Subwoofers

Monoprice $US60 Subwoofer Might Actually Be Worth A Damn

6:40AM October 13, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Monoprice, a website generally associated with peddling A/V cables on the cheap, also makes audio components on the cheap. And in a space where audio gear costs as much as houses, cheap speakers are normally ignored. But Monoprice’s subwoofer may be the exception. More »

Computing

Apple’s Thunderbolt Display Has A Ton Of Chips, Subwoofer

9:20AM September 29, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

We already knew the guts in a Thunderbolt cable were pretty impressive, but iFixit’s teardown of Apple’s 27-inch Thunderbolt display shows just how much circuitry goes into making Intel’s new transfer technology work, even in a monitor. More »

Geek Out

The Sound Tank Is Built To Wage War On Your Eardrums

2:20AM September 21, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This thing is a monster. Nik Nowak, a DJ hailing from Berlin, outfitted this Japanese mini-dump truck to become a veritable assault vehicle of sound, capable of pumping out 4000 watts of moving acoustic muscle. More »

Entertainment

Procella Serves Up Big Subwoofer Sound In Smaller Package

2:35AM July 20, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Procella’s P15 subwoofer isn’t the company’s behemoth compared to the bigger P18 model. But don’t mistake it for a runt: the P15 packs two 15-inch drivers, each powered by a 350W amplifier. More »

Geek Out

Giant Subwoofers Shred Phonebook

1:20AM April 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Everyone likes music in the car! There’s no feeling like rolling down the windows, bumping some Enya at a reasonable volume, and letting the summer air in. Or, you can use 18-inch subwoofers to blow apart an entire phonebook. [Fark]

BeoLab 11 Bass Unit Looks Produced By Robotic Ostriches

2:40AM April 16, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Bang & Olufsen has a farm of robotic ostriches in Denmark’s platitudes, between Copenhagen and Billund. They feed them metal scrap and components, which they poop out in the form of these sleek bass units, the BeoLab 11. True story. More »

Panasonic SC-HTB1 Stuffs A Subwoofer Into A Soundbar

12:52PM January 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The new SC-HTB1 home theatre audio system is fed up with subwoofers thinking they’re sooooo special. So it decided to put the bass in its place: inside the soundbar. More »

Entertainment

Q-TV2 Speakers Tuck Stereo Speakers, Subwoofer Behind Your TV

7:00AM December 28, 2009 | Jack Loftus

The sound quality is dubious, but the design is sure clever: By squishing the sub and speakers down to a few inches in width, Q Acoustics has managed to hide a complete speaker system behind your flat panel TV. More »