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I was worried when I first unpacked it. It was larger than expected but once I plugged it in and played with the adjustments I quickly forgot about its size.

Excellent bass response & if you place it in a corner it rewards you with even more...
Movies and music stand out...

I've had this for 90 days, and have no complaints at all. I'm using it in a room that is about 10' x 18', and it adds enough rumble to my movies even at about 30-40% of its potential volume. Can't go much louder unless my wife is out of the house. My only frustration (not a complaint, just something I didn't think of before purchasing) is that I find myself adjusting the volume and the crossover fairly frequently, depending on whether I'm watching a movie, TV, playing WII/XBOX, and depending on whether my wife is in the room... The adjustments are a little tough because the knobs are on the back of the speaker - I would have paid a little more to get the same model with a remote control.

I wanted to get the Polk model comparable to this one, but it was significantly more expensive. I love Polk, and it's usually all I buy. But I settled for this one due to the subsantial price difference, and I was extremely surprised. This subwoofer sounds great. Booming low bass, awesome movie sounds, great for music, and it fills up a pretty giant room with noise. I got the twelve inch because the room we needed it for is pretty big and is not closed off by four walls. This woofer does an excellent job! I highly recommend it.

Been wanting to add a sub to my home theater system for a while. I have a 7x100w @ 8 7.1 Receiver and decided to go with the 180w 12" sub vs the 100w 10". Great sound when active.

I purchased this to replace a much smaller 8" sub. The quality, looks and sound are all fantastic. It's over 30 pounds, and well made. There was no information or instructions in the box, but I found them online at [...]

There are different connections for the signal in, plus there's an output so you can a 2nd sub in series with this one. There are also adjustments for volume and cut off freq., plus the usual phase switch - normal/reverse.