Pioneer S-51W 150W Active Subwoofer

I finally took a chance and bought this subwoofer. Here is a brief on the performance.Before I start, let me talk a bit about the set up. I connected it to the SW outlet of my Marantz SR5200. I did not make any changes to the speaker settings on the amplifier, since I don't have a monitor for the visual. So the front speakers are still tagged as 'Big'. I have a pair of Polk TSX 330 for the front speakers.The settings on the subwoofer are the following -1. the volume knob is kept between 8 - 9 o'clock2. phase is offI usually play the following tracks for testing a system -1. Sultans of Swing - Studio Version (Original Audio CD)2. Don't know why I didn't come - Norah Jones (Burned CD)3. Nayan Tarse - DevD (Burned CD)I played from my Philips DVD player (basic one). I seriously can't complain. I was quite awed to hear the sound - the Cello was deep, drums were not boomy at all and for Nayan Tarse, the thump was perfect. Increasing the woofer volume didn't lead to any major disappointments.I am sure there are better subwoofers (there definitely are), but for my requirement this suits me great. Later I played Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, at low volume, it was simply amazing.I didn't want to get the kind of sound you get in pubs, with their super powerful glass cracking bass, so this kind of made my music system complete. I will wait the years for my ears to get more refined, may be I will have better views and would be able to critique better but for now I can't complain. I took a chance at this, because in some ways I didn't want to wait further to get the top notch quality. I have no regrets, so if you are planning for a low budget sub, please give this a shot, you'd probably get places to audition this, else am in Bangalore feel free to get in touch .Btw, after the addition of the sub, I have stopped sleeping in my bedroom because the system is in the drawing room.Happy listening, please let me know if you have any questions on the sub.

Hi this is good and this is highly recommended for other to buy who is mad of songs and movies.

I have YHT-196 receiver and stock speaker package which has NS-SWP20 stock passive subwooferPlaced the new subwoofer in parallel to the existing passive subwoofer, connected it to the HTR2064 via Sub-out cable.Cross over on the Yamaha AV is set to 120Hz and the Volume on the Pioneer is set between 8:00 O clock to 10:00 clock position.There is NO crossover option on the Pioneer Sub, but a Phase option of either 0 or 180 and I kept it at 0 degrees.And when I played some good Bass boosted songs, the sound was way better than it was and the bass is more tight than boomy and is very clean with no distortion. I keep watching movies and play music and with this system and sub in place, I am planning not to watch any more in theatres as I also have a Benq full HD Projector which gives me awesome 120 Inches screen and now my home is a Cinema hall.I'd rate it 9/10.Looks : GoodAutostandby: yesPhase control : YesX'over control : NoPower Button :YesInput : Line In Only ( Better to buy a Sub woofer cable than using the given RCA cable)VFM : definitely.

Economic design. I am using it with a home theater setup. Working beautifully. Not very loud. But very presise it really blends with other speakers. I like it very much. Go for it.

Very worst product don’t buy

A nice choice for music lovers. Good working.Gigantic bass.

It is awesome woofer. I really enjoy bass connected to Yamaha Rxv 377. superb sound