B&W ASW 4000 Subwoofers
B&W ASW 4000 Subwoofers
USER REVIEWS
[Jul 20, 2000]
Pete
Audiophile
Strength:
17Hz -3db point. Well braced cabinet.
Weakness:
Low pass limited to 40 Hz (should be down to 25Hz otherwise There are a slew of subwoofers in the market and trying Similar Products Used: Velodyne HGS18, Aerial SW12, Revel Sub15 and LE1, |
[Apr 26, 2001]
Jon
Casual Listener
Strength:
Its all good (trump tight)
Weakness:
Getting it out of my car (ripped up the door) John at Audio Consultants was great, I knew I wanted to listen to this sub with the B&W 803's. My future speaker :) The sound was great, he had the sub set up perfect to match the speakers. Steve Winwood never sounded better. I had to have it. Got it home and it was even better in my family room. The 4000 showed me bass where there was none before, my car stereo subs (which hit sub 20hz) couldn't resolve some of the bass I was now hearing with the 4000 (to my pleasure). It is a fairly musical sub (not as quick as the REL), but they don't give you the impact of this truly great 15". I look forward to adding the rest of the 800 series to complete my theatre. Don't pass this sub up if you want powerful, clean and "quiet where it should be quiet" sub. Similar Products Used: Rel Storm III and Strata III |
[Nov 17, 2001]
David Leslie
Audiophile
Strength:
Shattering bass, Swathes of melting bass, Murdering sismic shifts.
Weakness:
Too heavy, Too much air, Port noise, Cabinet noise, Not capable of reaching as low as TDM 45B when i bought this sub i was under the illusion of greatness, When i connected the sub to the system i left it to earm up. Then the next day i slammed titan A.E, i was not suprised. THe anticpation was never overridden as with the kef. Similar Products Used: Kef TDM45B, Paradigm S15. |
[Jul 19, 2001]
luis antonio
Casual Listener
Strength:
quiet when it should be, magnetically shielded and ready to rumble
Weakness:
none we are not expert audiophiles.we let ours ears and my blood preassure make our decisions, and we were not dissapointed. our system consists of: a pioneer pro 710,pioneer dvd 38a, a b&k ref30, a b&k ref7250ii,a krell 250,a pair of b&w 802,a b&w htm1 and four rock solid .the b&w asw4000 feels right at home.besides using our ears and our blood pressure as a monitor, we did good amount of research by reading many magazines and especially this website, audioreview which is a compilation by many contributors. Thank you very much. Similar Products Used: replacement for: yamaha dsp2070,a/d/s l1590,velodyne servo 15 |
[Dec 21, 1999]
Eleftherios Tsironis
Audiophile
Strength:
Beautiful Finish and workmanship
Weakness:
Floppy bass, B&W type of bass I could not wait to unpack the ASW 4000, B&W have raved about it for so long, at first sight this 75kg sub was imaculate in finish and workmanship. The amplifier now had the THX volume control, with the new 801 driver and improved amplifier, I was expecting miricales out of this subwoofer. Similar Products Used: ASW 3000 |
[May 24, 1999]
Tuda
an Audio Enthusiast
After side-by-side audited B&W ASW 3000 and ASW4000, I decided to buy 4000. 3000 feels fuzzy compare to 4000. 4000 have very clean and accurate bass response (as good as Nautilus 801, same drive unit from 801). And it works with my Nautilus 805 extremely well. This sub is very pleasant to listen, very musical. If you have the Nautilus series speakers, this is the one to match the sound quality and depth (3000 just can not deliver). I am very impressed by it’s bass accurately reproduce like cello, electric bass guitar, drum beat, or even piano low frequency vibration. By the way, either ASW 3000 or ASW 2000 still very good for matching the 600 series. |
[Jun 24, 2000]
Michael Dryden
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Dead Quiet when it should be; Accurate & very Authoritative when given a signal; Handsome, for a subwoofer.
Weakness:
Large footprint; very heavy Fast & Accurate. |