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This is a great sub. I must say that it did take a while to "break in" and get as deep as it is now. I would say not to expect it to blow you away out of the box but it will come around!

I bought this from Circuit City to replace another older Polk powered subwoofer which was ruined in a basement flood. That one had only a 10 inch woofer but it did a very good job with the bass frequencies of my surround sound setup. This one sounds bigger, louder, tighter and better defined in the low end and is punchier. I've had it for two months and it has broken in nicely and may still be breaking in. When I first purchased the PSW125 it sounded quite nice and then the bass kind of diminished a bit for a month or so and then started coming back as the speaker cone settled in. The bass is now extremely powerful and it functions superbly with my Polk sattelite, center channel and rear surround speakers to give a fat full 3D gorgeous sound. Totally blows away movie theater house sound systems for power and clarity. Get one, give it a couple months or so to fully break in and you will be rewarded. Polk powered subwoofers are excellent and reliable, just keep them away from flood water!

I'm using the subwoofer in a home theater system. The speaker
is connected to a receiver; I'm also using a Polk soundbar.
The sound is great and the crossover from the soundbar speakers
to the subwoofer is seamless.

A great value for the price paid. The only issue was to find a
large enough space in my cabinet as this subwoofer is fairly large.
I got it in by moving other components around, but I should have
looked into this issue before ordering the subwoofer. So, check
your available space and buy accordingly.

I purchased this 12 inch Polk Sub woofer online for $195 plus shipping at expoNJ.com [List and at my local Best Buy was $399] Shipping was the only negative .somewhat slow . Another $30 and it took 2 weeks to arrive. It was perfect, not a second or a refurbished . . It's performance is astounding . . easy to connect, clear instructions, and it can connect to any amp . . you don't need a 'sub woofer output'- just use the existing left and right amp outputs if you don't have a lowlevel connection . . This is my sons who lives on a low bass rumble . . even he is impressed . . I want to steal it from him for my Home Theater surround sound system . . IF there is a better deal on a great sub woofer, I haven't found it yet !!!

The bass line achieved by the 12" PSW125 is exactly what I wanted, I would recomend it to anyone.