Infinity Powered 12IN Subwoofer 400 Watt

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 48 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 45 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: B000LKDLPK
• Item model number: PS212BK
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,418 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

All PS Series subwoofers utilize MMD woofers, higher-powered amplifiers and tuned enclosures to deliver articulate, extended low-frequency response; they also feature continuously variable crossover frequency and level controls; a phase switch; and LFE (low-frequency effects) and line-level and high-level inputs to optimize their performance in any system and room.

Customer Reviews

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Smoke and flame!, March 30, 2008

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Thomas M. Coyle (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Infinity Powered 12IN Subwoofer 400 Watt (Electronics)

I purchased this subwoofer in 2007, and it died a year later, nearly to the day. I blame myself, really - when I was thinking about buying it, I read reviews, just about all of which said that it had excellent sound. That was true. What I didn't read at the time was all the complaints. Turns out that the PS12 and PS10 amplifier modules are notorious for failing around a year after first turn-on. In my case, I pulled the screws and yanked the amplifier module. Soot is everywhere. I honestly can't see exactly what failed, though it looks like an area under one of the inductors was involved in a flashover of some sort. In fact, about a one-square-inch chunk of circuit board is actually eaten away from this failure. Now, I'm handy with a soldering iron, but this is clearly unfixable, since a large area of the surface traces are destroyed. At least they had the sense to install an internal fuse - without that, this failure might have burned down my house. $300 for one year of use and the potential for a life-changing fire; you do the math. Anyway, I just bought a Cadence CSX-12 to replace this dog. Do your research, not just for audiophile reviews, but also for complaints!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars earthquake, September 3, 2007

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Tony D "Tony D" (FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Infinity Powered 12IN Subwoofer 400 Watt (Electronics)

built solid and tough. packs enough power to get the house shaking and wake the neighbors. very low, tight and undistorted bass. i paid 288 for this baby and i don't know how you can beat it for that price?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Completes my system, November 21, 2007

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James G. Christenson "Jim Bob" (Los Altos, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Infinity Powered 12IN Subwoofer 400 Watt (Electronics)

I recently heard a performance of Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, which features a 9000-pipe Ruffatti organ. The very low organ notes are an essential part of the music. When I got home, my recorded version just did not satisfy anymore. I suspected my old subwoofer (Yamaha SW215) was not quite up to the job. It never really seemed to add a lot of range to my main (Bose) speakers (though it gave more control over the bass response) and I thought I needed something that moves more air. The Infinity does the trick. It is considerably larger, which caused me some problems positioning it in the room appropriately, but I guess that comes with the extended bass response. I am also discovering some richness in the bass in movies and other music that I did not miss previously, but enjoy now. Nothing against the Yamaha, which I used happily for two years, but I guess size does matter in some things.