Customer Reviews

Yamaha YST-SW305 Dual 8 Powered Subwoofer (Single)

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

 

 

I purchased a YST-SW305 about three days ago. I needed a quick replacement for my current theater as I gave my friend the Klipsch KSW 12 I was uitilizing at the time.

I knew from the start that I was not going to get the same level of perfomace from the Yamaha that I was accustomed to with my Klipsch. The design differences are clear indicators that placement for the Yamaha will be critical. I prefer a bottom loaded sub with a rear port. This enables the frequencies from the sub to reflect off of a wall and have time to travel to the listener. Thus, the result is a deep, full low end sound. The Yamaha design is a front loaded sub with front facing ports. If I face it in the corner with the spaekers and ports to the wall, I have wires and an ugly rear pannel looking back at me. Sounds decent, but looks like hell. If I place the sub towards me to clean up the presentation, I loose about half of the potential from the unit. This is the immediate turn off.

Sound is not that bad when located properly. Careful when pushing the 305 to it's peak levels. One will encounter serious cone ripping distortion when you drive this unit too hard. At medium levels of volume, it will produce very clean and accurate bass for even the pickiest of enthusiasts. My reccomendation is to load your room with two of these units.

The bottom line is value. I purchased mine for [ cheap] ... At that price, I found it hard to pass up buying a second one for a fuller effect. I will probably keep these units for about 6 months and make my move back to Klipsch. I give this unit three stars only because of it's design. The bang for the buck is great.

This subwoofer clearly demonstrates the .1 in Dolby 5.1. Thought I was getting good bass with my Bose system (4 speakers). When I added this unit I found out what was missing. Excellent bass response. Movies and music sound the way they should.

Well the price was great,a slim line box thats easy to hide. I thought that two 8 inch speakers would be better than buying a huge 12 or 15 inch speaker that takes up a lot of space. I was wrong. Even though you have two speakers they are just too small for accurate bass responce at a high volume. thats why it is great for movies just not for music. Over all it is a decant product for what your paying for.

This thing is great. It introduced me to all my neighbors. It sounds really good for movies and for music. The only probmen is it's supposed to automatically sense a signal and turn itself on, but that feature doesn't always work. Usually I just end up leaving it on. You can throw some good parties with this thing.