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  October 27, 2022 10:51 PM EDT

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  Tired of putting up with anemic bass while you miss out on the visceral excitement that comes with owning a bad-ass subwoofer? Or maybe it’s time to replace a lowly soundbar (or, heaven forbid, the speakers built into your TV) with a full-on home theater speaker system capable of delivering a no-holds-barred surround-sound experience. If either of these statements ring true, you’re in the right place. In the following six pages we present capsule reviews of our Top Picks in subwoofers and home theater speaker systems for all of 2021 and so far in 2022. We’ve even thrown in S&V-approved soundbars built to deliver a surround-sound experience and stereo speakers around which you can build a full-fledged surround system. In all, there are more than two dozen recommendations to consider. We’ve checked all pricing and noted instances where there has been a price increase since the original review, which was the case with only about a third of the products.Get more news about fashion subwoofer speaker,you can vist our website!
  I don’t know about you, but my first thought was “too good to be true” when I saw how much OSD is asking for its Nero TubeBass 10 subwoofer. Turns out, the little canister is a brute that offers ridiculous value for $179, while trading the usual black-box form factor for a 19 x 13-inch cylinder that packs a down-firing 10-inch driver and 400-watt amplifier. This is a subwoofer that won’t dominate the room. But given the low price, it’s also a no-frills design that (unavoidably) lacks wireless connectivity, app control, EQ presets, and DSP/automated room correction. Instead, you get the old-school basics: a volume control, a rotary dial for selecting a crossover point between 30 and 120 Hz, a phase switch, line-level RCA and LFE inputs, and a black-mesh-fabric-covered tube with rubber feet that provide stability and clearance for that down-firing woofer.
  For his evaluation, Al Griffin set up the TubeBass 10 in the corner of his 12 x 16-foot home theater and hitched it to a Rotel RSP-1576MKII surround processor feeding Elac Uni-Fi 2.0 speakers and set the Rotel’s low-pass crossover to 100 Hz. Then he ran some test tones and confirmed usable output down to 30Hz before firing up some music. Comparing Bill Frisell's "Blues Dream" from the CD With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones, Griffin was surprised with “how much bass OSD Audio's cylinder sub was actually generating in my room” and marveled with how tight and impactful the bass guitar and kick drum sounded on Roxy Music's "The Space Between" from Avalon on multichannel SACD. The little subwoofer also did an impressive job with movies, adding fullness and punch (sans infrasonic rumbling) to the mayhem in Pacific Rim without audible distortion. What more can you ask from a sub that costs 200 bucks? (Editor’s note: Since the original review, OSD has increased the price of the TubeBass 10 from $179 to $200.)

  SVS has built its reputation around delivering impressive performance at budget-friendly prices. To make a good deal more enticing, the company has included its best-in-class app with the super-compact SB-1000 sealed sub and its ported big brother, the PB-1000 Pro. The app makes it super easy to set up and fine-tune the performance of either sub, each of which mates a 12-inch woofer with a 325-watt RMS Class D amplifier. Instead of having to get down on your knees and crawl around to the back of the subwoofer, you can simply grab your phone (and a sound meter) and use the app to adjust a surprising range of parameters from your easy chair.
  In addition to controlling volume and setting crossover points or correcting polarity, the app lets you adjust phase, select room gain compensation (to tame bloated bass in smaller rooms) and puts a highly flexible parametric equalizer with frequency and bandwidth (Q) controls at your fingertips. The app also provides three presets and a port tuning mode on the PB-1000 Pro with customized "Standard" and "Sealed" frequency response curves for maximizing low-frequency extension or output.

  Switching out his regular SVS SB-3000 subwoofer (our 2019 Top Pick of the Year in subwoofers) for the new models in a 1,200 cubic-foot room, S&V’s resident bass guru David Vaughn was impressed by what he heard and felt while watching The Haunting, which features a reference-quality Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack known for its deep bass. In the scene where protagonist Nell flees for her life while being attacked by the evil spirit, the SB-1000 held its own but the “PB-1000's ability to go a bit deeper and play louder definitely enhanced the experience with bass that displayed more prominence and heft.” Conversely, while both subs also performed well with music, the SB-1000 Pro had the edge, rendering bass in the tight, punchy manner you’d expect from a sealed design. If you’re looking for good bass for a reasonable price, you really can’t go wrong with either of these subwoofers. (Editor’s note: Since the original review, SVS has increased the price of the SB-1000 from $500 to $600 and the PB-1000 from $600 to $800, both with a black ash finish.)