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Subwoofers. This page tells you what a subwoofer is and how it affects your Home Theatre experience. There is also information about the differences between Passive and Powered subwoofers.
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Subwoofers
Sub woofers are becoming more and more crucial to the home theater experience. When you go to the movie theatre, you
marvel not only at the images projected on the screen, but the sounds emanating around you. What really grabs you,
though, is the sound you actually feel; the deep bass that shakes you up and gets you right in the gut.
A specialized speaker, known as a subwoofer, is responsible for this experience. The subwoofer is designed only to
reproduce the lowest of audible frequencies.
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With the popularity of home theatre sound systems resulting in specialized speakers for center channel dialogue, main
soundtracks, and surround effects, the need for a speaker to reproduce just the deep bass portion of a movie soundtrack
is all the more important. Although these subs are not quite as "thunderous" as the subwoofers employed at the
local movie theatre, these unique loudspeakers can still shake the house down or annoy the downstairs neighbours in your
apartment or condo complex.
Subs come in two basic types, Passive and Powered.
Passive Subwoofers
Passive subs are powered by an external amplifier, in the same fashion as other speakers in your system. The
important consideration here is that since extreme bass needs more power to reproduce low frequency sounds, your
amplifier or receiver needs to be able to output enough power to sustain bass effects in the subwoofer without draining
the amp. How much power depends on the requirements of the speaker and the size of the room.
Powered Subwoofers
To solve the problem of inadequate power or other characteristics that may be lacking in a receiver or amplifier, powered
subwoofers are self-contained speaker/amplifier configurations in which the characteristics of the amplifier and sub
woofer are optimally matched.
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The Type-R subwoofers were designed and engineered totally in the U.S. by a specialized team of engineers that
know exactly what bass should sound like. These subwoofers have all the high-end components necessary for competition
or Bass Engine® systems
The Storm 10 Subwoofers have a 10 inch long throw woofer, which allows them to reach down to a staggering 30 Hz!
- Active or Passive: Active
- Auto On/Off: No
- Freq Response: (HZ) na
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
 Bass Junkies
- A wide selection of subs. www.bassjunkies.com
Richer Sounds
- Home theatre subs. www.richersounds.com
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