Advent ASW1200 12" Powered Subwoofer, with Auto Turn-On

by Advent

Product Details

Product Manual [1.25mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 15.4 x 18 inches ; 32 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 32 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002L596M
• Item model number: ASW1200
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,108 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Bring your home theater or hi-fi stereo system to life with Advent's ASW1200 active subwoofer. This affordable, nondescript black box is capable of conveying dramatic realism and exciting effects from both music and movie programs. The 12-inch sub delivers 100 watts of clarity and stability--and you can place it just about anywhere in the room since human ears are so much less sensitive to directionality in low-frequency sounds than high-frequency sounds. The speaker has a frequency response of 33 to 150 Hz with a variable crossover to help you match the upper range of its output with the lower range of your other speakers.

The ASW1200 offers inputs for either line- (RCA) or speaker-level (clip-type) inputs, with speaker-level outputs, too, in case you want to run speaker cables from your amplifier or surround receiver to the subwoofer, and then on to your speakers, putting the sub "inline" with 100 percent of your audio listening. Alternately, you can run a dedicated monaural RCA subwoofer cable from your surround receiver's subwoofer preamp output (for authentic ".1" effects from 5.1- or 6.1-channel programs) or from any level-dependent analog audio output.

When used in conjunction with smaller, bookshelf-type speakers, the subwoofer extends system capability to full-range frequency response. With larger, floorstanding speakers, the sub helps shoulder the burden of reproducing low-frequency information, and its variable crossover lets you scale its output to cover only frequencies deeper than those most efficiently reproduced by your floorstanders in your room (rooms have a huge effect on audible bass response).

What's in the Box
Subwoofer, 4 feet, and a user's manual with warranty information.

Product Description

Special J&R Perchase Finish - black Dimensions - 18H x 15 3/8W x 16 1/2D

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth the price, August 11, 2005

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Steven Wechsler "Home electronics hobbyist" (West Hempstead, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advent ASW1200 12" Powered Subwoofer, with Auto Turn-On (Electronics)

I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I recognize good sound when I hear it. This sub sounds way better than its price would indicate. I have it installed in my vacation home in Florida, with a pair of small JBLs as mains. Let me say that it way exceeded my expections of a $100 (now $80) sub. The room it's in is fairly large, and it has no problem keeping up with the JBLs. No, it doesn't go down to 20hz, but my Velodyne VA1012 doesn't do that either, and it was almost four times the price. It's definitely superior to the cheapie subs you get with an all-in-one system. I would feel confident pairing it with most mass-market speakers.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sub, October 25, 2005

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Stephen M. Welch (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advent ASW1200 12" Powered Subwoofer, with Auto Turn-On (Electronics)

Just received and hooked up the ASW1200. I'm using Definitive Technology front, center and surrounds which are acknowledged by most to be great speakers. I didn't think I needed a sub as the BP10 fronts make a lot of bass so I bought this basically as a cheap experiment to see if it made a difference. It does. I tested using Star Trek Generations DVD in the Dolby 5.1 mode. I usually listen at moderate sound levels so the BP10s never really boom. The ASW1200 added that low end presence at moderate sound levels that I had been missing. I also tested with a test CD and found the low end bass is much better than the advertised 30Hz. This sub has usable bass down to 20Hz. Granted at that level it is not as tight as a higher priced sub but for movies particularly I don't think it matters a whole lot. Anyway, I know there are better subs out there but this is at least a 70 or 80% solution for less than 5 or 10% of the cost of the 100% solutions. Can you spell v-a-l-u-e?

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality bass for a bargain price!, October 26, 2005

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John Keating - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advent ASW1200 12" Powered Subwoofer, with Auto Turn-On (Electronics)

First, let me say that this is not a Hsu or an SVS subwoofer,but it wasn't meant to compete with them either! What it does do is put them to shame in that it'll do 90% of what those bad boys can do at a price point that is absolutely unbelievable! You will have to pay big bucks for that 10% premium. If you've got it - by all means spend it! I didn't. I did, however, get a sub that is musical, good looking (I mean it's a black box:)and has both high and low inputs-not to mention auto on/off for $80.00 shipped to my door! I am absolutely happy with this purchase! Thank you Amazon!
No - it will not peel the paint off of your walls - I didn't want that! I wanted something that gave me my oboe, string bass, electric bass - all the tones below 80hz that are contained in music - it does this and very well I might add! Movies sound wonderful too.
If you haven't figured out by now that I love this thing - what have you been reading???? Look - this is a true bargain - buy it! It is brand new and comes with a warranty that is fair! I could go on. If I had to nit pick - the only flaw here is that it is not super powerful - turning it up beyond the halfway mark will leave you with a distorted mess!!! But, my goodness, that is insanely loud! Anything before the halfway point on the volume is tight and musical. So go ahead by the SVS or Hsu if you need to peel the paint off of your walls - As for me, I will save hundreds of dollars and get musical bass that is plenty for me because I was willing to take a chance on this product. I may even buy one more for my office - it is that good!