YST-SW216

Comments about Yamaha yst-sw216_black__u:

The power off/on switch is in an odd place. If you move it up to the top or just trade places between it and the volume control things would be better, because off and on are usually used far more often than changing the volume on a sub-woofer.

This subwoofer has good clean sound. It is a very worthwhile addition, and the price is just right, making this an incredible value.

Comments about Yamaha yst-sw216_black__u:

Two words...."really good"! Added this as a mid-bass subwoofer to my home theater. I have three subs dedicated to frequencies 90hz and below. This speaker sounds really good in the "high cut frequency mode". Fills in the imaging gap between 100hz - 200hz that book shelf speakers can't consistently reproduce. With no phasing option, had to tweek the crossover on a/v a bit but well worth it. Yamaha keep up the good work!

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I use several subs in my home theater system. One of them recently failed, so I went shopping. After looking at several brands, I concluded that the Yamaha offered the best performance for the best price. I already owned two Yamaha subs, and had found that they "punch above their weight" as far as performance is concerned. The only criticism that I have of this unit is that it does not have a stand-by mode, so that I have to switch it on and off whenever I use it, which is not a big issue.

Comments about Yamaha yst-sw216_black__u:

I wanted to add bass to my basement system, a nice sounding low-powered Sherwood receiver with Mirage towers, which just didn't kick the lows while sitting on the concrete floor. This sub did the trick, at a low cost, and with clean, tight bass.

Very impressed with the sound. I can easily tailor it to any style of music I want to listen to, though it doesn't need much fussing with. I listen to all types of music, from classical to dub step and this sub handles it all with aplomb.

You can't get much better bass with this size driver than the Yamaha delivers. I'm going to get another one so I can run one on each channel. I'd recommend it for just about anyone.

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You have to spend some time to adjust the settings with the subwoofer. The thing will blast you out of the room at max. Once adjusted(which takes some time) you get a GREAT sounding system.

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Bought to use in my bedroom in conjunction with my 42" LCD HDTV, Hi-Def cable box, XBox 360, and BluRay Disc Player that make up my bedrooms'
entertainment system(s). I have full surround 5.1 set up and it absolutely blows me away with the sound quality, the bass response, the surround effects and over all performance. Easy to integrate with all other components and sounds amazing! Thanks so much for a great product....

Comments about Yamaha yst-sw216_black__u:

I got this back in 2/4/2008 for only [$] at [@] to go with my HTR-5890 receiver. Once you have played with the settings with the receiver & subwoofer for awhile you get a good sounding unit.

Comments about Yamaha yst-sw216_black__u:

For the money you can't beat this sub. Yes it's a "basic" model with no auto turn on/off feature or adjustable crossover (it has a switchable crossover), but those things would drive up the price, and if sound quality is what you're looking for, not bells and whistles, this is your sub.

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Sub added to a pair of Polk Mini Monitors with their own amplifier. Used in our workout room mostly for music and sometime sports broadcast.

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Replaced a Harmon Kardon subwoofer that had gone bad. The Yamaha sounds better that the HK ever did.