Binding: Electronics Brand: Polk Audio Color: Black Oak EAN: 0747192110642 Label: Polk Audio Manufacturer: Polk Audio Model: AM1055-A Publisher: Polk Audio Sales Rank: 264 Size: 10 Inch Studio: Polk Audio Variation Description: Black Oak Warranty: 5 years warranty
Features:
A single 10-inch subwoofer with built-in high-current amplifier for big bass
Equipped with one 10-inch polymer-composite dynamic-balance cone driver
Features laser-based Klippel measurement technology for improved linearity and deep, precise sound
Frequency Response: 35Hz - 200Hz
Non-resonant all-MDF enclosure construction with 0.75-inch-thick baffles and internal bracing
Great sub for the price
The problem with a lot of reviews regarding home audio is that critics compare budget equipment to high dollar equipment (big surprise...high dollar wins).
This sub is a budget line addition to your home theater. If you are low on cash and need a .1 to add to your setup, this is your sub. That being said, this sub is amazing for the price tag. Great bass with no distortion (just don't go nuts with the volume). It suffers at the very low range but what budget sub doesn't. Main problem is the lack of an LFE input.
Here is the solution from Polk: Use the RCA inputs and turn the frequency knob clockwise, this will essentially create and LFE connection.
One unrelated Polk story: I recently moved to Austin, ... Read More
Enough sub-woofer; good value
I'd agree that the PSW10 might be stretched in any but the smallest home theater, but it does a great job on music in all but the largest rooms.
This is my second sub-woofer, the first being a Polk PSW505. The 505 is awesome, but it completely overpowers average size rooms when used to play music. The 505 really shines in a large room or in a home theater, where mine now resides.
In an average living room, mine is 13 x 21, the PSW10 provides plenty of clean bass for all types of music. With the PSW10's volume at 50% and no bass boost from the receiver you'll hear more bass than you would in a classical concert hall or jazz festival. Bump the bass volume up a bit & you'll hear all the bass you'd find in rock / pop venues - at ... Read More
Great bang for your buck!
I spent a lot of money on my Samsung 46A650 LCD, Polk speaker set, and Onkyo SR706 receiver. I didn't really want to drop a whole lot more on a sub but knew I needed one for the low end. Since I had polk speakers I figured this would be a good compliment. I realized that the price was low compared to a lot of other subs but noticed it had good reviews. Well I'm pleased to say that it looks and sounds great. For only a 50watt RMS powered sub it really puts out some low end. I have no complaints. It is quite big though (once again no complaints). It is very box (square) like, so it does take up a little room. It does look very sleek though. So for a little over a [...] bucks this is well worth it. Maybe down the road I'll waste a few hundred on a unnecessarily ... Read More
Good entry-level sub
Couple of points up front: The PSW10 is NOT an audiophile-grade subwoofer, and shouldn't be graded as such. A true audiophile, if they have a subwoofer at all, will drop 2- to 3 grand on a Velodyne, Rega, Rel, etc. and then complain if they can't hear fingernails plucking the strings of a double bass. Next, the low frequencies produced in a movie are inherently different than those produced in music. Getting a subwoofer to reproduce both equally well can be tricky. My review of the PSW10 is from a 2-speaker, mid-level audio system perspective and not a 7/5.1 surround-sound home theater. I'm NOT saying the -10 won't work well in a HT set-up, but suggest you may need to use 2 different settings (see below).
Big sound small box
I have always had Polk in my car and they defiantly last the test of time. In 10 years I have had the same 2 12" subs and they still sound amazing with little signs of wear. From experience I have learned 1st hand that Polk offers good quality products that deliver what you want when it comes to clean crisp highs and deep lows- worth every cent.
So I decided to invite Polk into my living room since upgrading to blu ray.
Prior to my Polk system that consist of 2 m70s (fronts) and 5 RM8s and of course this nice little sub I had a Bose acoustimass 10 system. This new Polk system I built is so much nicer. Sounds are so real when watching movies and I hear things in music I never heard before.
