Polk Audio PSW125 12-Inch Powered Subwoofer (Single, Cherry)

by Polk Audio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.2 x 16.5 inches ; 40 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 44 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000PIAQ3S
• Item model number: AM1222-C
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,179 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

The PSW125 Powered Subwoofer delivers powerful, accurate and musical bass at shockingly low prices. Built for power and value, the PSW125 represents a continuing refinement of the highly regarded PSW Series and a great introduction to visceral home theater bass performance. Loud & Low Specs(CEA2010): Low 118 db / Ultra 90.5 db

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, July 6, 2007

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E. Whiteside (NorCal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio PSW125 12-Inch Powered Subwoofer (Single, Cherry) (Electronics)

This is my first subwoofer for the home and I am thoroughly impressed with the bass response and accuracy. For the first three days I had it placed in the corner facing the same directions as my Polk R50 Towers (which match well). The corner loading produced muddy boom which wasn't really aggravating just not my kind of thing.

I enjoy tight bass more than boom, so I moved it between my right speaker and TV, amazing still! The down firing port means no evident port noise. I have experienced none and that is from about a month of loud drum and bass, hip hop and walking bass lines found in Jazz music. You are going to love the low rumble and punch found in movie explosions and heavy vehicles running in the background!

I am running it speaker level input utilizing the crossover at about 75hz. I have great control of the output with the level knob set at less than half and phase set to 180 degrees. I would buy a second if I didn't live in a duplex!

The finish is Cherry veneer but I think that is to be expected for a sub at this price point?

Oh yeah and of course I received it within 2 days with Amazon Prime two day shipping. Normally there is a shipping charge!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love true hi-fi, low bass, this subwoofer, May 29, 2009

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John Kenderdine "physical sciences teacher" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio PSW125 12-Inch Powered Subwoofer (Single, Cherry) (Electronics)

Beautiful to see and hear! This is my second subwoofer, the other being a 1990s 12" down-firing AR still used for my main home theater system. This is as good if not better. My background includes professional work at a government acoustical research facility, broadcast radio, music production as a musician both acoustic and electronic. Accurate sound production is important to me. My preferred music to play and listen is pipe organ and electronic sythesizer both of which span the entire human audible range. This beast does the job (provided you are not trying to fill the volume of a church or concert hall) for my critical ears. I am a long time physics teacher (translation: not rich) so the price is right as well. Prosumer gear here. I got it to produce and monitor the low virtual pipe organ sounds from my pro-grade synthesizer workstation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds great, looks great, bigger than you might expect., January 14, 2010

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Apierion (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Polk Audio PSW125 12-Inch Powered Subwoofer (Single, Cherry) (Electronics)

Got this for my HT room a few days ago and it was a breeze to set up. It sounds excellent paired with my Onkyo TX-SR507 and with adjustable crossover, level & polarity, the sound is highly tweakable.

As a side note it looks great in my room, but is a bit bigger than I had expected - it's basically big enough to be an end table, which in fact it now is serving as! This is just something to consider when you purchase. If you feel this might be too big, you might want to consider the smaller (and cheaper) 10-inch model.