoofer, High-Gloss Black

I was very hesitant to buy this speaker but I had just lost my old one and money was very tight, so I did'nt have much of a choice. I researched it at Bic's web page and every audio page that I could come up with. I did'nt read one negitive thing about it. The only thing I could say that may turn someone away, would be that this is a sub for a normal,(small to medium) size room.
The encloser, grill and speaker all look very high quality, very nice fit and finish.
The sound that comes out is quite good, of course your placment will change the sound to your own tastes.
I have it set up to about one half volume and to the parameters of my receiver, it fills my room with full rich bass and responds beautifully to movies, I turn it down for music because I don't really like my music with bass as the focus.
Mike from Canada

Having just purchased the H-100 after reading a few reviews on it, I am very satified with my purchase. Admittedly, it wasn't as heavy as I thought it would be however, this is a GREAT home theatre sub for the price.

Upon receiving it from UPS, I hooked it up into my existing system (powered by a Yamaha HTR-5550 receiver) and loaded in Master & Commander. When the action scenes hit, this sub literally shakes the walls of my apartment and you actually feel the "hits" of the cannonballs in the chest. Literally. For home theatre, this sub is very tight and punchy, with the lowest bass notes (I think that it's called "LFE") projecting out into the room with a lot of "hit".

For music, I think it is a little boomy, but if you using a good media player (I run a coaxial line out from my PC soundcard straight into the Yamaha receiver), you can use the equalizer in the media program to iron out some of the boom - after which, it sounds GREAT.

All in all, this is a great performing, aesthetically pleasing sub, that is great value for the dollar. IMO, it is well worth checking out @ this price point and to date, I am very happy with the purchase.

It definitely took a bit to get used to this sub compared to my old crappy one. this is my first "decent" sub. I knew I was going to have to retrain my ears a bit.

Bass is much more clean with this sub and it has a lot of power.. my friends are impressed.. however i don't feel the base is very "tight" a quick punch to the bass feels like it trails off a bit.

overall i am glad i purchased this sub. it was worth the money.

I had purchased a Klipsch sub10 and returned it for the Acoustech H-100 and am I glad I did. Visually the H-100 is much more stylish with the high gloss finish and gold front firing sub. Sound is incredible, very robust bass without being boomy, and try as I might, I can't seem to bottom this thing out. I much prefer the front firing speaker over the bottom firing Klipsch, which seemed to absorb much of the bass into my carpet. And oh yeah, did I mention I saved $220. I could buy two of the H-100 for about the same price as the Klipsch, but I don't think the foundation of my house could withstand that kind of shock.

This is a great subwoofer at this price level!!! I upgraded from the stock subwoofer of my mid-range Onkyo home theater system (I have already upgraded the satellites) and this makes a huge difference!!! For movies, the low end is tight and adds significant depth vs. my previous sub, which would produce muddled bass during scenes with significant bass / action / etc.

I have done only limited testing of music with this sub, but it is definitely tighter (i.e. less boom) than my former HTIB sub, and now I get great low-end response without having to constantly tweak the receiver / subwoofer settings to minimize boom.

I did a significant amount of research before buying this subwoofer and I am absolutely satisfied with my purchase. This is a great subwoofer for this price point and I highly recommend this if you are wanting to upgrade from your current setup.