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Tom Nousaine

Test Bench: PSB Synchrony Home Theater Speaker System

In the Lab

Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right 37 Hz to 18.6 kHz ±4.5 dB center 79 Hz to 19.5 kHz ±4.2 dB surround 97 Hz to 18 kHz ±4.4 dB subwoofer 33 Hz to 61 Hz ±1.9 dB Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right 89 dB center 88 dB surround (Bipole) 88 dB Impedance (minimum/nomina

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Block Busters

Five subwoofers that get big bass out of small cabinets.
Yes, an R2D2-sized subwoofer with an 18-inch driver and a thousand-plus watts of amplification can look and sound awfully impressive - and can cause some pretty serious seismic damage to boot. But let's get real: how many of us can afford something like that?
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Bigger Better Bass

10 subwoofers that aim to give the best bass for the buck

Photos by Tony Cordoza What do these ten subwoofers, ranging from $399 to $1,690 in price, from 8 to 15 inches in Driver size, and from 1 to 5 cubic feet in overall size, have in common?

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Seismic Subs

A dozen subwoofers to rock your world

The day has finally arrived when you can legitimately call yourself a Home Theater Enthusiast. You've got your HDTV, and you've upgraded from a nice enough home-theater-in-a-box system to a decent set of surround speakers.

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Big, Bad Bass Tracks

Here are some CDs and DVDs you can use to evaluate subwoofers in stores, to set up and test the one you choose, or to scare your neighbors. Pick out a couple and listen to a few tracks over and over. It'll drive your wife crazy, but trust me, it's a lot easier to hear the differences between subs by playing a few tracks you know well than by playing a lot of different material.

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Subwoofer Setup Secrets

There's more to setting up a subwoofer than just plugging it into your system and turning it on, but it's not rocket science. Follow the steps below, and you'll get solid, powerful bass with a minimum of headaches.

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