Dayton Audio SUB-1000 10-Inch 100 Watt Powered Subwoofer (Black)

Just unboxed and set up this BEAST. I am a total bass junkie...I gotta feel it, hear it, and not miss a single note. UNBOXING: - Dayton Audio, A+. Double boxed, barely no instructions, lots of foam, and care in packaging. - No Prime 2-day delivery. Parts Express always seems to charge too much for shipping. - Took the grill off and looked at woofer...holy moses, that is one beast of a subwoofer (thick surround, high excursion) SET-UP: - Easy peasey hook up. I am using my Harman/Kardon 3590 subwoofer RCA outputs (low level) Works perfectly. - Adjustments for volume and freq are very good. I was worried about the crossover not being parametric (dB drop off stuff). It is very high quality - The speaker hi and lo level connections are TOO SMALL - Placement - Looks great just about everywhere. SOUND: - I have a normal sized living room. This sub fills it with total ease. - I like having stuff hanging on the walls (pictures, clocks, wall hangings). However, this sub does NOT like them and will shake them off. - The bass is incredible, the quality spectacular, detail is there, EVERY note is there. - How loud will it go? Well, I cranked it up out of the box, everything in the house in every room shook. I "felt" every low freq note with a physical internal vibrato. Almost brain rattling in a way. For $128...you get A LOT of high quality bass and it will crack drywall, plaster, and make things fall off the wall - Absolutely no "huff and puff", no internal rattles, no weird air sounds like so many other subs. Just pure, clean low-low-low grunt, growling bass. CONCLUSION: - Best $128 I ever spent to round out my home entertainment center. This 10" powered sub with 100w is MORE than enough for about 99% of purchasers. It has the power, sound, and quality of a sub costing 3x as much. I am 47 and have heard some highly exotic stuff in my time. This Dayton Audio sub will "hit" and sounds excellent. Thank you Dayton Audio for making a great sub... UPDATE (6 Sep 2016) - I just "leave it on"...forget about setting the power switch to "Auto". No big deal. As for performance/sound...still amazed. One strange thing thought, my 9-year old large black male cat will lay in front of it and chill out. He loves the rumble or something. Did Dayton Audio infuse the subwoofer with catnip? I am ordering a second one for the bedroom. UPDATE (3 Jan 2017) - The sub is still in the same spot, however I laid it on it's side. The bottom of the sub is where the firing port is. Now (with it on it's side) the port is blowing off to the side. Neat trick! Played a movie today with lots of low frequencies and it really helped increase the experience. The "Auto" On still sucks...so, I leave it on. And lastly, if you use the speaker-level binding posts...they suck. Too small...already broke one messing around. Thankfully I don't use them. The speaker-level binding posts on my Polkaudio PSW10 sub are much better...and that sub has a front firing bass port. If I had to compare the two, the Dayton Audio has a better amplifier, speaker, and "overall" sound. However, the Polk does really well and sounds more natural...esp with the front firing port. It doesn't go quite as low as the Dayton Audio...but, it has a more "natural" low end response and feel. Think of it this way...each has about the same horsepower, but the Dayton Audio has more torque...and torque is king. Yet, the Polk has some class of it's own. UPDATE (May 1, 2018) - It's been a while running this monster. Still LOVE it. Since January, 2017's update, bought a SECOND one for my Vizio soundbar/HDTV system in the bedroom. It has Bluetooth and I paired with my Amazon Echo...the sound is AMAZING! Love this Dayton Audio 10" sub. Now, here is the kicker: I just upgraded my shop stereo system with a brand new Yamaha 5.1 Bluetooth receiver. It is a great sounding head unit...but, really miss/need my Dayton Audio subwoofer "growl". So, I bought ANOTHER one for the shop! I now have THREE of these! So, thanks Dayton Audio... UPDATE (May 24, 2018) - I own THREE now! The one in my garage/shop is hooked into my new Yamaha 5.1 Bluetooth receiver. I also have a Amazon Echo connected (Bluetooth) to this 2.1 system. The sound is crystal clear and the sound of the Dayton Audio is beastly. Garage acoustics are terrible...but was able to get really great sound and enough bass to rattle everything.

I got this sub to go with a pair of Kanto YU4's that I use for near field listening on my desk while working. I previously used an Edifier T5, which is a great budget sub, but had an annoying tendency to go into sleep mode if I didn't have the volume set at a fairly high level. I really just wanted something comparable to the T5 that wasn't prone to dozing off every few minutes at low volumes. Like any subwoofer, it took a few hours of breaking in, some fiddling with dials, and positioning to finally dial it in. The sweet spot for me is to have the crossover set to about 80Hz, which is about 20Hz above the bottom-end for the YU4, the volume is set at dead center, I tried both 0 and 180 degrees on the Phase switch, but both settings sound the same to me. Even though the line input has a "mono" setting, don't make the mistake I did and connect only one cable from the speaker's sub-out to the sub, use a Y-splitter, otherwise you lose a lot of volume, mono is only for receivers that have a dedicated digital mono output. This sub produces a nice, clean, tight bass. I could push it way higher on the volume, but for desktop listening while working, I don't want or need ground shaking bass, just the bottom end filled in, which it does perfectly. Compared to the T5 I would say it's comparable, but it requires less effort to get to the same level of output, which makes sense considering it's10 inches vs. 8 and in a larger cabinet. Build quality is solid and understated, though not quite as solid feeling as the T5, it doesn't feel "cheap" at all. My one complaint though is with the plastic feet. They slide around on my tiled floor really easily, almost like it's on skates. I easily solved the problem though by adding some stick-on rubber feet that I had lying around.

I've been using this for a week now and am enjoying it. I have this in my office using it with a Lepai amp and a pair of Micca MB42-X speakers. I did have a small 6" sub, but it just wasn't getting down there like I wanted. It still needs some break-in time, but it's already producing some very good rumble. At this point I will rate it a very good budget sub. I will follow up after it's been played for a month or two. --Update-- I'm still enjoying this sub and I will still rate it as a good budget sub. It doesn't get down there and rumble like the more expensive ones do, but for this application and for the price, I am very satisfied with it. In my small office, it makes plenty of thump. I do have a concern that this unit doesn't have enough power to work with some home theater systems. I am using a small amp and I had to turn the sub volume up pretty high. Buyers using high-power amps might want to check into that before purchasing. --Long Term Update-- I'm still enjoying this sub. It's a great match for the excellent Micca MB42-X speakers, and together they make some great music in my office. Actually, it's a pretty ridiculous system for an office! When salesmen come to visit they are amazed at the quality (not to mention the volume) of music I have at work. The Lepai amp can drive the mains quite loud when you take the load of the bass off of it. It's capable of far more volume than my office (or the front office) can handle. It's really perfect sub for this application. I didn't want to spend audiophile amounts of money for good sound, and these components got me the quality I was looking for for the price I wanted. I think it is a very musical sub. I have not tried it for home theater, but I think it would not compare to the BIC F-12 I have at home. But in fairness, it's not as big and didn't cost nearly as much. So I'm quite pleased with this speaker in the application I use it in. Build quality seems quite good. The cabinet is not of the quality of more expensive subs; but the build is neat and clean, and I saw no obvious flaws. That's all one can expect at this price point.

My first sub and it has made a huge difference. Very happy with purchase. Added to a stereo system for music playback. This has made my system sound whole and complete, filling in lower frequencies and blending with my vintage speakers. I nearly got the SUB-800, but glad I got the SUB-1000 for extended range, and it’s not that much bigger. I’m sure there are more superior subs out there, but I got the SUB-1000 for under $200, so very much content with this, very good value for what you get. Very flexible connectivity options, I am using high level inputs which work great. Having the all of the possible input options makes this easy to integrate with any system. Great level of control too with crossover, gain and phase control available. Very happy customer and I think my sub needs are now settled. Great deal too.

Excellent product. The auto-on feature works great even at low volume. Super bass - more than I want sometimes.

Packaged well. Have had setup for a week and its has been an absolute treat as surround sound and for music. My room is approximately 15 x 20 x 8 and is vinyl plank over concrete. Sound system setup is 5.1 configured through the Audyssey software on my receiver. As advised by most, tweaking the bass settings for the sub is necessary and has paid off. This is a 10" sub and even with moderate volumes this thing makes its presence known. Watched Jurassic Park and when the T-Rex comes clomping in with the puddle rippling, its amazing. If you're a music nut and you've got some good speakers but no sub, I highly advise picking this up. It'll make you want to run through your favorite music all over again. Game changer. Have only had it in use for a week but hopefully it continues to bring that excitement. Will try to update in a month or so. I imagine it has not even finished the "break in" phase.

I have 4, 2 of the SUB-1200 and now 2 of the SUB-1000. Space got a little tight and the 10" fits perfectly! Properly tuned and set up for music they punch way above their price class and add that extra low end that most bookshelf and a little larger speakers lack. For my use, I'm really just wanting the deep bass so they really don't kick in until the source drops below 50hz. I have run sweep test and it does produce all the way to 20hz albeit down about 12db. Around 30hz it still has full room shaking output even with concrete/tile flooring. So for those thinking "4" what's up with that..... they are in different rooms on different systems. In my application, comparing to the 2 12" JBL Pro line powered subs I own, the SUB-1000's actually are clean, tight and strong even though the JBL subs are considerably more powerful (watts). I could have 20 SUB-1000's for the money invested in the JBL's so it's nice to find a quality sub for a reasonable price. My experience with the auto on and off has been flawless and the temp of the plate amp is barely warm even after high volume usage. Both the high level inputs and RCA jacks can be hooked up at the same time with 2 different systems but I don't recommend using both systems simultaneously unless you want to let the magic smoke out! It is nice to run one on the "B" speaker out of the amp (high level input) so you can switch it in and out at the equipment rather than reaching around the back. Overall, if they put them on sale, I'll probably buy a few more! Highly recommend this and the 12" model.

Was using an old Logitech Z-5500 that I had since it first came out. The sub was at the point of humming so much I had to shut er down. To tell the truth, I had accepted this muddy unclean system for years (I guess to get the 5.1 with bass, though now wonder why I stuck with it for so long) so I was pretty much done with it anyway. I just bought two speakers to settle for stereo for something different. The speakers I currently have (recently ordered something a lot better) are borderline acceptable (but still sound better than the Logitech speakers) but without the bass punch I had gotten used to with the Logitech sub. So I had been wanting to try out some Dayton Audio stuff for awhile so decided to get the Dayton Audio SUB-1000 10" powered sub. Got it and hooked it up to my PC sound card through a 3.5mm splitter, hooked two 3.5mm to RCA lines, one connector going to the powered stereo speakers I have and the other going to the Dayton sub (through RCA in). Got it going and spent a little time dialing in the sub to my liking (adjusting crossover and gain). Spent a few hours listening to some heavy bass track music and my ears are bleeding. Holy smokes, this thing dumps all over the Logitech Z-5500 sub. Has a nice attractive look too. Perfectly happy with it, suits my needs with room to spare. Good job Dayton Audio on this sub and price point. Nice a company like this is around to provide stuff to give us options to get some good audio stuff without having to give up an arm and leg for it. I'll take it Dayton, you put a smile on my face. Thanks

Crazy deep bass, but adjustable for anyone's taste. Delivery was quick, packaging was sound. Very much enjoy it.

El sonido es bastante bueno y profundo para la gama de precio en la que está. En algunas situaciones se siente algo bajo, pero la experiencia es bastante buena. Lo puse en una esquina al frente de la sala a la mitad de ganancia, y al principio pensaba que no se escuchaba, pero al desconectarlo se nota el trabajo que estaba haciendo, es un sonido bastante profundo y no se nota de dónde viene el sonido, ya que de distribuye bien en la habitación.

Para quienes buscamos iniciar en el mundo del audio, las numerosas opciones disponibles pueden ser intimidantes. Estoy en el proceso de armar un sistema 5.1 y decidí iniciar con un sistema 2.1 al cual se podrá agregar un canal central y dos envolventes en un futuro cercano. El Dayton Audio SUB-1000 fue una de las dos opciones iniciales después de un período de documentación e investigación (la otra era el Martin Logan Dynamo 300, pero los costos de importación y envío motivaron mi decisión). El sonido del equipo es muy bueno, incluso al 50-60% no tiene problemas para hacerse notar en una habitación de 5x6 metros, abierta en uno de los lados. El color y acabado hacen que a pesar de su tamaño destaque poco, aunque definitivamente no es un aparato discreto. Mención aparte merecen la rapidez del envío (varios días antes de la fecha programada) y las condiciones del equipo a su llegada (impecable, con empaque y documentación intactas).

Muy buena opción y entrega en tiempo con envío gratis por Amazon muy recomendable el subwoofer activo para un receptor denon

Me complace informar después de cerca de 7 años que este subwoofer Dayton Audio sub-1000 25.4 cm sigue funcionando en excelentes condiciones de acústicos y desempeño electrónico. vibra con emocionantes frecuencias bajas en los momentos requeridos, tanto para la música con CDs como películas de netflix, aunque el mejor desempeño de este sub es en películas grabadas en Blu-ray , muy buen desempeño de bajas frecuencias con todo lo que ofrece spotify premium. lo tengo conectado en un receiver pioneer de 7.2 canales. Le califico con 4 estrellas por que el material exterior del mueble es muy sencillo y fácilmente se despule, y se raya la pintura.