Customer Reviews

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

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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!

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.

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.

This is a must buy item. I'm so impressed with the deep bass that i may buy another so i can really shake things up. I was looking at higher priced subs and thankfully i bought this one because with the savings i am able to buy more Polk equipment and still get the deep bass i was looking for. Installation was easy and i was able to get a free polk 111 sub with my order. Amazon is great as usual!!

I've had this for several years now and I'm very pleased. It adds a good rumble to movies, and really fills in the lows for music. After listening to other lower-end subs I'm very glad I didn't go with something smaller or cheaper. The sound that comes out of has good tone. There's no distortion or rattling when cranked either. Even at low volume it works well, it's hard to tell where the speaker stop and the sub kicks in. The rest of my setup consists of a CS2 and 2 bi-amped Monitor 60s. I'm in a relatively small room - less than 10 feet from any speaker. Only issues are, and the first is mostly related to the room - placement does make difference as far as volume is concerned. I don't know if a downward-facing design would be less directional. The other is the feet aren't quite level.

It's awesome. I have purchased Polk TSi series --- TSi 500 front speakers, TSi 200 for surround, CS 20 for center and PSW 125 for subwoofer. It's an awesome combination. I have hooked them up to Onkyo AV reciver RC 370 and it all works awesome. I watch movies from At&t Uverse all 5.1 Dolby and it's a great experience. This sub woofer is little bulky though. I plan to add another one to my 7.2 system in few months. Prices on all above mentioned items were best on Amazon.

I bought this subwoofer as a gift for my husband who is heavily into music, and knows what he likes in his sound quality. He chose it for Polk's great reputation and for its furniture-style cabinet in a woodgrain that coordinates with the furniture in the room. It was easy to hook up. It is hooked into our sound system for the TV and stereo, and we just watched "This Might Get Loud". Wow! This subwoofer delivers a great dynamic range - from the soft, mellow notes to the ones that hit you over the head. I recommend this subwoofer to all music enthusiasts.

I got this to add base to my pair of Polk RTi A7's. The A7's have a beautiful cherry finish while this has a pretty cheap look to it. Does not match the speakers at all. Sound is fine but finish is dissapointing.