KlipschSPL-120 Powered Subwoofer 12 inches, Black

I am an audiophile, I like to hear full frequency spectrum, little distortion and loud!Well, this subwoofer seems to do the trick. Big upgrade from my old Klipsch K-100SW. Noticeable difference from the first time I hook this sub up. My god, this sub goes all the way up to +15db on my amp, speakers distorting before this subwoofer starts to fade away.I bought a SVS PB1000 for $800 at best buy and wasn’t impressed. This $360 sub is definitely outperforming the $800 SVS sub. Highly recommend this sub.And unfortunately my room have bad acoustics thanks to the 15ft vaulted ceiling and the size of the open space. This can now keep up with the towers speakers and still fill the room up with amazing bass.Can’t wait to try it with a movie tonight!Will be calibrating this better, so far so good, I love this sub!

Best sound shakes the house

I am buying two of these. But one was enough for me to realize I can no longer live in a townhouse. The bass travels through walls.

Tried one of those "test" videos on YouTube that goes from 1 to 100 Hertz. You actually start hearing a clean note starting at 18 Hertz even though it's only rated for 24 Hertz. Around 36 Hertz I had to put acoustic foam pads on two nearby picture frames and the hall closet to damp out the rattle.I bought it to hear the opening notes of 2001 A Space Odyssey (A.K.A. Thus Spake Zarathustra) which is 32 Hertz. What you normally hear on reasonably good systems is the 64 Hertz first harmonic, which gives you the impression you're hearing the opening note. It also comfortably handles the lowest note on a piano, which is 27.5 Hertz.Good system. Worth the price. I'm driving it directly from a pair of Klipsch R-51PM speakers using a coax RCA audio cable. The high end on the R-51PMs doesn't matter because my ears have no high end.

What I like:-Excellent low end at 24 Hz-Has a long excursion-Makes all LFE movies absolutely better-Lots of power at 600 watts-The clean simple appearance that coordinates perfectly with the Klipsch RP series speakers-Great price. Currently $399.99-Wireless performance with a Klipsch accessory if wantedHighly recommended for movie and music lovers.

I don't know why it took me so long.A few years ago, I bought a 12" Polk Audio PSW505 to replace an old Sony 10" subwoofer that didn't really cut it for me as my home theater setup evolved. It's been great in most use cases, except oddly enough a lot of newer action/sci-fi movies and shows started to cause the sub to make an awful burbling/rattling noise that sounded like it was being pushed past its limits. It might be due to the audio format, I'm not 100% sure, but new shows like Star Trek: Discovery would be problematic whenever the lower frequencies increased, whereas older series wouldn't have any trouble. I had tried adjusting the low pass filter and the volume, but the only way to really solve the issue was to turn the volume down so far that it basically defeated the purpose of having the subwoofer in the first place. So I'm not sure what was going on there.At any rate, a while back I upgraded my front towers and center channel to Klipsch RP-series monsters and I had been holding off on the subwoofer, but I finally pulled the trigger after dealing with that rattling from the Polk for too long, and bought the SPL-120. Problem solved! Strong, house-shaking bass with no rattle. Strong enough that I dialed it down a bit to keep it from overpowering the rest of the audio. Strong enough that when an explosion hit on screen, my girlfriend at the other end of the house went "holy crap!"

I would say I use this for movies 99% of the time. Well, I did use it until it crapped out. Having been a fan of audio for several decades now I can say that I did enjoy it while it lasted but having two of these was nice until the 4 year old one crapped out. Started making a popping noise every 5 seconds or so. In looking into this I will say that I will order two SVS subs and use the remaining Klipsch somewhere else in the house. Something lasting only 4 years is bad, as prior to this in decades of listening I have never had any speaker of any brand go bad. Until this. From now on I will buy powered subwoofers made by a subwoofer company and leave Klipsch to having speakers made by a speaker company.

I updated my whole system with the Klipsch line. I have two R120 subs and the sound was good, but there was a low end depth that was missing. I wanted to add one more sub to and place it behind my front sound stage. I looked at many options. All of the options I looked were over 1k. I really didn't want to spend that kind of money, and I wanted to stay with Klipsch. The new line that came out caught my attention, but they were out of the price range I wanted to pay. So I looked at this one. I knew that the SPL was highly rated, and I did not want a rear port sub. I couldn't find this sub anywhere until I went on amazon, and to my surprise it was on sale. It was actually cheaper than both of the subs I purchased and out performs both of them . I am very happy with my purchase, and the base is deep and clear. I like this sub because It knows its place in my system and can deliver when it's called on.