Customer Reviews

Jensen JP12 12" Front Firing Powered Subwoofer, 130 Watts RMS

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Mine makes the electronic farting noise at least once during every movie I watch and after it's turned off.

It is annoying and embarassing while having any friends over.

I can't believe anyone would rate this speaker higher than one because most of the time it works.

This isn't rocket science. A speaker should not ruin any movies by making loud random noises.

Avoid it like the plague.

I too was interested in a cheap sub, and this seemed to fit the bill. I read about the farting noise when it went into sleep mode, and figured I could live with it. Well, maybe, but that's not the only issue I had.

The amp has two switch positions: "off" and "auto". It does not have an "always on" position, and this is a critical failure. At certain volumes, the auto-sensing "feature" will put the sub into power-save mode mid-song, overlaying the fart noise on top of the music. At this point, there's no bass, until the volume gets turned up, it senses the signal again, and it kicks back on.

In songs with quiet periods, or movies where explosions alternate with dialog, the sub turned itself on and off way too often - it was completely intolerable. I could hear a bass line, then it would be gone, replaced with the fart noise.

If you're cranking repetative industrial or techno, you won't have this problem, but users with other applications in mind should pony up an extra $23 for a better sub.

I wanted this sub for the bedroom. I have a romping 12" Infinity for the living room and I am happy with it. I just needed a little something for when I'm laying in bed watching movies in the bedroom. This sub does the job. I use it primarily for movie watching. I cranked some little jon the other day and I heard it bottom out a few times but it's a jenson, and it's less than $100. It's better than most subs you get in those all-in-one theatre packages. Go for it if your use is light. Don't buy this for the center piece of your primary sounds system. Always spend the most money on your center channel and your sub; You'll never regret; if You don't you'll end up upgrading soon and spending more money.

This sub does what I want it to do. It does fart. I love it. My girlfriend hates it and wants me to return it to Amazon but I won't. That's the only negative about this product, and I don't feel negative about it... It makes me laugh!!! The farts are few and far between, and mine only makes that sound when the stereo and TV are turned off and the lights are out and I'm about to fall asleep... Then it rips one, hilarious.

Amazon returns policy is Awesome. I purchased that mini-Koss DVD player and had to return it, Amazon made that entire process seemless. Amazon gets an A+++.

Had this for three months before it developed the dreaded "Jensen twelve-inch flattulence." Great deep bass until sleep mode and then "brrrAAAAAAPPPPPP!" and no signal. Turning it off and waiting a few minutes helps but then it starts farting again! While highly entertaining during romantic movies, it gets downright irritating when you're watching Star Wars and Darth Vader starts passing gas.

The only reason I'm giving this sub a high mark is because he plate amp at 2 ohms is incredible. The amp "farts" because of the capacitors in it get charged from the current produced from the sub moving because of sounds around it. Get a high Q sub that's 2 ohms and sounds good in a 2.5 cubic foot space and you've got incredible sounding sub. I've got an old Audiobahn AW1200 in mine right now and I'm having a hard time wanting to remove it.

Plate amp gets hot but pounds music long time...

Well, this subwoofer looks ok, but check the reviews. Compared to this, you can buy a great 10-inch JBL w/ digital amp, and not really leave the same price arena.

Since the reviewer J-D "Audiophile" thought he would leave bad feedback based on his/her own stupidity and an experience with another retailer than amazon... Here is my review based on the fact that I once saw this product in a store.
It was a black, square box. When the sales dude turned it on, it actually went boom-boom. It was transcendent. Buy this.

This subwoofer offers alot of boooom boooom (excellent bass) for the cheap price. It sounds as good as the high end subs. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that when the unit goes into sleep mode it sounds as if it lets out a fart. Apart from this, I highly recommend this sub to people with smaller budgets.

69.95 with free shipping and no taxes! I've been looking around for a sub in the 150.00 - 200.00 dollar range for the past couple weeks. I've been to Bestbuy Circuit City ECT... Anyhow I have been very pleased with the performance of the Jensen as apposed to the other models I've looked at. It seems to do, and sound, just as good as the other models, but for a lot less money. On the down side there is a flaw. When it goes into "power saving" mode it does let out a sound that is amazingly like a fart. So far it has only happened after I turned the Stereo off, and as long as it only does it then, I'm fine with it.

I wanted a sub woofer so I could get that rumble when certain things happen in a movie, and it looks at though the Jensen will follow through. I would not buy it for midrange/sub to go along with satellite speakers for music.

Over all it is a great sub for the price. If you put the name infinity, or JBL on the woofer it would sell in the 200 dollar range.

Bottom line--- Don't go out and buy this sub, and then complain about what it does. There is nothing more annoying than writing a bad review on a product they were already informed about. The prime example is this sub. What do you expect for such a low price? Why do you think they are practically giving the thing away? So don't come back here and complain about it being so cheap, when you knew it ahead of time, and don't complain about the farting.

I purchased a factory-recoditioned JPS12 from an amazon store about a month ago. It arrived quick enough, the box was in good condition.

I didn't have a chance to fully test it out until the 20 day, and around that day I realized it was damaged. When the subwoofer was plugged in, but no audio signal was sent - it burped every 5 minutes or so. Contacted the store I bought it from (J&R) said they couldn't refund my money because it was past their 12 return day period. Called Jensen support, and they verified the item was damaged!!! AAARRGGGHHH.

Will never buy recondition Jensen again.