Subwoofer Reviews

Over the course of this past week, our reviewers Brent Butterworth and Michael Trei examined six current subwoofer offerings, ranging from the simple to the feature packed, from Monoprice's $84 MSUB-A122 to Wisdom Audio's genre-defying $4,000 SCS, with entries from sub mainstays Velodyne, Cadence, SVS, and Sunfire along the way.

Since you can't tell the players without a program, here's a handy list of the units we've looked at so far:

Monoprice's MSUB-A122

How much sub can you get for $84?

Cadence CSX-12 Mark II

To some, it'll seem expensive. To others, it'll be crazy cheap. Which are you?

Sunfire Dynamic Series SDS-12

An impressive dose of tuneful, hard-hitting bass

SVS PB12-NSD

A true reference-grade sub at a super-affordable price

Velodyne DD-15 Plus 

The world's most technologically advanced sub gets, well, even more advanced

Wisdom Audio SCS 

Can a suitcase-shaped subwoofer pack a punch? Most definitely. But at a price