Boston Acoustics Classic Series CPS12Wi Wireless Ready Powered Woofer (Cherry)

by Boston Acoustics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 16 x 14.8 inches ; 51.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 55 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002R0DXC8
• Item model number: CPS12WIC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,797 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The CPS12Wi is a compact powered sub using a long-throw, 12-inch DCD (Deep Channel Design) woofer combined with a powerful 400-watt RMS (850-watt peak) amplifier. It's part of the Boston Classic Series CPS Wi powered subwoofer line. It delivers the performance, impact and value you expect from a Boston Acoustics products. Thanks to our patented BassTrac circuitry each model is capable of producing tight distortion-free bass at virtually all output levels. This deep, extended bass to brings your favorite music and movies to life. With this performance comes the benefit of installation flexibility. Each subwoofer comes with both speaker- and line-level inputs for easy setup and their front-firing, front-ported design makes them well suited for custom cabinet installation. And, there is a surprise hidden inside each rigid, resonant free enclosure – a 2.4GHz wireless receiver. When an optional WT50 wireless transmitter is combined with a CPS Wi sub, great bass will be delivered - up to 50 feet away – without a traditional wire connection! This means you can tuck these power-packed subs wherever they work best in your room.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical and low, March 4, 2011

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Miles Hinley "Milo" (Detroit) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Boston Acoustics Classic Series CPS12Wi Wireless Ready Powered Woofer (Cherry) (Electronics)

This is my 1st ever home audio sub so I will have to compare it to my car sub and my dads home sub. My car sub is a 12" MTX on 380 Watts in a sealed box in the trunk. My dad's home sub is a Vandersteen 2WQ assisting a pair of expensive Talons. Compared to the MTX the CPS12Wi is ported and plays lower notes well (20-30hz) that the MTX struggles with. It is also more musical less bone jarring.

Compared to the Vandersteen it's crossed over at a high frequency (my choice based on my setup) and therefore you can guess where it is in the room when blindfolded. It's actually louder than the $1000++ vanderdstien but that's probably due to the higher x-over and also the port. Not to mention the 2WQ was never intended to be loud at all as far as I can tell.

If you are looking for something bone jarring, this is not your sub. However, for authoritative and musical ultra lows, it's great. So on the MTX to Vandersteen scale, it's closer to the Vandersteen.

I dont plan on using WiFi. I picked this sub because it was on sale for under $300 at amazon. I'm very pleased, no regrets.

Couple tips: 1. Place sub in corner of room, it makes a difference. 2. Use a RCA splitter to plug in both left and right inputs. This will basically give you a better starting point when you tune the volume level because you will start at double volume. In my case my L/R speaker have high sensitivity so without the splitter I wasn't able to set the volume where I wanted it. This is a negative.

My favorite test is playing "the longships" by Enya. The drum is so low you visualize it as having a 14ft diameter. My MTX sucks at this song compared to the CPS12wi. Maybe it just wont work right in a car or maybe it requires a ported sub.

Finally, just a thought, I used a tone generator to test this thing at 20hz. Definitely audible. It's rated at 25hz because that's where you start to lose significant loudness. I tested it at 16hz and still heard it, only because it was making something else vibrate in the room. That 16hz is not audible by humans.

UPDATE 3/28

I've had some more time with this unit and have decided the port diameter is too small. During intense low frequency movie scenes you can hear a high pitched wooshing sound in the port. For this price range and box size that is totally normal. However, it can be avoided with a larger port (which also requires a larger box). I did compare the unit side by side to a much larger sub with 4 ports of the same diameter. It wasn't really a fair comparison because the other unit was a 15" driver in a 13cf box weighing 190lbs.